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#2 Best Value Schools
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#12 Regional Universities North
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#6 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#55 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#2 Top Public Schools
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#52 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools where doctorate not offered
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#380 Business Programs
SUNY Polytechnic Institute--Albany/Utica is ranked #12 in Regional Universities North. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
79
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
129
Graduation and retention rank
116
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
51%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
78%
Social Mobility Rank
55
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
55%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
62%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
62%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-3
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
2.7
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
2
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
2
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
74.8%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
85%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
54.6%
Classes with 50 or more students
3%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
13:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
27
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
68%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
1
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
159
Average alumni giving rate
2%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
