SUNY New Paltz - Undergraduate Admissions

Recent College Rankings

2019-2020

Military Friendly - Military Friendly Ranking

Top 10 Nationwide - Small Public College
Academic Policies & Compliance - Miltary Friendly Standard - 100%
Admissions & Orientation - Military Friendly Standard - 100%
Culture & Commitment - Military Friendly Standard - 100%
Financial Aid & Assistance - Military Friendly Standard - 100%
Graduation & Career - Military Friendly Standard - 100%
Military Student Support & Retention - Military Friendly Standard - 100%

CollegeNET - Social Mobility Index

Top 3% Nationwide - #39
Top SUNY Comprehensive College - #1

US News & World Report - Best Colleges & Ranking List

Top Public Schools - #6
Regional Universities in the North - #28
Best Colleges for Veterans - #16
Best Values Schools - #55
Best Undergraduate Teaching - #10
Top Performers on Social Mobility - #65
Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs - #110

Kiplinger Personal Finance - Best College Values

Best Public College in Nation-#35
Best College in Nation-#173
Best SUNY Colleges & Universities - #3

Buzzfeed - Best Small Towns in America

New Paltz, NY-#3

NYup.com - Best Value Colleges

Best in New York-#27
Best in Nation-#159

Money Magazine - Best Colleges for Your Money

Best College in America-#159

MBA Central - Best Online MBA Degree Programs

Best in New York-#11

Business First - Best Colleges & Ranking List

Best College in Nation-#83
Best College in the East-#24

Forbes Magazine - America's Best Value Colleges

Top Public College Nationwide - #120
America's Best Value Colleges - #193
In the Northeast - #137
Top 10% SUNY school
Top 20% in Northeast

Niche.com - Best Colleges in the Nation Rankings

Top Public University in New York-#16
Best Colleges for Education-#11
College with Best Student Life-#25
Best College Campus in New York-#28
Hardest Colleges to Get Into in New York-#29

Bee Campus USA - Certificate

2018 - 2019

Princeton Review - Best Colleges & Ranking List

Best Colleges in the Northeast
Top Green Colleges Nationwide

US News & World Report - Best Colleges & Ranking List

Top Public Schools - North - #10
Best College for Veterans-#22
Best Value Schools-#60
Best Fine Arts Programs-#82
Best Metals/Jewelry-#3
Best Undergraduate Engineering Program-#134
Best in Speech-Language Pathology-#183

Sierra Club "Cool Schools" - #137 Nationwide

Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education - College Rankings

Top Colleges in the Northeast-#156
Top Colleges Nationwide-#424

Zippia.com-The Career Expert - Best College for Digital Media Majors in New York State - #2

Accountingedu.org - Best Value MBA Accounting program - #1 New York State

OnStageBlog.com - Top B.A. Theatre Programs - #10

Niche.com - Best College for Business in New York State - #25

Forbes Magazine - America's Best Value/Top Colleges

Top Public Colleges-#113
Top Colleges in the Northeast-#130

Money Magazine - Best Colleges Nationally - #240

BestColleges.com - Best Colleges in New York State - #20

Student Loan Hero.com - Most Affordable Colleges in the Northeast - #14

Niche.com - Hardest Colleges to Get Into - #170 national; #9 New York State

Niche.com - Best Public College and Universities - #195 national; #15 New York State

US Department of State - Noted as one of the top colleges (tied for 4th) in the nation for students receiving the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for overseas study.

Victory Media - Military Friendly Schools - Top Ten - Gold Award

Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education - STARS Silver Rating

Buffalo Business First - 2018 Rankings of US Public Colleges & Universities - #86 (#25 East)

CollegeSimply.com - Best Colleges #140 national; #15 New York State.

CollegeNET, Inc. Social Mobilty Index - Top 3% nationwide (#45 of 1,363 colleges and universities)

Kiplinger's Personal Finance - "Best College Values" #76 public colleges and universities nationwide; #240 all private and public colleges and universities nationwide

2017 - 2018

Victory Media - Military Friendly Schools - Top Ten - Gold Award

Zippia.com-The Career Expert -10 Best Colleges for Music Majors in New York #10

The Princeton Review - Guide to 375 Green Colleges

AffordableColleges.com - #25 of 50 most affordable in-state public universities in the US

Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings - #424 (top 25%) of 2,304 total colleges and universities in the US

US News & World Report-Best Colleges Rankings & List

Public Regional Universities-North #7
All Regional Universities-North #28
Best A+ Schools for B Students-North #20
Best Colleges for Veterans-North #13
Best Value Schools-North #54
Best Freshman Retention Rates-North-#16 (88%)
Campus Ethnic Diversity-North #66
Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs (at schools where a doctorate is not offered)- National #118
Best Graduate Fine Arts Programs-National #82
Best Graduate Metal/Jewelry Programs-National #3
Best Speech-Language Pathology Programs-National #183