About SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College, the nontraditional,
open college of the SUNY system, educates more than 20,000 students worldwide
at eight international sites, more than 35 locations in the state of New York,
online, as well as face to face and through a blend of both, at the associate,
bachelor’s and master’s levels.
The average age of an undergraduate student
at the college is 35 and graduate students average age 40.
Most Empire State College students are
working adults. Many are raising families and meeting civic commitments in the
communities where they live, while studying part time.
In addition to awarding credit for prior
college-level learning, the college pairs each undergraduate student with a
faculty mentor who supports that student throughout his or her college career.
Working with their mentors, students design
an individual degree program and engage in guided independent study and course
work onsite, online or through a combination of both, which provides the
flexibility for students to choose where, when and how to learn.
Students have the opportunity to enroll five
times during the year.
The college’s 70,000 alumni are active in
their communities as entrepreneurs, politicians, business professionals,
artists, nonprofit agency employees, teachers, veterans and active military,
union members and more.
The college was first established in 1971 by
the Board of Trustees with the encouragement of the late Ernest L. Boyer,
chancellor of the SUNY system from 1970 to 1977.
Boyer also served as United States commissioner
of education during the administration of President Jimmy Carter and then as
president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
More information about the college is
available at www.esc.edu.
Contact: Mindy
Boenning, M.A.
315-773-6139
Mindy.boenning@esc.edu
