2008 Woodie Awards
PSUC recognized for value
Lindsey Shumway
Issue date: 2/22/08 Section: News
Originally published: 2/21/08 at 4:18 PM EST
Last update: 2/21/08 at 4:16 PM EST
Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, the first personal finance magazine established in the United States, acknowledged Plattsburgh State among the best values for public campuses in the nation. This recognition, earned because of the college's "affordable costs and top-flight academics," has made PSUC very proud.
"We are very pleased to be included in the magazine," said PSUC President John Ettling, who says the magazine "tries to correlate cost with quality."
Kiplinger's Top 100 Best Values in Public Colleges ranked PSUC's in-state students at 97th and out-of-state students at 79th out of over 500 public four-year universities and colleges.
"Our tuition is the same as the other SUNY schools that were ranked in Kiplinger's magazine," Ettling said. "So because our tuition is comparatively low doesn't set us apart from other colleges."
Ettling affirms that the quality is based on various factors, including average class sizes, graduation rates, the progression of students that go from one year to the next and the quality of faculty employed at the college.
Executive Director of Marketing and Communications Brendan Kinney said that PSUC also has a "solid liberal arts foundation and some really top-notch programs that really help us stand out."
Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine clarifies that the list of colleges included in the Top 100 Best Values in Public Colleges for 2008 is based on academic quality, cost and financial aid. The academic quality includes student-faculty ratios, freshmen retention rates, admission rates, four and six-year graduation rate and percentages of the 2006-07 freshmen class scoring 600 or higher on the verbal and math components of the SAT.
The rankings based on cost and financial aid included the total cost for in-state students - tuition, mandatory fees, room and board - and approximated textbook expenses, the averages of cost for students with need after subtracting grants, debts a student accumulates before graduation and the percentages of need met by aid cost for students without need after subtracting non-need-based grants.
The decision to attend PSUC can and should be based more on the worth of the college as opposed to mere convenience.
"I think Kiplinger's is a good third party validation of the value of a SUNY Plattsburgh degree," Kinney said.
"It helps us get the attention of those who are considering where to go to college," Ettling said.
"In U.S. News and World Report, SUNY Plattsburgh does very well, which is great," he said. Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine is not the only source to commend PSUC on its value.
Kinney said, "we're really a hidden treasure and we're trying not to be so hidden anymore,"
"We are very pleased to be included in the magazine," said PSUC President John Ettling, who says the magazine "tries to correlate cost with quality."
Kiplinger's Top 100 Best Values in Public Colleges ranked PSUC's in-state students at 97th and out-of-state students at 79th out of over 500 public four-year universities and colleges.
"Our tuition is the same as the other SUNY schools that were ranked in Kiplinger's magazine," Ettling said. "So because our tuition is comparatively low doesn't set us apart from other colleges."
Ettling affirms that the quality is based on various factors, including average class sizes, graduation rates, the progression of students that go from one year to the next and the quality of faculty employed at the college.
Executive Director of Marketing and Communications Brendan Kinney said that PSUC also has a "solid liberal arts foundation and some really top-notch programs that really help us stand out."
Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine clarifies that the list of colleges included in the Top 100 Best Values in Public Colleges for 2008 is based on academic quality, cost and financial aid. The academic quality includes student-faculty ratios, freshmen retention rates, admission rates, four and six-year graduation rate and percentages of the 2006-07 freshmen class scoring 600 or higher on the verbal and math components of the SAT.
The rankings based on cost and financial aid included the total cost for in-state students - tuition, mandatory fees, room and board - and approximated textbook expenses, the averages of cost for students with need after subtracting grants, debts a student accumulates before graduation and the percentages of need met by aid cost for students without need after subtracting non-need-based grants.
The decision to attend PSUC can and should be based more on the worth of the college as opposed to mere convenience.
"I think Kiplinger's is a good third party validation of the value of a SUNY Plattsburgh degree," Kinney said.
"It helps us get the attention of those who are considering where to go to college," Ettling said.
"In U.S. News and World Report, SUNY Plattsburgh does very well, which is great," he said. Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine is not the only source to commend PSUC on its value.
Kinney said, "we're really a hidden treasure and we're trying not to be so hidden anymore,"
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