With 2,500 students, SUNY Cobleskill is large enough to offer a wide range of programs and activities, yet small enough to allow for personalized attention from faculty and staff.
Established
Founded in 1916, SUNY Cobleskill is one of the nation's oldest and best colleges of agriculture and technology.
Strengths
SUNY Cobleskill offers a career-oriented curriculum in quality programs such as agricultural sciences and technologies, business and computer technologies, early childhood, culinary arts, environmental and natural resources, hospitality and tourism, liberal arts and sciences and plant science.
New programs, new courses and baccalaureate degree programs are continuously being developed to meet the needs of students. Use of computers, personnel management and other skills necessary for success in a career are coupled with the college's traditional expertise in hands-on, practical education.
The highest priority of Cobleskill's expert faculty and staff continues to be individual attention to student needs.
SUNY Cobleskill graduates transfer to places such as: Cornell University; State University of New York at Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Stony Brook, Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse, and others. Articulation agreements ensure easy transfer to other colleges within the State University of New York system.
Academic Data
Bachelor (BT, BBA) degree programs in agricultural business management, agricultural equipment technology, animal science, culinary arts, financial services, information technology and plant science; Associate (AA, AS, AAS, AOS) degree programs in agricultural sciences and technology, business and computer technologies, culinary arts, environmental and natural resources, culinary arts, hospitality and tourism, early childhood, liberal arts and sciences and plant science; Certificate in Commercial Cooking and Child Care.
Outstanding Facilities
State-of-the-art equipment and facilities such as extensive distance learning and computer labs, 750-acre campus and farm, computerized greenhouses, ski area and lodge, and swimming pool, provide an ideal environment for learning and practicing skills.
Student Activities
Students may supplement their formal education with a wide variety of campus activities and departmental clubs, student government, musical groups and art exhibits, clubs and sports.