Also known as

  • SUNY at Albany

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
4,987
64.7% Female
35.3% Male

Institution Overview

System
State University of New York System
School Type
Public
Academic Calendar
Semester
Setting
City: Midsize

Academics

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Full Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Part Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Total # of Programs
284
Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)
Master's
103
Doctoral Research
49
Doctoral Professional
3
Degrees Offered
Master's
Doctor's (Research)
Doctor's (Professional)
Certificate Offered
Post-master's
Postbaccalaureate

Student Body

Demographics
0.08%
American Indian or Alaska Native
5.53%
Asian
7.74%
Black or African American
8.86%
Hispanic or Latino
0.06%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
52.20%
White
2.49%
Two or more races
3.41%
Unknown
19.63%
Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Application Fee
$75
Admissions Office Web Address
www.albany.edu/admissions.php

Tuition & Aid

Average In-State Tuition
$11,310
Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$23,560

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic
Yes
Occupational
No
Continuing Professional
No
Recreational or avocational
No
Highest Degree offered
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses
Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's
103
Doctor's Degree Research
49
Doctor's Degree Professional
3
Postbaccalaureate Certificate
13
Post Master's Certificate
43
Program Area Program Type Program Format
Campus Distance
Accounting Master's Degree Yes No
Accounting and Business/Management Master's Degree Yes No
Accounting and Related Services, Other Master's Degree Yes No
African-American/Black Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Agricultural Teacher Education Doctoral – Research Yes No
American Literature (United States Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Anthropology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Applied Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Art/Art Studies, General Master's Degree Yes No
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Behavioral Aspects of Health Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biology Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Biology/Biological Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biomedical Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biostatistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Business Administration and Management, General Master's Degree Yes No
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Business/Commerce, General Master's Degree Yes No
Chemistry Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Chemistry, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning Master's Degree Yes No
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree Yes No
Clinical Psychology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics Doctoral – Research Yes No
Community College Education Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Computer and Information Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Computer Engineering, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Computer Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Computer Teacher Education Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Counseling Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Curriculum and Instruction Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Demography and Population Studies Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Master's Degree Yes No
Earth Science Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Economics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Economics, Other Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Education, General Master's Degree Yes No
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs Master's Degree Yes No
Educational Evaluation and Research Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Educational Leadership and Administration, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
No
Educational Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Educational/Instructional Technology Master's Degree Yes No
Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Elementary Education and Teaching Master's Degree Yes No
Engineering, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Engineering, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
English Language and Literature, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
English/Language Arts Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Environmental Health Master's Degree Yes No
Environmental Toxicology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Epidemiology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master's Degree Yes No
Fine/Studio Arts, General Master's Degree Yes No
Foreign Language Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
French Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
French Language Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Geographic Information Science and Cartography Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Geography Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master's Degree Yes No
History, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Humanities/Humanistic Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
Industrial and Organizational Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Information Science/Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
International and Comparative Education Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
International Policy Analysis Post Master's Certificate Yes No
International Public Health/International Health Post Master's Certificate Yes No
International Relations and Affairs Master's Degree Yes No
Italian Language and Literature Master's Degree Yes No
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Latin American Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Library and Information Science Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Materials Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Maternal and Child Health Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Mathematics Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Master's Degree Yes No
Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master's Degree Yes No
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Organizational Behavior Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
Philosophy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Physics Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Physics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Political Science and Government, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Psychology, General Master's Degree Yes No
Psychology, Other Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Public Administration Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
No
Public Health Education and Promotion Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Public Health, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
No
Public Health, Other Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing Master's Degree Yes No
Public Policy Analysis, General Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Public Policy Analysis, Other Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Public/Applied History Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Reading Teacher Education Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Rhetoric and Composition Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Russian Language and Literature Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist Master's Degree Yes No
School Psychology Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Social Psychology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Social Sciences, General Master's Degree Yes No
Social Studies Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Social Work Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Sociology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Spanish Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Spanish Language Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Special Education and Teaching, General Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Special Education and Teaching, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Speech Communication and Rhetoric Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Statistics, General Master's Degree Yes No
Statistics, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Superintendency and Educational System Administration Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Taxation Master's Degree Yes No
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Master's Degree Yes No
Urban Studies/Affairs Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor Master's Degree Yes No
Women's Studies Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes		 No
No

Faculty

TotalInstructional StaffResearchPublic Service
Total 670 666 0 4
With faculty status 670 666 0 4
Tenured 430 430 0 0
On tenure track 107 107 0 0
Not on tenure track 133 129 0 4
Multi-year contract 59 59 0 0
Annual contract 54 50 0 4
Less-than annual contract 20 20 0 0

Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Graduate Assistantship
Teaching
Research

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?
Yes
Medical Degree Offered?
No
Institution Has a Hospital?
No

Overview

Average In-State Tuition
$11,310
Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$23,560
Financial aid office web address
www.albany.edu/studentservices/
Tuition fee varies by residency status
Yes
Typical Room
$10,040
Typical Board
$6,142
Tuition & Fees
In-stateOut-of-State
Full time Average Tuition$11,310$23,560
Full time Fees$2,315$2,315
Part time, per credit hour$471$982

Tuition Plan Options

Alternative Tuition Plans Offered
Yes
Tuition Guaranteed Plan
No
Prepaid Tuition Plan
No
Tuition Payment Plan
Yes
Other Alternative Tuition Plan
No

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
4,987
64.7% Female
35.3% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics
0.08%
American Indian or Alaska Native
5.53%
Asian
7.74%
Black or African American
8.86%
Hispanic or Latino
0.06%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
52.20%
White
2.49%
Two or more races
3.41%
Unknown
19.63%
Non-resident Alien

Gender
Race / Ethnicity Men Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native 1 3
Asian 87 189
Black Or African American 124 262
Hispanic Or Latino 134 308
Non-resident Alien 479 500
White 834 1,769
Two Or More Races 44 80
Unknown 58 112

Services offered

Service Offered
Academic Career Counseling ServiceYes
Employment Services For StudentsYes
Placement Services For CompletersNo

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Award: Master's degree
Total
1,278
36.9% Male
63.1% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - research/scholarship
Total
157
42.0% Male
58.0% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - professional practice
Total
8
12.5% Male
87.5% Female

Award: Postbaccalaureate certificate
Total
30
6.7% Male
93.3% Female

Award: Post-master's certificate
Total
118
29.7% Male
70.3% Female

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution
No
On-Campus Housing Available?
Yes

Services offered

Service Offered
Remedial services
On-campus day care for student's childrenYes

Admissions Office Contact

Address
1400 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
Phone
518-442-3300
Fax
Email
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Provisional Release as of January 2025. Surveys: Institutional Characteristics (2023), Data File: [HD2023], [IC2023], [IC2023_AY]; Surveys: Completions (2023), Data File: [C2023_A],[C2023DEP]; Surveys: 12-Month Enrollment (2023), Data File: [EFFY2023]; Surveys: Employees by Assigned Position (2023), Data File: [EAP2023]


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