SUNY Plattsburgh

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<p>Is Plattsburgh more of a "regional" school - i.e are most students are from the area and attend as a feed in from regional high schools ?</p>

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<p>Not at all. There are a mix of kids from the entire state as well as a good amount of Vermonters and Foreign Students. It’s a very good balance. We love the school. The students are friendly, the professors are very accessible, classes are small, and plenty of kids choose to do a semester abroad. The nice thing is that the school is centrally located within the town/small city. A five minute cab ride or shuttle ride will take you uptown where there is a nice big mall (American Eagle, Old Navy, Best Buy, Movie Theater, and all of the other stores usually found in a big mall), a Staples, Super Wallmart, Target, and restaurants. You can walk downtown from the school and enjoy a few hours in the older part of town. Downtown has the bars, some restaurants, pizza, and the lake.</p>

<p>Cut and pasted from their website: “About 90 percent of our students are New York State residents. More than 400 students come from 49 different countries and 24 states. Approximately 1000 new freshmen enroll each fall semester who study a variety of academic programs.”</p>

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<p>Most students are from the upstate area. Either Plattsburgh, another North Country town or Vermont.</p>

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<p>There are quite a few kids from Long Island attending the school.</p>

<p>Here is the breakdown as posted on the SUNY Plattsburgh website:</p>

<p>86.4% of our freshman students are New York State Residents. Top 5 New York State counties include:

  1. Clinton
  2. Suffolk
  3. St. Lawrence
  4. Albany
  5. Franklin</p>

<p>As you can see, #2 on the list is Suffolk Country which is part of Long Island.</p>

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<p>Everyone’s from New York except the ones who aren’t. Better?
It’s still a regional school.</p>

<p>Considering I actually attended the school, I don’t need to go gather statistics.</p>

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<p>I realize that you attended the school. I graduated from the school many years ago. One son is currently attending so I feel that I have some knowledge about the school. The OP is trying to figure out if the school is basically a school full of Plattsburgh High School kids and a commuter school. Yes, most kids are from NY but they come from a variety of NY areas with Suffolk County, Long Island having the 2nd highest number of students attending.</p>