<p>Are there any different other public colleges in nys besides SUNY schools? I would like to go to a school with low tuition, and then transfer to either NYU POLY or Stevens Institute after two years ( $$$ is the problem here, heh ).</p>
<p>Thanks for responds!</p>
<p>If I’m not mistaken, the NY public college/university systems are the CUNYs (City University of New York) and the SUNYs. There are also two federal service academies in the state.</p>
<p>CUNY’s ?
Buffalo State</p>
<p>The SUNY schools are NY state schools and there are some very good choices (ex. SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Geneseo, SUNY Stony Brook to name a few). There is a wide range of schools and you need to see which ones you are a good fit for academically. The CUNY schools are the public universities of NYC (and include schools such as Hunter, Lehman, Baruch, CCNY to name a few).</p>
<p>There are State Universities and State Colleges in NYS - the only Universities are Buffalo, New Paltz, Stony Brook, and Binghamton. All the other schools in the SUNY system are colleges and most are much smaller - Geneseo, Fredonia, Plattsburgh, Purchase, etc. As others have stated, CUNY schools are affiliated with the city of New York, they most are 4 year schools (Queens College, City College, what happy1 mentioned). Then there are the community colleges (also part of the CUNY system) Kingsborough, Queensborough, etc.</p>
<p>Do some research it will help.</p>
<p>Since you plan to attend your first school for only two years, you should check out the many community colleges in NY. There are also the agriculture and technology schools of which some are two year and some are four year schools.</p>
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<p>I believe they are Buffalo, Albany, Stony Brook and Binghamton. </p>
<p>New Paltz is a cool, little school, though.</p>
<p>Sorry, I left out Albany and put in New Paltz! Thanks for the correction simba9.</p>
<p>Why not just go to Stony Brook at in-state tuition? It has respectable majors in engineering, CS, math, and physics (which are implied given your interest in PINYU and SIT).</p>
<p>Would the OP be in-state? And while the CUNYs would be relatively low cost for tuition, the room and board could be stratospheric in NYC.</p>
<p>The system is called SUNY, and the CUNYs are so named as they happen to be in NYC. It’s just what NY calls their state higher education system. If you want to see all of the schools, google New York public colleges and SUNY and you can get a list of them all. CHeck out what the commutable options are and which ones have your courses of interest. The webiste is comprehensive in giving that info. Do well at a local one and see what your transfer options are when the time comes.</p>
<p>I cringe just a little when folks assume that SUNY and CUNY schools are mediocre options for kids that either don’t have other choices or are just collecting credits until they can move on to another better school. Just do your homework…about the individual schools’ acceptance ranges for scores and academic record and don’t assume that the NYS/NYC options are always going to be the cheapest road. As Erin’s Dad pointed out the tuition and fees at a CUNY may seem extremely affordable but if living at home or with a relative isn’t an option, it’s a different story. And SUNYs don’t have the huge endowments to draw from for financial aid so they are not always the bargain you think they will be. We are paying 1/2 as much for my son to attend a $63K school than we would have paid if he had attended SUNY Bing.</p>
<p>A friend of mine 's son is heading off to BU. Mid 60s, and probably more as he is the first kid to go to college and they are all gung ho. THe campus gift shop and Boston in general are just waiting for them to go drop the kid off and for Parent’s weekend. My guess is that they’ll drop over $70K in costs up there. </p>
<p>He was accepted to Binghamton and put his nose up to it. What to say? My oldest did the same danged thing and I’m still paying for it with the loans we took out.</p>
<p>B.U. this year is 58,530, though it varies depending on which dorm and meal plan. Not including books, travel, spending money…</p>
<p>If you want to transfer after 2 years why not go to Community College?</p>
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<p>It seems almost a given among those from the New England states, New York, and New Jersey that the state schools are automatically inferior to other schools, even though they are often perfectly fine choices for good students (perhaps living in the shadow of super-selective high-prestige schools and school-prestige-conscious Wall Street investment banks may have something to do with it). That attitude is much less common in other regions of the country.</p>
<p>Buffalo and Stony Brook, and Binghamton (even Albany Nano) are as good or better than NYU Poly and Stevens.</p>