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SUNY New Paltz Receives High Marks From U.S. News

08/20/1998

NEW PALTZ -- For the second straight year, the State University of New York at New Paltz is among the colleges and universities nationwide that have received special mention in the latest U.S. News and World Report 1999 college guide, issued today.

In the latest listings, SUNY New Paltz is cited as among the best northern regional universities, public or private. The College appears in its second tier category.

And, for the second year, New Paltz was singled out for its lowest acceptance rates for North regional universities, indicating that the campus continues to be most selective in the identification of students accepted for enrollment.

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Located in the heart of a dynamic college town, 90 minutes from metropolitan New York City, the State University of New York at New Paltz is a highly selective college of about 8,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

One of the most well-regarded public colleges in the nation, New Paltz delivers an extraordinary number of majors in Business, Liberal Arts, Sciences, Engineering, Fine and Performing Arts and Education.

New Paltz embraces its culture as a community where talented and independent minded people from around the world create close personal links with real scholars and artists who love to teach.

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