A Snapshot of Our Success
(This snapshot reflects the 2024-2025 Academic Year)
The People that Make Us Great
Governing Board
The Board of Trustees comprises ten citizens who serve as the College’s legal governing body (five of whom are appointed by the Ulster County Executive/Legislature and four appointed by the Governor) for seven year terms, and one student elected annually for a one-year term.
Faculty & Staff
Student to faculty ratio: 24 to 1
323 employees (174 full-time and 149 part-time)
Student Enrollment
6,192 Students
3,711 Credit
2,481 Continuing and Professional Education programs Nearly two-thirds (63%) of recent Ulster County high school graduates who started attending a SUNY community college in Fall 2025 attended SUNY Ulster. 35 percent of credit students attend full-time; that proportion is three-fifths (60%) when not considering those concurrently enrolled in high school student.
Our Credit Student Community
Students range in age from 12-82, with an average age of 21. Half of our students identify as women and half as men.
Fifty-four percent of SUNY Ulster students identify as White, 19% as Latino or Hispanic, 6% as Black or African American, and 8% as an additional race/ ethnicity (race/ethnicity is unknown for 13%).
Smart Return on Your Investment
For Students
- For every $1 students invest in their education, they see a return of $5.10 in higher future earnings.
- Students enjoy an attractive 19.9% rate of return on their investment.
For the Community
- For every dollar of public money invested in SUNY Ulster, taxpayers will receive $1.50 in return, over the course of students’ working lives.
- SUNY Ulster adds annually $96 million in income to the Ulster County economy.
- Expressed in terms of jobs, SUNY Ulster’s total impact supported 1,222 jobs.
Degrees & Certificates
- Associate of Arts: two years, transfers to a four-year program
- Associate in Applied Science: two years, leads to employment
- Associate of Occupational Studies: two years, leads to employment
- Associate of Science: two years, transfers to a four-year program
- Certificate: one year, leads to employment
- Microcredential: set of courses to enhance skills
Tuition & Fees Per Semester
As of Fall 2025, SUNY Ulster tuition and fees for full-time study are $3,433.
84% of the class of 2025 graduated with no student loan debt.
Financial Aid
Twenty-six percent of Fall 2023 degree seeking students received grant or scholarship aid from the federal government, state/local government, the institution, and other sources known to the institution.*
*[Please note this does not include loans.]
Sources of Funding
Fiscal Year, 2025 Operating Budget = $30,848,080
Tuition & Fees - 28%
County Support - 23%
State Support - 24%
Federal - 5%
Other - 21%
