Not to be confused with University of the State of New York or City University of New York.
"SUNY" redirects here. For the American historian, see Ronald Grigor Suny.
State University of New York
Motto
To learn, to search, to serve
Type
Public university system
Established
1948; 76 years ago (1948)
Endowment
$4.84 billion (2022)[1]
Budget
$13.37 billion (2022)[1]
Chairman
Merryl Tisch
Chancellor
John King Jr.
Vice-Chancellor
Robert Megna
Provost
Tod Laursen
Academic staff
32,496[2]
Students
363,612 (Fall 2022)[2]
Undergraduates
319,011 (Fall 2022)[2]
Postgraduates
44,601 (Fall 2022)[2]
Location
New York
,
United States
Campus
64 campuses[2]
Colors
Blue and Gray
Website
www.suny.edu
The State University of New York (SUNY, /ˈsuːni/, SOO-nee) is a system of public colleges and universities in the State of New York. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of universities, colleges, and community colleges in the United States.[3] Led by chancellor John B. King, the SUNY system has 91,182 employees, including 32,496 faculty members, and some 7,660 degree and certificate programs overall and a $13.37 billion budget.[4][1] Its flagship universities are SUNY Stony Brook on Long Island in southeastern New York and the SUNY Buffalo in the west.[5]
SUNY's administrative offices are in Albany, the state's capital, with satellite offices in Manhattan and Washington, D.C. 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.[6][7]
The State University of New York was established in 1948 by Governor Thomas E. Dewey, through legislative implementation of recommendations made by the Temporary Commission on the Need for a State University (1946–1948). The commission was chaired by Owen D. Young, who was at the time Chairman of General Electric. The system was greatly expanded during the administration of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, who took a personal interest in design and construction of new SUNY facilities across the state.
Apart from units of the unrelated City University of New York (CUNY), SUNY comprises all New York state-supported institutions of higher education.
^ abc"2023 Annual Financial Report" (PDF). Retrieved 1 May 2023.
^ abcde"SUNY Fast Facts". SUNY. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^"Short History of SUNY". The State University of New York. SUNY. Archived from the original on 23 July 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
^Applebome, Peter (23 July 2010). "The Accidental Giant of Higher Education". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
^Tam, Ethan (7 January 2022). "Stony Brook and Buffalo formally named New York public flagship universities". The Statesman. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
^"SUNY Upstate Grows As Budget Shrinks". 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^"The Economic and Community Impact of Upstate Medical University" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 November 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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