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Located in Potsdam, New York, SUNY Potsdam is a public institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Potsdam draws many to the area.

61 Undergraduate Degrees
13 Graduate Degrees
$23,970 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
72% Acceptance Rate

Where Is SUNY Potsdam?

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Contact details for SUNY Potsdam are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676-2294
Phone: 315-267-2000
Website: www.potsdam.edu
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SUNYPotsdam
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SUNYPotsdam1816

How Do I Get Into SUNY Potsdam?

You can apply to SUNY Potsdam online at: www.suny.edu/student/apply_online.cfm

Admission Requirements for SUNY Potsdam

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations required
SAT or ACT Scores neither required nor recommended
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SUNY Potsdam?

72% Acceptance Rate
64% Of Accepted Are Women
SUNY Potsdam has an acceptance rate of 72%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.

Can I Afford SUNY Potsdam?

$23,970 Net Price
76% Take Out Loans
6.7% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of SUNY Potsdam is $23,970. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SUNY Potsdam, approximately 76% of students took out student loans averaging $7,006 a year. That adds up to $28,024 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SUNY Potsdam is 6.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

SUNY Potsdam Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,705 Full-Time Undergraduates
64% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,842 undergraduate students at SUNY Potsdam, with 2,705 being full-time and 137 being part-time.

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There are also 242 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,705 full-time undergraduates at SUNY Potsdam, 36% are male and 64% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of SUNY Potsdam students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 47
Black or African American 310
Hispanic or Latino 343
White 1,795
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 201

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at SUNY Potsdam. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 15 countries are represented at SUNY Potsdam. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, China, and Germany.

Online Learning at SUNY Potsdam

746 Took All Classes Online
2,964 Took At Least One Class Online
601.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 2,964 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SUNY Potsdam has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of SUNY Potsdam

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at SUNY Potsdam was 601.9%. This is the #114 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SUNY Potsdam regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

SUNY Potsdam Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management 59 13 72
Business Economics 2 0 2
Organizational Leadership 0 0 0
Labor & Industrial Relations 0 0 0
General Economics 0 0 0
TOTAL 61 13 74

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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