Academic Life at SUNY Old Westbury

The Academic Picture

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at SUNY Old Westbury: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

34 Majors With Completions

17:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

42% Full-Time Faculty

Jump to any section below, or follow a link to dig deeper into a specific part of academic life at SUNY Old Westbury:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
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Faculty & Class Sizes

The student-to-faculty ratio at SUNY Old Westbury is about average at 17 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. 42% of the instructors at SUNY Old Westbury are employed full time, near the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition report.

Majors & Degrees

SUNY Old Westbury offers 34 majors with reported completions across 19 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at SUNY Old Westbury are shown below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	—
Bachelor’s	✓
Master’s	✓
Doctorate	—

The most popular majors at SUNY Old Westbury, measured by graduates, are listed below.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Psychology, General	110
Accounting and Related Services	101
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	86
Biology, General	67
Special Education and Teaching	56

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Additional Questions to Ask

As you weigh academic life at SUNY Old Westbury, a few more questions are worth asking:

Looking for flexibility? SUNY Old Westbury may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 1,771 undergraduates take at least some classes online. See distance learning options.
Interested in outcomes? Look at how well SUNY Old Westbury retains and graduates its students — 72% of full-time freshmen return). See graduation and retention.
Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of SUNY Old Westbury.

Dig Deeper into Academics on SUNY Old Westbury

Each page below covers one part of academic life at SUNY Old Westbury in more detail:

Majors & Degree Programs at SUNY Old Westbury — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty Composition at SUNY Old Westbury — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
Graduation and Retention at SUNY Old Westbury — how well the school retains and graduates students
Online Learning at SUNY Old Westbury — what online and distance learning is available
Accreditation at SUNY Old Westbury — accreditation status and accrediting bodies