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SUNY Oswego

Oswego, New York

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Dream, Discover, Do… The Oswego Way
SUNY Oswego offers engaging student life activities and programming alongside an exceptionally diverse curriculum with academic programs in four distinct schools: Business; Education; Liberal Arts & Sciences; and Communication, Media & the Arts. The possibilities are endless with an extensive choice of academic options and majors, an outstanding faculty, internships, co-ops, service-learning, and study abroad opportunities that foster learning and encourage the exchange of ideas. Oswego is a campus of choice for students (around 8,000 students, some 7,000 of them full-time undergraduates) who become successful graduates achieving dreams, pursuing adventure, and embracing opportunity.

SUNY Oswego, one of 13 comprehensive colleges in the 64-campus State University of New York system, was founded in 1861. Oswego is committed to enhancing its diversity and actively engages in recruiting, supporting, and fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students. 

Learn more about Oswego here, or watch the “Oswego in 60 seconds” video.

Get to know SUNY Oswego

6,673
Degree-Seeking Undergraduates
Enrolled female students
52%
 
Enrolled male students
48%
 
Gender Ratio
Full-time students
93%
 
Part-time students
7%
 
Full-time to Part-time Ratio
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Retention rate
Full-time faculty
67%
 
Adjuncts
33%
 
Faculty Ratio
16:1
Student/teacher ratio
$7,070
In-state tuition cost
$16,980
Out-of-state tuition cost
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6-year graduation rate
Rolling
Application deadline
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Acceptance rate
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Out-of-state students
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Full-time faculty w/ terminal degree

Benefits

Student Activities

Student Activities

  • Choral groups
  • Concert band
  • Dance
  • Drama/theatre
  • International Student Organization
  • Jazz band
  • Literary magazine
  • Music ensembles
  • Musical theatre
  • Opera
  • Radio station
  • Student government
  • Student newspaper
  • Student-run film society
  • Symphony orchestra
  • Television station
  • Yearbook
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High-Impact Practices

High-Impact Practices

  • First-Year Seminars and Experiences
  • Common Intellectual Experiences
  • Learning Communities
  • Writing-Intensive Courses
  • Collaborative Assignments and Projects
  • Undergraduate Research
  • Diversity/Global Learning
  • Service-Learning, Community-Based Learning
  • Internships/Coops/Practicums
  • Capstone Courses and Projects/Senior Experience
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What Others are Saying

"Some of our highest-performing people that we have here at SRC are SUNY Oswego grads. As we bring in more and more grads from Oswego, we see them make an impact from day one and rise to higher levels in the organization. Oswego's right there at the top of the list when we're going out there to look for new employees."
— Joseph Lauko, senior vice president, SRC, Inc.

Contact SUNY Oswego

Contact Admissions

www.oswego.edu/admissions
(315) 312-2250
admiss@oswego.edu

Campus Location

7060 State Route 104
Oswego, NY 13126

(315) 312-2500

Visit Oswego Online

www.oswego.edu