Rankings
In 2007, Newsweek magazine rated SUNY New Paltz as America's "Hottest Small State School".
In 2010, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine ranked SUNY New Paltz 53rd in the country (out of a list of 100 top schools) in academic quality and affordability.
The college was also recently ranked 8th among the best public universities and 40th among public and private universities in the North that offer bachelor's and master's degree programs, according to the U.S. News & World Report's rankings for America's Best Colleges 2009.
In the 2011 edition of U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges, SUNY New Paltz ranked 7th among top public colleges with Master's Degrees in the North. The school also was named 33rd in the nation for schools with Master's programs.
New Paltz was named one of the best 222 colleges in the northeast by the Princeton Review in 2006.
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine ranked New Paltz as one of the 100 best values among public colleges and universities in the nation.
The school was also ranked 7th Counterculture college by High Times Magazine because of its active NORML/SSDP chapter, a designation which received mixed reviews from administrators and student leaders.
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