List of colleges and universities in New York's Capital District
The colleges and universities of New York's Capital District are a varied lot, consisting of four year and two year institutions, universities and community colleges, private and public institutions.
Colleges and universities
Click on the double triangles at the top of a column to sort the table by that column.
Name | Type | City or town | Date est. | Additional information | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SUNY Adirondack | Community college | Queensbury | 1961 | Part of the State University of New York System | |
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | Pharmacy school | Albany | 1881 | Part of Union University Shares joint campus of University Heights | ![]() |
Albany Law School[1] | Law school | Albany | 1851 | Part of Union University Shares joint campus of University Heights Oldest independent law school in the United States | ![]() |
Albany Medical College[2] | Medical school | Albany | 1839 | Part of Union University Shares joint campus of University Heights | ![]() |
Bryant & Stratton College | Proprietary college | Colonie | 1854 | ||
Columbia-Greene Community College | Community college | Hudson | 1966 | Part of the State University of New York System | |
Empire State College | Public college | Saratoga Springs, Latham, Queensbury, Schenectady, Johnstown | 1971 | Part of the State University of New York System Administrative offices in Saratoga Springs, five Capital District locations | |
Excelsior College | Private college | Albany | 1971 | Until 1998 a public college under State University of New York System; named Regents College from 1971 to 2001 | |
Fulton-Montgomery Community College | Community college | Johnstown | 1963 | Part of the State University of New York System | |
Hudson Valley Community College | Community college | Troy, North Greenbush | 1953 | Part of the State University of New York System | |
Graduate College of Union University | Graduate school | Schenectady | 2003 | Part of Union University | |
Maria College | Private college | Albany | 1958 | Four-year Catholic college | |
Mildred Elley | Private college | Albany | 1917 | ||
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | Private university | Troy | 1824 | Oldest technological university in the English-speaking world | ![]() |
Russell Sage College | Private college | Troy | 1916 | Part of The Sage Colleges | ![]() |
Sage College of Albany | Private college | Albany | 1957 | Part of The Sage Colleges Shares joint campus of University Heights | |
Sage Graduate School | Graduate school | Troy, Albany | 1949 | Part of The Sage Colleges | |
Schenectady County Community College | Community college | Schenectady | 1967 | Part of the State University of New York System | ![]() |
Siena College | Private college | Colonie | 1937 | Catholic college | ![]() |
Skidmore College | Private college | Saratoga Springs | 1903 | ![]() | |
State University of New York at Cobleskill | Public university | Cobleskill | 1916 | Part of the State University of New York System | |
SUNY Plattsburgh at Queensbury | Public University | Queensbury | 2005 | Part of the State University of New York System. Located on the campus of SUNY Adirondack in Queensbury, New York, SUNY Plattsburgh serves approximately 350 full and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate degree programs, as well as graduate students in a certificate of advanced studies program. | ![]() |
SUNY Poly CNSE | Public university | Guilderland | 2014 | Part of the State University of New York System | ![]() |
Union College | Private university | Schenectady | 1795 | Part of Union University | |
University at Albany, State University of New York | Public university | Albany, Guilderland | 1844 | Part of the State University of New York System |
Reference List
- v
- t
- e
Capital District
Central communities | ![]() | |
---|---|---|
Largest communities (over 20,000 in 2010) | ||
Medium-sized communities (10,000 to 20,000 in 2000) |
| |
Small communities (5,000 to 10,000 in 2000) |
|
Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
History | |||||||||||||||||||||
Geography | |||||||||||||||||||||
Religion and culture | |||||||||||||||||||||
Education |
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Newspapers |
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Television |
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Radio |
|