Graduate Programs at SUNY at Albany

SUNY Albany Directory Information
School Name	SUNY at Albany (SUNY Albany)
Address	1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222
Phone	518-442-3300
Web	https://www.albany.edu
Online Application	https://www.albany.edu/admissions.php
Financial Info	https://www.albany.edu/studentservices

Graduate School 2023 Key Facts
School Type	Public, 4 years
Tuition & Fees	$25,875 $13,625 for New York Residents
Student Population	4,394
Offered Degrees/Programs	Post-Bachelor Certificate, Master's, Post-Master Certificate, Doctorate (Research), and Doctorate (Professional Practice)
Number of Programs	272 graduate programs
Student to Faculty Ratio	17 to 1

2023 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees
Tuition & Fees
New York Residents	$13,625
Out-of-State	$25,875
Tuition per Credit Hour
New York Residents	$471
Out-of-State	$963

Special Learning Opportunities & On-campus Services
Distance Learning (Online Classes)	Graduate Level Courses & Programs
Special learning Opportunities	ROTC (Army, Air Force) Study abroad Teacher certification
On-Campus Student Services	Academic/career services Employment services for students On-campus daycare for students' children

2023 Graduate Tuition, Fees, Other Expenses

For the academic year 2022-2023, the graduate school tuition & fees of SUNY at Albany is $13,625 for New York residents and $25,875 for other students. The graduate tuition & fees are increased by 1.81% compared to previous academic year.

Data source: 2022-2023 tuition - NCES(National Center for Education Statistics (Last update: July 22, 2022)

2022-2023 Graduate Tuition & fees
	New York Residents		Out-of-State
	Tuition	Fees	Tuition	Fees
2018-2019	$11,090	$1,908	$22,650	$1,908
2019-2020	$11,310	$2,093	$23,100	$2,093
2020-2021	$11,310	$2,125	$23,100	$2,125
2021-2022	$11,310	$2,225	$23,100	$2,225
2022-2023	$11,310	$2,315	$23,100	$2,315
2023-2024	$11,310	$2,315	$23,560	$2,315

The graduate school tuition & fees of SUNY Albany is average compared to public graduate schools in New York. The average graduate school tuition for all graduate schools in United States is $19,793 and the New York graduate tuition is $23,176 (public) / $25,848 (private).

The following table compares the average graduate school tuition by location and school types.

Graduate Tuition & fees Comparison
	Residents	Out-of-State
SUNY at Albany	$13,625	$25,875
All Graduate Schools	$16,068	$19,793
Public	$11,516	$20,721
Private	$19,916
New York Graduate Schools	$21,016	$25,748
Public	$12,252	$23,176
Private	$25,848

For academic year 2022-2023, the living costs are $18,882 when a student lives on-campus housing facilities (i.e. dormitory, school owned apartments, etc.) at SUNY Albany.

On-campus living costs are increased by 3.86% compared to previous academic year. The off-campus living costs are $21,144. Off-campus living costs are increased by 18.59% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Living Expenses
	Living On-Campus		Living Off-Campus
	Room & Board	Other Expense	Room & Board	Other Expense
2018-2019	$14,003	$1,720	$9,750	$2,120
2019-2020	$14,240	$1,720	$9,994	$2,120
2020-2021	$14,620	$1,720	$9,994	$2,050
2021-2022	$15,053	$1,770	$13,000	$2,170
2022-2023	$15,598	$2,100	$15,430	$2,400
2023-2024	$16,182	$2,200	$18,444	$2,700

For academic year 2022-2023, the tuition per credit hour for graduate programs is $471 for New York residents and $980 for other students at SUNY at Albany. The graduate tuition per credit hour are increased by 1.77% compared to previous academic year.

2022-2023 Graduation Program Tuition per Credit Hour
	New York Residents	Out-of-State
2018-2019	$462	$944
2019-2020	$471	$963
2020-2021	$471	$963
2021-2022	$471	$963
2022-2023	$471	$963
2023-2024	$471	$980

Graduate Programs at SUNY Albany

SUNY at Albany offers 201 graduate programs for Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The next table lists number of programs by offered degree and online availability along with number of completers by degree/certificate programs. Last year, 1,605 students have completed their study at SUNY at Albany.

Offered Degrees at SUNY at Albany
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Number of Completers
Master's Degree	98	1,252
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship	47	160
Doctor's degree - other	3	8
Post Bachelor's Degree	11	32
Post Master's Degree	42	153
Total	201	1,605

The next table shows the popular graduate programs at SUNY at Albany by award level.

The most popular Post-graduate Certificate program is the Public Health program with 35 completers.
The most popular Master's program is the Social Work program with 140 completers.
The most popular Doctorate program is the Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology program with 16 completers.

Popular Post-graduate Certificate Programs at SUNY at Albany
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Public Health	✕	35	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	16	-
Maternal and Child Health	✕	15	-
School Psychology	✕	14	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✕	13	-

Popular Master's Programs at SUNY at Albany
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Social Work	✕	140	$44,000
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	98	-
Public Health	✕	88	$48,100
Business Administration and Management	✕	88	$70,200
Accounting	✕	87	$60,100

Popular Doctorate Programs at SUNY at Albany
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	16	-
Sociology	✕	10	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	9	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	8	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	8	-

SUNY at Albany offers 201 programs through Master's, Doctorate, and Post-Graduate Certificate. The programs are offered only in on-site (classroom) education. Last year total 1,605 students have completed their graduate studies.

1,252 students have earned/completed Master's program.
8 students have earned/completed Doctorate (Practice) program.
32 students have earned/completed Post-Bachelor's program.
153 students have earned/completed Post-Master's program.

Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Natural Resources and Conservation [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Natural Resources/Conservation	✕	3	-
Architecture [+]	✕	14 completers	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	✕	14	-
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	14 completers	-
Latin American Studies	✕	-	-
Latin American and Caribbean Studies	✕	2	-
African-American/Black Studies	✕	6	-
Women's Studies	✕	6	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	29 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	29	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	103 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	51	$43,100
Computer Science	✕	23	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	29	-
Education [+]	✕	294 completers	-
Education	✕	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	-	$52,500
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	12	-
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	✕	17	-
Educational/Instructional Technology	✕	98	-
International and Comparative Education	✕	4	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	23	-
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs	✕	-	-
Special Education and Teaching (other)	✕	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	✕	20	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	✕	9	-
Foreign Language Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	✕	2	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	51	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Social Studies Teacher Education	✕	15	-
Biology Teacher Education	✕	5	-
Chemistry Teacher Education	✕	1	-
French Language Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Physics Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Spanish Language Teacher Education	✕	-	-
School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist	✕	31	-
Earth Science Teacher Education	✕	1	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	5	-
Engineering [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Computer Engineering	✕	-	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	-	-
Electrical and Computer Engineering	✕	3	-
Engineering (other)	✕	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Russian Language and Literature	✕	-	-
French Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Italian Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	2	-
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	✕	-	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	10 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	10	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies	✕	-	-
Library Science [+]	✕	-	-
Library and Information Science	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	6	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	2	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	-	-
Biostatistics	✕	5	-
Epidemiology	✕	3	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	50 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	7	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	43	-
Statistics	✕	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	18 completers	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	9	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Physics	✕	4	-
Materials Science	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	34 completers	-
Psychology	✕	12	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	1	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	4	-
Educational Psychology	✕	17	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	54 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	46	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✕	-	-
Forensic Science and Technology	✕	8	-
Human Services [+]	✕	208 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	68	$53,200
Public Policy Analysis	✕	-	-
Social Work	✕	140	$44,000
Social Sciences [+]	✕	58 completers	-
Social Sciences	✕	-	-
Anthropology	✕	5	-
Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	17	-
Geography	✕	3	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	4	-
International Relations and Affairs	✕	14	-
Political Science and Government	✕	11	-
Sociology	✕	4	-
Visual and Performing Arts [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	✕	-	-
Art/Art Studies	✕	-	-
Fine/Studio Arts	✕	13	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	117 completers	-
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	✕	29	-
Public Health	✕	88	$48,100
Environmental Health	✕	-	-
Public Health (other)	✕	-	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	202 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	-	-
Business Administration and Management	✕	88	$70,200
Accounting	✕	87	$60,100
Accounting and Business/Management	✕	-	-
Accounting and Related Services (other)	✕	-	-
Taxation	✕	27	-
History [+]	✕	6 completers	-
History	✕	6	-
	Total	1,252

Doctorate (Research) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	-	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	10 completers	-
Computer and Information Sciences	✕	-	-
Information Science/Studies	✕	8	-
Computer Science	✕	2	-
Education [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	6	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	7	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	-	-
Engineering [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Computer Engineering	✕	-	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	✕	-	-
Electrical and Computer Engineering	✕	3	-
Engineering (other)	✕	1	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
French Language and Literature	✕	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	✕	3	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	8 completers	-
English Language and Literature	✕	8	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✕	-	-
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	✕	-	-
Biological and Biomedical Sciences [+]	✕	22 completers	-
Biology/Biological Sciences	✕	3	-
Biomedical Sciences	✕	8	-
Environmental Toxicology	✕	8	-
Biostatistics	✕	2	-
Epidemiology	✕	1	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Mathematics	✕	3	-
Statistics (other)	✕	-	-
Philosophy and Religious Studies [+]	✕	4 completers	-
Philosophy	✕	4	-
Physical Sciences [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology	✕	16	-
Chemistry	✕	5	-
Physics	✕	5	-
Materials Science	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics	✕	1	-
Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology	✕	5	-
Social Psychology	✕	-	-
Clinical Psychology	✕	7	-
Counseling Psychology	✕	7	-
Industrial and Organizational Psychology	✕	1	-
School Psychology	✕	-	-
Educational Psychology	✕	5	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies	✕	2	-
Human Services [+]	✕	12 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	7	-
Social Work	✕	5	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	27 completers	-
Anthropology	✕	5	-
Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	9	-
Political Science and Government	✕	3	-
Sociology	✕	10	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Public Health	✕	-	-
Business [+]	✕	-	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	✕	-	-
History [+]	✕	-	-
History	✕	-	-
	Total	160

Doctorate (Practice) Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Education [+]	✕	-	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-
Psychology [+]	✕	3 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	3	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Public Health	✕	5	-
	Total	8

Post-Bachelor's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	-	-
Latin American and Caribbean Studies	✕	-	-
Women's Studies	✕	-	-
Communication and Journalism [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	✕	3	-
Education [+]	✕	5 completers	-
International and Comparative Education	✕	5	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics [+]	✕	-	-
Applied Mathematics	✕	-	-
Human Services [+]	✕	-	-
Public Administration	✕	-	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	-	-
Public Health (other)	✕	-	-
	Total	32

Post-Master's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Latin American and Caribbean Studies	✕	1	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	16 completers	-
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance	✕	16	-
Education [+]	✕	5 completers	-
Curriculum and Instruction	✕	1	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	✕	-	-
Special Education and Teaching	✕	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	✕	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	✕	4	-
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	✕	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics [+]	✕	-	-
Russian Language and Literature	✕	-	-
English Language and Literature [+]	✕	-	-
Rhetoric and Composition	✕	-	-
Library Science [+]	✕	1 completers	-
Library and Information Science	✕	1	-
Psychology [+]	✕	14 completers	-
School Psychology	✕	14	-
Educational Psychology	✕	-	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management	✕	13	-
Human Services [+]	✕	13 completers	-
Public Administration	✕	7	-
Public Policy Analysis	✕	6	-
Social Sciences [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Economics	✕	-	-
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics	✕	1	-
Geography	✕	-	-
Geographic Information Science and Cartography	✕	7	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✕	35 completers	-
Public Health	✕	35	-
Public Health (other)	✕	-	-
History [+]	✕	-	-
History	✕	-	-
	Total	153

Graduate Student Population at SUNY Albany

For the academic year 2022-2023, total 4,394 students enrolled into SUNY at Albany graduate schools where it has total 16,658 students including undergraduate students. By attending status, there are 2,219 full-time and 2,175 part-time graduate students. By gender, 1,596 male and 2,798 female students are attending graduate schools. The next table summarizes the graduate student population by gender and attending status.

Graduate School Student Population By Gender
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,394	1,596	2,798
Full-time	2,219	864	1,355
Part-tme	2,175	732	1,443

The next table summarizes the students population by race/ethnicity.

There are 2,274 White (51.75%), 352 Black/African American (8.01%), 397 Hispanic (9.04%), 240 Asian (5.46%), and 1,131 students with other races. 867 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,394	1,596	2,798
American Indian/Native American	4	1	3
Asian	240	75	165
Black/African American	352	115	237
Hispanic	397	126	271
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	2,274	753	1,521
Two More	108	37	71
Un-Known	150	57	93
Non-resident Alien	867	432	435

SUNY at Albany offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for graduate programs. 1,086 graduate students (24.72% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 892 graduate students (20.30% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The next table summarizes the online student population.

Distance Learning Student Population
	Number of Graduate Students
Total	4,394
Enrolled Online Exclusively	1,086
Enrolled Some Online Courses	892
Not in Online Courses	2,416

The following table summarizes the graduate students population by age at SUNY at Albany. 1,606 students are aged 20 to 24 (36.55% of total students), 204 students are aged above 50 (4.64%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at SUNY at Albany.

Graduate Student Population By Age
	Total	Male	Female
Total	4,394	1,596	2,798
Age 20-21	224	84	140
Age 22-24	1,382	476	906
Age 25-29	1,153	432	721
Age 30-34	614	247	367
Age 35-39	400	145	255
Age 40-49	417	136	281
Age 50-64	183	61	122
Over 64	21	15	6

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