Empire State College
Established:	1971
Type:	Public Liberal Arts
President:	Alan Davis[1]
Faculty:	158 full time and 89 part time
Undergraduates:	18,000[2]
Location:	Saratoga Springs, New York, USA (administrative offices)
Campus:	multiple locations
Website:	http://www.esc.edu/

Empire State College, one of the thirteen arts and science colleges of the State University of New York, is a multi-site institution that offers higher education. Degrees offered by Empire State College range from Associate, Bachelor's, and Master's degrees. The College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Empire State College administrative offices are located in Saratoga Springs, New York.

The Rochester, New York campus

Empire State is primarily oriented towards the adult learner.^[2] Many of the undergraduate degrees offered by Empire State College are "individualized" as opposed to the more traditional degree programs.^[3] The college offers flexible programs, including distance education, extensive transfers of credits from other universities, knowledge gained through independent studies, standardized evaluations, and the opportunity to design one's own degree with an academic advisor or mentor.

International students pay the same tuition fees when studying online as in-state students. The Center for Distance Learning is available for students throughout the world, who can earn an undergraduate degree completely online.

Empire State College's Center for International Programs also has special programs for students in Lebanon, Czech Republic, and Greece. It also has arranged learning opportunities with United Auto Workers-Ford, United Steelworkers of America, Corporate Noncredit Training, eArmyU, Navy College Program and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (Local Union #3).

See also

• University of New York, Tirana
• University of New York, Prague

References

External links

• Official website
• Jack Lindquist (1976). "Empire state college: Can there be an experimenting college?". New Directions for Higher Education 1976 (15): 83–94. doi:10.1002/he.36919761507. 
• James W. Hall, Richard F. Bonnabeau (1993). "Empire State College". New Directions for Higher Education 1993 (82): 55–66. doi:10.1002/he.36919938206. 
• "Colleges Without Walls - TIME". Retrieved on 2008-07-07.

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