SUNY Delhi Sets Enrollment Record

DELHI, NY (10/15/2009)(readMedia)-- A record number of 3,157 students are enrolled at SUNY Delhi this fall, the highest total in college history. The previous all-time high of 2,971 students was set in Fall 2008.

Applications to SUNY Delhi are also at record levels with more than 6,000 students applying for enrollment in Fall 2009. Applications to SUNY Delhi have increased by more than 42 percent over the last three years.

"SUNY Delhi's focus on offering unique academic programs is producing impressive results," says President Candace Vancko. "We are consistently earning national and state recognition for academic excellence and that has helped make SUNY Delhi a very popular choice among college-bound students," she says.

SUNY Delhi has been ranked among the Top 50 Baccalaureate Colleges in the North by U.S. News and World Report for three consecutive years. The college also scored very high marks in the 2009 SUNY Student Opinion Survey, ranking in the Top 10 of all SUNY campuses in 28 categories, including quality of instruction, academic advising, acquiring the knowledge and skills needed for a career, community service, and athletic and recreation facilities. Delhi ranked first or second among SUNY's Colleges of Technology in more than 50 percent of the categories on the Student Opinion Survey.

Students enrolled in baccalaureate programs now account for nearly 17 percent of Delhi's total enrollment. Leading the way are programs offered on-line and off site. An on-line RN to BSN program, the first of its type in New York State, has grown from 20 students to more than 200 in less than two years. Delhi has offered baccalaureate degrees on the campus of Schenectady County Community College since 2003 and will launch four-year programs at Tompkins Cortland Community College in Dryden and Onondaga Community College in Syracuse beginning in January.

Delhi also offers an on-line baccalaureate in Veterinary Technology Management, an Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) through the Partnership for Nursing Opportunities with Bassett Hospital, and an on-line associate degree in Electrical Construction and Instrumentation for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) in Latham.

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