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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.

$23,970 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
81% Acceptance Rate

Where Is SUNY Potsdam?

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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 Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SUNY Potsdam?

81% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
SUNY Potsdam has an acceptance rate of 81%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.

Can I Afford SUNY Potsdam?

$23,970 Net Price
72% Take Out Loans
3.8% Loan Default Rate
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.

The student loan default rate at SUNY Potsdam is 3.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

SUNY Potsdam Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,251 Full-Time Undergraduates
63% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,352 undergraduate students at SUNY Potsdam, with 2,251 being full-time and 101 being part-time.

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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.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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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

154 Took All Classes Online
916 Took At Least One Class Online
601.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 916 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.

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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 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of SUNY Potsdam

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at SUNY Potsdam was 601.9%. This is the #87 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SUNY Potsdam regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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