Graduate Programs & Tuition at SUNY College at Potsdam

SUNY College at Potsdam (SUNY Potsdam) is a four-year, public school located in Potsdam, NY.

It offers 27 graduate programs - 23 Master's, 1 Post-bachelor's, 3 Post-master's. The 2025 average graduate tuition & fees is $12,808 for in-state and $24,598 for out-of-state students.

A total of 721 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 2,832 students at SUNY Potsdam. SUNY Potsdam offers online graduate programs and 597 out of 721 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find SUNY Potsdam's health profession programs at health professions information page.

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Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2024-2025, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $12,808 for New York residents and $24,598 for out-of-state students. It offers twenty-seven (27) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	SUNY College at Potsdam
Type	Four-year, Public
Address	44 Pierrepont Ave, Potsdam, NY
Graduate School Students	540 students 597 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2024-2025)	In-State$12,808 Out-of-State$24,598
Student to Faculty	11:1 (9.09%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 27 Graduate Programs 23 Master's, 4 Post graduate certificates

2025 Graduate Program Tuition at SUNY College at Potsdam

The following tables describe 2024-2025 graduate tuition & fees at SUNY College at Potsdam with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For New York residents, the tuition & fees are $12,808 and $24,598 for non-New York residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $471 for New York residents and $963 for out-of-state students.

2025 Tuition & Fees

2025 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$11,310	$23,100
Fees	$1,498	$1,498
Cost per Credit	$471	$963
Books & Supplies	$950
Room & Board	$15,280 (On-Campus) / $11,845 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$1,956 (On-Campus) / $2,322 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$30,994	$42,784
Off-Campus Total	$27,925	$39,715

Tuition Trends

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2021-2025)
	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024	2024-2025
In-State	$12,594	$12,752	$12,752	$12,752	$12,808
Out-of-State	$24,384	$24,542	$24,542	$24,542	$24,598

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

SUNY College at Potsdam offers Masters, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 27 major areas - 23 Master's (3 online programs), 1 Post-Bachelor's (1 online programs), 3 Post-Master's (1 online programs).

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	348	-	1	25
Men	69	-	1	3
Women	279	-	-	22

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Learning Sciences	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	1^ONLINE	NOT OFFER
Curriculum and Instruction	34	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Educational/Instructional Technology	10	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Special Education and Teaching	26^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	^ONLINE
Elementary Education and Teaching	175	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Early Childhood Education and Teaching		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	5	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Mathematics Teacher Education		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Music Teacher Education	21	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Reading Teacher Education	31^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Social Studies Teacher Education	5	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Biology Teacher Education	10	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Chemistry Teacher Education	3	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Physics Teacher Education	4	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Earth Science Teacher Education	6	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	3	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Music Performance		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Music Theory and Composition		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Health	3^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Public Health Education and Promotion		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Community Health and Preventive Medicine		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	12	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER
Organizational Leadership		NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	7
Special Education and Teaching	^ONLINE	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	15^ONLINE
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	NOT OFFER	3

Graduate Student Population

SUNY Potsdam graduate schools have a total of 540 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 104 male and 436 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 337 full-time and 203 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 597 students enrolled through online exclusively and 106 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 243 White, 11 Black, and 7 Asian students are attending at SUNY College at Potsdam. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

27 grad students are younger than 22 and 119 students are older than 65. It has 408 students aged between 22 and 30 and 167 students aged 30 to 40.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	540
Men	104
Women	436

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	540
Full-time Students	337
Part-time Students	203

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	540
American Indian / Native American	10
Asian	7
Black	11
Hispanic	9
White	243
Two or more races	5
Un-Known	231

Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total	540
21 & Under	27
22-24	259
25-29	149
30-34	83
35-39	84
40 & Over	119

Online Population

At SUNY College at Potsdam graduate schools, 597 students enrolled online exclusively and 106 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	721
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	597
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	106
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	18

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	597
New York Resident	424
Other State In U.S.	19
Outside of U.S.	154

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