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PSUC out-of-state students coming from more states
623 of 5,592 PSUC students out-of-state
Allen Kirmss
Issue date: 10/19/07 Section: News
Originally published: 10/18/07 at 6:39 PM EST
Last update: 10/19/07 at 1:51 AM EST
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Where are you from?
New York.
It seems all too familiar - like it's the only answer to a question asked so frequently.
It may seem that all the diversity stuff you heard and read about is null and void, since the last 20 or so people you talked to were all from Long Island.
True, most of the 5,592 undergraduate students here at Plattsburgh State call some town in New York their home. But how many of those random Vermonters, Ohioans and Texans call PSUC their home away from home?
According to director of Admissions Richard Higgins, 623 full-time students are from outside New York, making up 11.1
percent of the school's student population.
Of that number, 229 of out-of-state students are U.S. citizens and 394 are international.
But the question remains, why PSUC?
"Where I'm from, the schools are a lot larger and nobody cares who you are," senior Vanessa Costanza, who hails from Humble, Texas, said. "I chose to come here to have a one-on-one connection and not to be just another number."
There are many incentives for out-of-state students to come and enroll at PSUC.
For example, a $2,500 housing grant is available, due to the fact that students from outside of New York will pay more in tuition than someone who lives in-state.
That grant is lost to any out-of-state student who lives off campus. Another incentive for out-of-state students is the overall tuition of a SUNY school, including PSUC.
"In general, SUNY tuition is so low that even when you make the tuition higher for someone out-of-state, it's still less than a lot of other colleges," admissions adviser Lindsey Jakiel said.
There are several admission counselors who spend time outside of New York to try to recruit prospects from different states, Jakiel said.
Among the states admission advisers spend the most time recruiting are Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
Of those states, New Jersey is a big target for not only PSUC, but for the entire SUNY system.
New York.
It seems all too familiar - like it's the only answer to a question asked so frequently.
It may seem that all the diversity stuff you heard and read about is null and void, since the last 20 or so people you talked to were all from Long Island.
True, most of the 5,592 undergraduate students here at Plattsburgh State call some town in New York their home. But how many of those random Vermonters, Ohioans and Texans call PSUC their home away from home?
According to director of Admissions Richard Higgins, 623 full-time students are from outside New York, making up 11.1
percent of the school's student population.
Of that number, 229 of out-of-state students are U.S. citizens and 394 are international.
But the question remains, why PSUC?
"Where I'm from, the schools are a lot larger and nobody cares who you are," senior Vanessa Costanza, who hails from Humble, Texas, said. "I chose to come here to have a one-on-one connection and not to be just another number."
There are many incentives for out-of-state students to come and enroll at PSUC.
For example, a $2,500 housing grant is available, due to the fact that students from outside of New York will pay more in tuition than someone who lives in-state.
That grant is lost to any out-of-state student who lives off campus. Another incentive for out-of-state students is the overall tuition of a SUNY school, including PSUC.
"In general, SUNY tuition is so low that even when you make the tuition higher for someone out-of-state, it's still less than a lot of other colleges," admissions adviser Lindsey Jakiel said.
There are several admission counselors who spend time outside of New York to try to recruit prospects from different states, Jakiel said.
Among the states admission advisers spend the most time recruiting are Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
Of those states, New Jersey is a big target for not only PSUC, but for the entire SUNY system.
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