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Located in the scenic Hudson Valley midway between Albany and New York City, the State University of New York at New Paltz (New Paltz) is a highly selective university that offers undergraduate and graduate programs in a diverse, challenging, and supportive environment.
In 2017-18, New Paltz was ranked by Forbes Magazine as 95th in ‘America's Top Colleges’, in the top 25% of US colleges by the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education College rankings and named in The Princeton Review as one of the ‘229 Best Colleges & Universities in the Northeast’.
With international students from over 50 different countries, New Paltz is known for computer science, electrical engineering, psychology, business and MBA, as well as for its fine and performing arts programs, with three renowned theatres and the prestigious Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, which is free for students and faculty.
On campus, students can take advantage of over 800 leadership opportunities across more than 200 clubs and organizations, as well as 15 NCAA Division III sports teams. The main campus has two dozen academic buildings, a wellness center, and extensive sports facilities including lacrosse, cross country, hockey, baseball, swimming, soccer and volleyball.
There are 14 co-ed residence halls on the New Paltz campus allowing students to choose from a variety of living options, including the Living and Learning Community where students can live in dormitories with others who are seeking to practice their second language skills.
The Alumni Association is a vibrant network of 60,000 alumni around the U.S. and the world.
As industries turn to Big Data to understand markets and gain competitive advantage, employers demand talented analysts in fields ranging from finance, marketing and retail to government, education and healthcare. Data analysis in business is a rapidly growing field that combines knowledge of business, technology, critical thinking and strategic communication to harness the power of “Big Data” and inform executive decision making at the highest levels of industry. This new undergraduate business major at New Paltz is the first at the State University of New York. Graduates of this program qualify for OPT STEM which means 3 years of employment authorization.
Data Collection/Data Mining; Experiment Design; Data Analysis; Decision Analysis & Modeling; Predictive Analytics; Customer Loyalty & Selection Programs; Marketing Strategy Development; Fraud Detection; Applied Statistics; Process Optimization; Operations Research/Management; Manufacturing Design; Supply Chain Management; Information Technology Database Administration; Program/Project Management; Consulting.
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Established in 1979, the Haggerty English Language Program (HELP) has assisted hundreds of students in meeting their academic, professional, and personal learning goals. With a reputation of excellent teachers and creative language teaching, students will receive individual attention while experience cultural exchange.
The program offers four levels from beginner to pre-academic, each designed to fit students' language needs in reading, writing, listening, speaking, and pronunciation. To help students get the most out of the program, HELP also offers cultural trips and activities, conversation partners, mentoring, advising, and many campus resources. Students in the program will also meet many others from different countries; their classrooms are like the United Nations – which students can even visit while studying there, since New York City is only 90 minutes away.
SUNY New Paltz has six academic schools…
The School of Business is an accredited member of the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), a distinction reserved for just the top 5 percent of business schools worldwide.
State-of-the-art classrooms, an expanded Curriculum Materials Center, and remodeled Literacy Center at the school offers students a range of opportunities to collaborate with faculty and connect theory with policy and practice.
Nationally accredited programs in art education, art history, art studio, music, and theatre arts are taught by dedicated faculty who bring decades of experience in creative work, performance, and independent scholarship in the classroom.
Home to 17 departments and interdisciplinary programs, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences offers eleven interdisciplinary minor curricula from all five schools, where students develop the timeless knowledge and skills of a liberal education.
Collaborations between art and engineering experts provide 3D expertise to businesses and entrepreneurs while a rigorous education in math, science, and engineering emphasizes problem-solving, creative thinking and teamwork.
This offers students postgraduate study options in MS Computer Science, MS Electrical Engineering, MBA, MA TESOL, MA English, MS Music Therapy, Masters of Fine Arts, and more.
Visit the SUNY New Paltz website for detailed postgraduate program information.
International students must meet English language requirements, and there are several ways to demonstrate this for admission.
SUNY New Paltz offers conditional admission to both undergraduate and postgraduate students through its English Language Pathway option at the Haggerty English Language Program on campus. This means that students are not required to take the IELTS or TOEFL for admission, but rather can be conditionally admitted based on their academics and other application requirements. The TESOL and English Literature postgraduate programs do require IELTS 7 or TOEFL iBt 90, and no conditional admission is available for these two programs.
Students who are conditionally admitted then take an English language placement test during orientation when they arrive. If students have below 6.5 IELTS or 80 TOEFL iBt level of English, then they begin with intensive English courses, and Academic English courses (for credit) when they reach Level 4 of the program. This prepares them for the rigor of an American university environment. Once they finish the program, students matriculate and continue with their undergraduate or postgraduate studies.
While undergraduate international students are not required to submit SAT scores for admission, most postgraduate students will need to take either the GRE or GMAT exam. For MBA, students must score either a 450 overall on the GMAT, or a 300 overall on the GRE. For MS Computer Science, students must score a minimum of 151 on the quantitative section of the GRE. MS Electrical Engineering students must score a minimum of 156 on the quantitative section of the GRE.
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SUNY New Paltz has dormitory accommodations for undergraduate students available for all four years of study.
There are 14 residence halls on campus. This allows students to choose from a variety of living options, including corridor or suite style, or special interest group housing.
All residence halls are co-ed. Each residence hall offers a number of student-oriented facilities and services including a laundry room, computer terminals, a main meeting lounge for hall government meetings and activities, and a study lounge. Additionally, each hall also has at least one television lounge, a kitchenette area, and a microwave for use by all residents of the hall.
There are three residence life complexes on the New Paltz campus: Parker Complex, Hasbrouck Complex and South Complex.
There is also a Student Union on campus, a library, a fully equipped gym and wellness center, a counselling center, a health center, dining halls and food courts, a bookstore, a museum, a theatre, a fine arts center, and more.
Though SUNY New Paltz does not offer scholarships at the undergraduate level, they were ranked in 2017-18 by AffordableColleges.com as 25th of 50 most affordable in-state public universities in the US. For post-graduate students, there are a number of scholarship opportunities including assistantships, an MBA scholarship, an Electrical Engineering fellowship, and in-state tuition rates for all those admitted to the Masters of Fine Arts program.
The Princeton Review ranked SUNY New Paltz as one of the USA’s “Best Value” colleges and universities and included it among the Top 75 public four-year institutions of higher education. Kiplinger’s Personal Finance ranked the College in the Top 100 best values in the USA and U.S. News & World Report ranked New Paltz fourth among best public regional universities in the North region of the USA with both bachelor’s and master’s degree programs.
"I choose SUNY at New Paltz because of the tuition fee offered me with scholarships" Palash Kulhare Studied MBA
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