There are a large variety of campus types and programs in the SUNY system; each site overlaps somewhat in specialties. SUNY divides its campuses into four categories: university centers / doctoral-granting institutions, comprehensive colleges, technology colleges, and community colleges. SUNY also has a unique relationship with its statutory colleges, which embed state-owned, state-funded colleges within other institutions such as Cornell University and Alfred University. Students at the statutory colleges pay tuition at a state-subsidized rate and are considered students of the private institutions in which the state-funded colleges are embedded.

SUNY and the City University of New York are different university systems, even though both are public institutions that receive funding from New York State. SUNY should not be confused with the University of the State of New York (USNY), which is the governmental umbrella organization for most education-related institutions and many education-related personnel (both public and private) in New York State, and which includes, as a component, the New York State Education Department.

The State University of New York at Potsdam, founded in 1816, is the oldest institution in the system. Empire State College, founded in 1971, is the most recent addition to the SUNY system. In terms of enrollment, the largest institution is the University at Buffalo, with over 31,656 students, and the smallest member is the College of Optometry, with 388 students. In terms of area, Stony Brook University is the largest public university in the state of New York.

All of the SUNY schools are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, in addition to other program-specific accreditations held by individual campuses such as the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. The system's central administration is in Albany, New York, in the Old Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company Building.

University centers and doctoral degree-granting institutions

Name Location County Founded Enrollment undergraduate / graduate AthleticsReferences Binghamton University Vestal Broome 1946 14,559 / 4,093 NCAA Division I New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University Ithaca Tompkins 1874 6,526 / 2,826 NCAA Division I (Cornell University) New York State College of Human Ecology at Cornell University 1925 New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University 1945 New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University 1894 New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University Alfred Allegany 1900 441 / 74 NCAA Division III (Alfred University) State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse Onondaga 1911 1,860 / 367 USCAA State University of New York College of Optometry New York City New York 1970 0 / 388 N/A SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University New York City Kings 1858 288 / 1,971 N/A Stony Brook University Stony Brook Suffolk 1957 18,632 / 8,620 NCAA Division I SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica Oneida 1966 2,181 / 710 NCAA Division III University at Albany Albany Albany 1844 12,889 / 4,537 NCAA Division I University at Buffalo Buffalo Erie 1846 21,196 / 10,460 NCAA Division I State University of New York Upstate Medical University Syracuse Onondaga 1834 207 / 1,235 N/A

Comprehensive Colleges

Name Location County Founded Enrollment undergraduate / graduate AthleticsReferences Buffalo State University Buffalo Erie 1871 5,196 / 899 NCAA Division III Empire State University Saratoga Springs Saratoga 1971 9,039 / 2,365 N/A Purchase College Purchase Westchester 1967 3,314 / 96 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Cortland Cortland Cortland 1868 5,891 / 1,090 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Fredonia Fredonia Chautauqua 1826 2,691 / 483 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Geneseo Geneseo Livingston 1871 3,917 / 75 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Oneonta Oneonta Otsego 1889 4,815 / 718 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Oswego Oswego Oswego 1861 5,293 / 1,190 NCAA Division III State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz Ulster 1828 6,113 / 1,034 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh Clinton 1889 3,831 / 730 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Potsdam Potsdam St. Lawrence 1816 1,750 / 769 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Old Westbury Old Westbury Nassau 1965 4,478 / 470 NCAA Division III SUNY Brockport Brockport Monroe 1867 6,152 / 1,776 NCAA Division III

Technology colleges

Name Location County Founded Enrollment undergraduate / graduate AthleticsReferences Alfred State College Alfred Allegany 1908 3,765 / 0 NCAA Division III Farmingdale State College East Farmingdale Suffolk 1912 10,062 / 44 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Canton Canton St. Lawrence 1906 2,845 / 0 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Cobleskill Cobleskill Schoharie 1916 1,824 / 0 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Delhi Delhi Delaware 1913 2,882 / 179 NCAA Division III State University of New York at Morrisville Morrisville Madison 1908 2,042 / 18 NCAA Division III State University of New York Maritime College New York City Bronx 1874 1,401 / 151 NCAA Division III

Community colleges

Name Location County Founded Enrollment full time /part timeReferences Cayuga Community College Auburn Cayuga 1953 747 / 2,964 Clinton Community College Plattsburgh Clinton 1967 353 / 818 Columbia–Greene Community College Hudson Columbia 1966 422 / 1,159 Corning Community College Corning Steuben 1958 1,305 / 2,417 Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie Dutchess 1957 2,708 / 4,286 Fashion Institute of Technology New York City New York 1944 7,058 / 1,100 Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua Ontario 1967 2,310 / 4,084 Fulton–Montgomery Community College Johnstown Fulton 1963 704 / 1,297 Genesee Community College Batavia Genesee 1965 1,573 / 2,842 Herkimer County Community College Herkimer Herkimer 1967 894 / 1,101 Hudson Valley Community College Troy Rensselaer 1953 4,895 / 4,914 Jamestown Community College Jamestown Chautauqua 1950 1,450 / 2,502 Jefferson Community College Watertown Jefferson 1962 1,138 / 1,206 Mohawk Valley Community College Utica Oneida 1946 2,424 / 3,671 Monroe Community College Brighton Monroe 1961 4,652 / 4,491 Nassau Community College East Garden City Nassau 1960 7,231 / 6,591 North Country Community College Saranac Lake Essex 1967 814 / 1,000 Onondaga Community College Syracuse Onondaga 1962 3,464 / 5,601 Rockland Community College Suffern Rockland 1959 2,355 / 3,030 Schenectady County Community College Schenectady Schenectady 1969 1,085 / 2,815 Suffolk County Community College Selden Suffolk 1959 10,007 / 11,370 SUNY AdirondackQueensburyWarren19601,223 / 1,460SUNY Broome Community CollegeBinghamtonBroome19462,597 / 3,332SUNY ErieBuffaloErie19464,782 / 3,747SUNY NiagaraSanbornNiagara19622,348 / 2,437SUNY OrangeMiddletownOrange19502,368 / 3,572 SUNY Sullivan Loch Sheldrake Sullivan 1963 572 / 955 SUNY Ulster Stone Ridge Ulster 1961 1,099 / 2,051 Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden Tompkins 1966 1,208 / 3,690 Westchester Community College Valhalla Westchester 1946 4,675 / 5,034

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State University of New York SUNY Press

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