SUNY Potsdam Teaching Programs

SUNY Potsdam is a public institution located in Potsdam, New York. The surrounding location of Potsdam is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is SUNY Potsdam?

Contact details for SUNY Potsdam are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY 13676-2294
Phone:	315-267-2000
Website:	www.potsdam.edu

How Do I Get Into SUNY Potsdam?

You can apply to SUNY Potsdam online at: www.suny.edu/student/apply_online.cfm

Admission Requirements for SUNY Potsdam

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into SUNY Potsdam?

With an acceptance rate of 83%, SUNY Potsdam may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

SUNY Potsdam received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students.

Can I Afford SUNY Potsdam?

The overall average net price of SUNY Potsdam is $23,970. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SUNY Potsdam, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $6,844 a year. That adds up to $27,376 over four years for those students.

SUNY Potsdam Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,352 undergraduate students at SUNY Potsdam, with 2,251 being full-time and 101 being part-time.

There are also 255 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,251 full-time undergraduates at SUNY Potsdam, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of SUNY Potsdam students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	41
Black or African American	214
Hispanic or Latino	243
White	1,587
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	158

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at SUNY Potsdam. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 15 countries are represented at SUNY Potsdam. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, China, and Germany.

Online Learning at SUNY Potsdam

In 2022-2023, 729 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SUNY Potsdam has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 19th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

SUNY Potsdam Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Music Education	84	0	12	96
Elementary Education	58	0	34	92
Reading Teacher Education	0	0	17	17
General Special Education	0	9	5	14
Social Studies Education	8	0	5	13
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	12	12
Mathematics Education	7	0	3	10
English & Language Arts Education	7	0	2	9
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching	0	6	0	6
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	0	3	3
Biology Education	0	0	3	3
Chemistry Education	0	0	3	3
Earth Science Teacher Education	0	0	1	1
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	0	0	0
Art Education	0	0	0	0
Computer Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
Drama & Dance Education	0	0	0	0
French Language Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
Physics Education	0	0	0	0
Spanish Education	0	0	0	0
Early Childhood Education	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	164	15	100	279

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.