Military Times magazine, a Gannett publication,
has included SUNY Empire State
College, based in Saratoga Springs, among
its “Best for Vets: Colleges 2015.”
Highlighted in the online and nontraditional
category, the college has been recognized
each year since the magazine first
began publishing Best for Vets five years ago.
This honor noted several specific features
of the college including: low in-state undergraduate
and graduate tuition and waiving
most fees for veterans and active-duty military;
award-winning Office of Veteran and
Military Education; low student-faculty ratio
and strong support staff; and acceptance
of academic credit for military training
recommended by the American Council on
Education.
“Five consecutive years of inclusion in
Military Times’ Best for Vets is a tribute to
the college’s faculty, staff and, most of all,
to the students themselves,” said Merodie A.
Hancock, president of SUNY Empire State
College. “Educating and supporting veteran
and active-duty military students is not just
a source of great pride, it’s how the college
community expresses its appreciation to
these remarkable students.”
“We factor in what is, to our knowledge,
the most detailed school-by-school data on
veteran students’ academic success anywhere,”
said Amanda Miller, editor of Best
for Vets. “Two years ago, only 11 percent
of the hundreds of schools surveyed could
provide that level of detail. This year, that
figure is up to 45 percent. By recognizing
only the schools that do the most, we believe
we’re helping to raise the bar in veteran
student services.”
In addition to strengths listed by Military
Times, the college supports veterans and
members of the military community through
education partnerships with all branches
of the military; Credit Where Credit is Due:
Veteran and Service Member Pathway to
the MBA; graduate certificate in veterans services;
and Student Veterans and Military
Club.
Best for Vets provides servicemen and
servicewomen a gauge to help determine if a
school or degree program will benefit them.
The rankings factored in service member
enrollments, percentage of tuition covered
by the GI Bill and availability of specific
programs to help service members.
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