The oldest college that is part of the SUNY System is SUNY Potsdam, established in 1816 as the St. But New York state had a long history of supported higher education prior to the creation of the SUNY system. The first colleges were established privately, with some arising from local seminaries. New York is one of the last states to set up a state college and university system. Rockefeller, who took a personal interest in design and construction of new SUNY facilities across the state.Īpart from units of the unrelated City University of New York (CUNY), SUNY comprises all state-supported institutions of higher education.Ĭollege of Environmental Science and Forestry The system was greatly expanded during the administration of Governor Nelson A. Young, who was at the time Chairman of General Electric. Dewey, through legislative implementation of recommendations made by the Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University (1946–1948). The State University of New York was established in 1948 by Governor Thomas E. With 25,000 acres of land, SUNY's largest campus is SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, which neighbors the State University of New York Upstate Medical University-the largest employer in the SUNY system with over 10,959 employees. SUNY's administrative offices are in Albany, the state's capital, with satellite offices in Manhattan and Washington, D.C.
Its flagship universities are Stony Brook University and the University at Buffalo. King, the SUNY system has 91,182 employees, including 32,496 faculty members, and some 7,660 degree and certificate programs overall and a $13.08 billion budget. It is one of the largest comprehensive system of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States. The State University of New York ( SUNY, / ˈ s uː n i/, SOO-nee) is a system of public colleges and universities in the State of New York.
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