Each year Alfred State is grateful to be recognized for the college's excellence and achievements, including top national rankings. These honors are updated each September. Is Alfred State College a good school? Yes and we can prove it.
We are proud and honored by many prestigious and reputable organizations. With accolades from US News & World Report to high student rankings on Niche and others, listed below are some of the ways in which the college has earned rankings as the best.
- US News & World Report: Best Colleges
- Top College Rankings with Selected Majors
- Most Affordable & Best Rankings
- Student Experience Honors
- Student Athlete & Team Achievements
US News & World Report: Best Colleges
The prestigious US News list compares Alfred State to all Northern Regional Colleges in an 11-state territory of the northeastern US. The honors listed below include links to all web rankings that are publicly available without a subscription to the ranking organization's website. Updated Sept. 2021.
- No. 1 SUNY among regional colleges
- No. 1 SUNY Best for Veterans among regional colleges
- No. 1 SUNY Best Value School among regional colleges
- No. 1 SUNY for Social Mobility among regional colleges
- No. 1 SUNY for Least Debt among regional colleges
- No. 1 with 2,000+ enrollment among public and private northern regional colleges
- No. 1 New York’s Best for Veterans among public and private regional colleges
- No. 2 Best for Veterans among public and private northern colleges
- No. 2 Best Value School among northern public colleges
- No. 3 New York’s Best among public and private regional colleges
- No. 3 Northern College with out-of-state tuition under $15,000 both public and private
- No. 4 New York’s Best Value School among public and private regional colleges
- No. 5 Top Public School among northern regional colleges
- No. 5 in Economic Diversity among Top 25 northern colleges
- No. 6 (tie) among public and private northern regional colleges
- No. 7 Best Value School among public and private northern regional colleges
- No. 7 for Least Debt among public and private northern regional colleges
- No. 7 New York’s Best for Social Mobility among public and private regional colleges
Top College Rankings with Selected Majors
When students consult objective sources for college rankings, ASC is among the Top 10 schools in the US for 14 different majors. Updated September 2021:
Top 10 US Rankings:
- No. 1 Building Trades: Building Construction
- No. 1 Heavy Equipment Operations
- No. 1 Masonry
- No. 3 Computer Engineering Technology
- No. 3 Digital Media and Animation
- Top 3 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
- No. 3 IT: Web Development
- No. 3 Surveying & Geomatics Engineering Technology
- No. 3 Veterinary Technology
- No. 4 Automotive Service Technician
- No. 5 Architectural Technology
- Top 5 Electrical Construction and Maintenance Electrician
- No. 7 Human Services Management
- No. 10 IT: Applications Software Development
There are a number of databases available where students can filter all US colleges and universities to list only those offering a selected program. A detailed alphabetized list of the Top College Rankings with Selected Majors includes links to each of the sources for the US and NY college rankings.
Most Affordable & Best Rankings
- Princeton Review: Named to the Best Northeastern colleges list.
- Open SUNY+ awarded for high quality online programs and support services.
- College Consensus: No. 1 consensus score among northern regional public colleges.
- College Consensus: No. 2 student score for all northern regional public or private colleges.
- College Consensus: No. 5 consensus score for all northern regional public or private colleges.
- BestValueSchools.com: No. 1 most affordable New York public college under 4,000 enrollment.
- BestValueSchools.com: No. 1 NY public college for out-of-state tuition.
- AffordableColleges.com: Best colleges for low-income students.
- AffordableSchools.net: Most affordable colleges with best return.
- EdSmart.org: Least expensive out-of-state tuition.
- CollegeExpress.com: Best US colleges supporting students with average scores.
- CollegeExpress.com: US colleges with unique majors: Motorsports technology.
- CollegeExpress.com: US colleges offering both associate degrees and on-campus housing.
Student Experience Honors
- Niche.com: No. 3 Best College Dorms among New York public colleges
- Niche.com: No. 4 Best Campus among New York public colleges
- Niche.com: No. 6 Best College Food among New York public colleges
- Niche.com: No. 10 Best Student Life among New York public colleges
- Niche.com: No. 14 Best College Athletics among New York public colleges
- Niche.com: No. 23 Best Location among New York public colleges
- Niche.com: No. 24 Best for Student Athletes among New York public colleges
- Campus Pride Index: Top 5 public colleges in New York with a 4-star rating
- GI Jobs: Military Friendly School award for exceeding standards
- Voter Friendly Campus: Award from nonpartisan Campus Vote Project
- CollegeExpress.com: Top colleges with strength in equestrian activities
- Alfred State Archer Jay Lawrence named to All-American Team
- Alfred State Archers Named to Academic All-American Team
- SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence: Katherine Frascella and Hunter Dejonge