Each year Alfred State is grateful to be recognized for the college's excellence and achievements, including top national rankings. Rankings are updated each September. Listed below are some of the ways in which the college is proud and honored to be called the best.
- Top College Rankings with Selected Majors
- US News & World Report: Best Colleges
- Most Affordable & Best Rankings
- Student Experience Honors
- College Faculty & Staff Excellence
- Student Athlete & Team Achievements
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 17 different majors. ASC ranks top seven in New York State for an additional 30 majors.
Top 10 US Rankings:
Top 2 Masonry
No. 2 Building Trades: Building Construction
No. 2 Human Services Management
No. 2 IT: Applications Software Development
No. 3 Automotive Service Technician
No. 3 Computer Engineering Technology
No. 3 Digital Media and Animation
Top 3 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
No. 3 Surveying & Geomatics Engineering Technology
No. 3 Veterinary Technology
No. 4 IT: Network Administration
No. 4 IT: Web Development
No. 5 Architectural Technology
Top 5 Heavy Equipment Operations
Top 5 Heavy Equipment, Truck, & Diesel Technician
Top 6 Electrical Construction and Maintenance
No. 8 Health Information Technology
NY State Rankings:
No. 1 Autobody Repair
No. 1 Automotive Service Technician
No. 1 Building Trades: Building Construction
No. 1 Computer Engineering Technology
No. 1 Construction Engineering Tech
No. 1 Digital Media and Animation
No. 1 Electrical Construction and Maintenance
No. 1 Health Information Technology
No. 1 Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
No. 1 Heavy Equipment Operations
No. 1 Heavy Equipment, Truck & Diesel Technician
No. 1 Human Services Management
No. 1 IT: Applications Software Development
No. 1 IT: Web Development
No. 1 Masonry
No. 1 Surveying & Geomatics Engineering Technology
No. 1 Veterinary Technology
No. 2 Architectural Technology
No. 2 Cyber Security
No. 2 Financial Planning
No. 2 Healthcare Management
No. 2 IT: Network Administration
No. 2 Mechanical Engineering Tech
No. 2 Nursing RN to BSN
No. 3 Electrical Engineering Tech
No. 4 Culinary Arts
No. 6 Forensic Science Technology
Top 6 Graphic and Media Design
Top 7 Culinary Arts: Baking, Production & Management
Top 7 Marketing
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 college rankings.
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.
- No. 1 SUNY among northern regional colleges.
- No. 1 (tie) Northern colleges with 2,000+ enrollment, both public and private.
- No. 2 Best Value among northern public colleges.
- No. 2 Highest Social Mobility among northern public colleges.
- No. 3 Northern colleges with out-of-state tuition under $15,000, both public and private.
- No. 3 Best Colleges for Veterans among northern public colleges.
- No. 3 Best Colleges for Veterans among northern public and private colleges.
- No. 4 in Economic Diversity among top 25 northern public and private colleges.
- No. 5 Best Value among northern public and private colleges.
- No. 5 (tie) Highest Social Mobility among northern public and private colleges.
- No. 6 (tie) Top Public Schools in northern region.
- No. 8 (tie) First-year Retention Rate among northern public and private colleges.
- No.10 (tie) Best among northern public and private colleges.
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.
- WalletHub.com: No. 3 best New York regional college.
- WalletHub.com: No. 10 best northern regional college.
- AffordableColleges.com: No. 3 for out-of-state students searching public colleges in New York.
- AffordableColleges.com: No. 3 for most affordable online bachelor's degrees in New York.
- AffordableColleges.com: No. 11 for out-of-state students searching public colleges in US.
- AffordableColleges.com: No. 16 for most affordable online bachelor's degrees in US.
- CollegeExpress.com: Best US colleges supporting students with average scores.
- CollegeExpress.com: US colleges with unique majors: Motorcycle and power sports tech.
- CollegeExpress.com: US colleges offering both associate degrees and on-campus housing.
- CBS News/Best College Reviews: No. 5 most affordable college town in the US.
- Realtor.com: No. 5 least expensive college town in the US.
Student Experience Honors
- Niche.com: No. 5 Best Campus among New York public colleges
- Niche.com: No. 6 Best College Food among New York public colleges
- Niche.com: No. 7 Best College Dorms among New York public colleges
- Niche.com: No. 11 Best Student Life among New York public colleges
- Niche.com: No. 16 Best College Athletics among New York public colleges
- Campus Pride Index: Top 4 public colleges in New York with a 4-star rating
- GI Jobs: Military Friendly School gold-level award for exceeding standards
- Voter Friendly Campus: Award from nonpartisan Campus Vote Project
- CollegeExpress.com: Top colleges with strength in equestrian activities
- SkillsUSA: National Gold Medal for electrical construction wiring (college), Bronze for carpentry
- Alfred State archer earns wins national championship in individual competition
- SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence: Peter York and Carolyn Wright