New Paltz on best public colleges list

The Business Journals has ranked SUNY New Paltz among the top 75 public colleges in the country.

The report, released on Feb. 12, analyzes 484 four-year public colleges and it ranks them based on best educational experience for students. The highest marks went to schools with highly selective admissions processes, strong retention and graduation rates, prestigious reputations, affordable tuitions and housing costs, diverse faculties and student bodies, and economically robust communities.

“Once again, we are pleased to have third party validation that our outstanding students, faculty, degree programs, facilities, and, most importantly, high level of student success, combine to make us one of the best public four-year institutions in the country,” said L. David Eaton, vice president for enrollment management. “This most recent accolade is very much in keeping with others we have received in recent years.”

The complete rankings and the details of the methodology used are available online.

SUNY New Paltz Rankings
SUNY New Paltz is nationally recognized among the nation’s top public colleges in a variety of categories: Princeton Review named the College to its 2015 list of “Best Colleges: Region by Region;” Kiplinger’s Best Values in Public Higher Education ranked New Paltz 49th nationally, and listed the College among Kiplinger’s “30 Best College Values in the Mid-Atlantic,” and among Kiplinger’s “Best College Values Under $30,000.” The College also ranked 2nd nationally in the Affordable Colleges Online list of the nation’s most affordable colleges with the biggest return on investment; ranked 6th in Great Value Colleges 2014 list of “50 Affordable Colleges in the Northeast;” ranked in The Princeton Review’s Guide to 332 Green Colleges; was named to Business Insider’s list of “Top 104 Smartest Colleges in the Nation,” and was recognized by the U.S. Department of State among the nation’s leaders in Fulbright Scholars.