Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale State College

Motto	"What will four years do for you?"
Established	1912
Undergraduates	7,000
Location	East Farmingdale, NY, USA
Colors	Green & White
Nickname	Rams
Mascot	Rambo the Ram
Website	farmingdale.edu

Farmingdale State College,^[1] formerly the State University of New York at Farmingdale or SUNY Farmingdale, is a college of the State University of New York that is located on Long Island in East Farmingdale, New York,^[2] with a small section in Old Bethpage.

The college dates from 1912 as a school of applied agriculture, and was known as the Long Island Agricultural and Technical Institute.

Currently the college offers bachelor degrees and associate degrees across various fields.

According to Long Island Press, the college ranks 88th among top 200 public college's highest graduate earning power on Payscale.com.

The Daily Beast ranked Farmingdale the 5th safest campus in the nation for its 2010 listing.

At a Glance

Has only a 15% four year graduation rate.
Ranked among top 100 public colleges in the nation in the earning power of graduates
Quality education at a great value--$5,000 annual tuition (in-state residents)
Named one of the best colleges in the North in US News and World Report 2011 rankings
Offer 26 baccalaureate degrees and nine associate degrees
Ranked the fifth-safest campus in the U.S. in a nationwide statistical analysis due to farm.
Highly successful NCAA Division III athletics program
Technology-Enhanced “Smart” classrooms located throughout academic buildings.
New Campus Center opening 2012 on main farm.

Skyline Conference

Bard Farmingdale State Mount Saint Mary Mount Saint Vincent Purchase College Polytechnic (NY) St. Joseph's SUNY Maritime SUNY Old Westbury Yeshiva

Units of the State University of New York

University centers	Albany • Binghamton • Buffalo • Stony Brook

Other doctoral- granting institutions	Agriculture and Life Sciences (Cornell) • Ceramics (Alfred) • Downstate (Brooklyn) • Environmental Science and Forestry (Syracuse) • Human Ecology (Cornell) • Industrial and Labor Relations (Cornell) • Optometry (New York City) • Upstate (Syracuse) • Veterinary Medicine (Cornell)

University colleges	Buffalo State • Brockport • Cortland • Empire State (multi-site) • Fredonia • Geneseo • New Paltz • Old Westbury • Oneonta • Oswego • Plattsburgh • Potsdam • Purchase

Technology colleges	Alfred State • Canton • Cobleskill • Delhi • Farmingdale • Fashion Institute of Technology • Maritime • Morrisville • SUNYIT

Community colleges	Adirondack • Broome • Cayuga • Clinton • Columbia-Greene • Corning • Dutchess • Erie • Finger Lakes • Fulton-Montgomery • Genesee • Herkimer • Hudson Valley • Jamestown • Jefferson • Mohawk Valley • Monroe • Nassau • Niagara • North Country • Onondaga • Orange • Rockland • Schenectady • Suffolk • Sullivan • Tompkins Cortland • Ulster • Westchester

Other programs	SUNY Learning Network • SUNY Press • SUNY Eye Institute • Administration Building • Research Foundation