Academics at SUNY Polytechnic Institute

All About Academics

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

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

• Faculty Resources
• Most Popular Majors
• Additional Questions to Ask
• Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

The student-to-faculty ratio at SUNY Polytechnic Institute is about average at 14 to 1, close to the national average of 15 to 1. SUNY Polytechnic Institute employs 48% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

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

Most Popular Majors

Students at SUNY Polytechnic Institute can choose from 28 majors with reported graduates spanning 12 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at SUNY Polytechnic Institute are shown below:

The most popular majors at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, measured by graduates, are listed below.

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

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

• Need flexibility? Check whether SUNY Polytechnic Institute offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule — about 1,072 undergraduates study at least partly online. See distance learning options.
• Interested in outcomes? Look at how well SUNY Polytechnic Institute retains and graduates its students — 69% of full-time freshmen return). Explore graduation rates.
• Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Continue Your Research on SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Each page below covers one part of academic life at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in more detail:

• Academic Majors at SUNY Polytechnic Institute — the full list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers
• Faculty Composition at SUNY Polytechnic Institute — the full faculty and class-size breakdown
• Graduation & Retention at SUNY Polytechnic Institute — graduation and first-year retention rates
• Distance Learning at SUNY Polytechnic Institute — distance-learning enrollment detail
• Accreditation Detail at SUNY Polytechnic Institute — regional and program accreditation status