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Adirondack Community College Data & Information Overview

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How Well Is Adirondack Community College Ranked?

#1,234 Best Colleges in Nation
#110 Best Colleges in NY
Liberal Arts General Studies Highest Ranked Major

2025 Rankings

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked SUNY Adirondack as #1,234 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SUNY Adirondack held the #2,102 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

SUNY Adirondack is also ranked #110 out of 136 schools in New York.

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Is It Hard to Get Into SUNY Adirondack?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Adirondack Community College has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.

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Adirondack Community College Faculty

15 to 1 Student to Faculty
48% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Adirondack Community College, this ratio is 15 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Adirondack Community College is 48%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  48 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Adirondack Community College

63% Freshmen Retention

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Adirondack Community College is 63%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  63 out of 100
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Adirondack Community College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,501 Full-Time Undergraduates
16.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
56.2% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,994 undergraduates at SUNY Adirondack with 1,501 being full-time and 1,493 being part-time.

How Much Does Adirondack Community College Cost?

$9,322 Net Price
32% Take Out Loans
$22,268 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of SUNY Adirondack is $9,322. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for SUNY Adirondack

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$6,332$8,327$11,538$14,046$15,452

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of SUNY Adirondack, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At SUNY Adirondack, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $5,567 a year. That adds up to $22,268 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do SUNY Adirondack Graduates Make?

$41,267 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from SUNY Adirondack make about $41,267 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Adirondack Community College

New York State
1,501 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Adirondack Community College is a public institution located in Queensbury, New York. SUNY Adirondack is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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Contact details for SUNY Adirondack are given below.

Contact Details
Address:640 Bay Rd, Queensbury, NY 12804
Phone:518-743-2200
Website:www.sunyacc.edu/

Adirondack Community College Majors

25 Majors With Completions
896 Undergraduate Degrees
896 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 25 majors graduated from Adirondack Community College. Of these students, 896 received undergraduate degrees and 896 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Liberal Arts General Studies155NA
Nursing87NA
Business Administration & Management56NA
Design & Applied Arts40NA
Culinary Arts13NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections12NA
Information Technology10NA
Electromechanical Engineering Technology8NA
Electronics Engineering Technology7NA
General Engineering7NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Adirondack Community College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at SUNY Adirondack

38% Take At Least One Class Online
12% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2022-2023, 1,004 students took at least one online class at Adirondack Community College. This is a decrease from the 1,164 students who took online classes the previous year.

YearTook at Least One Online ClassTook All Classes Online
2022-20231,004318
2021-20221,164419
2020-20212,3711,468
2018-2019908172

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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