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EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE
www.esc.edu
Office of Collegewide Academic Review (OCAR) at One Union Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, Regional Centers/Units in 35 locations across New York State.
Contact:  Call the Office of Collegewide Academic Review (OCAR), 518 587-2100 ext. 2446, M-F 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST, or the Office of Academic Review at the Empire State College regional learning center near you (check phone book), or e-mail: admissions@esc.edu.
Type of Institution: Public Comprehensive.

Degrees Available: The college offers individually designed associate and bachelor's degrees (AA, AS, BA, BS, BPS) in 11 areas of study: Arts, Business, Management and Economics, Community and Human Services, Cultural Studies, Educational Studies, Historical Studies, Human Development, Interdisciplinary Studies, Labor Studies, Science, Mathematics and Technology, Nursing, and Social Theory, Social Structure, and Change. Master of Arts degrees in liberal studies and several policy studies areas are also available as well as a competency-based Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree. A Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree is available for those who want to teach in school districts in New York state's larger cities.

Forms of Credit Recognized:
■ In addition to regular transfer of transcripted credit, the college awards advanced standing credit based on a range of noncollegiate sources: proficiency examinations (CLEP, ECE, TECEP, DSST), learning experiences evaluated and recommended for credit by National PONSI and ACE CCRS, military educational experiences recommended for credit by ACE, licenses, certificates and training evaluated through Empire State College's own generic evaluation process, and individualized assessment of prior college-level learning by faculty or college-selected experts.
■ Up to 96 credits of the 128 credit bachelor's degree (or 40 credits of the 64 credit associate degree) is possible via advanced standing.

Additional Information:
■ Each undergraduate student completes an educational/academic planning process during which the individualized degree is designed and potential advanced standing is developed.
■ The college's adult students earning bachelor's degrees on average receive about 50 credits of transfer transcript credit and about 40 credits of advanced standing based on noncollegiate sources.
■ The college has learning centers throughout New York state, with major centers in New York City, Long Island, Hartsdale, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo and smaller learning centers in over 25 other locations.
■ The Center for Distance Learning offers degrees via the web.
 

Updated May 15, 2009