Empire State College

In 1992 I enrolled in Empire State College with credits earned from two other accredited SUNY colleges. From my understanding ESC programs have graduated thousands of students who have met the rigorous academic requirements. I had successfully acquired a few credits based on verifiable experiences and submitted to the college for assessment via written format for review. , In my experience the college's programs as well as its faculty were highly professional and respected in the field. I met at least one of them in a graduate program from another respectable college. The correspondence courses are writing intensive and research oriented-students who do not write well will have ample opportunity to hone these life-altering skills. This college helped me to enhance my writing and research skills, which were essential to my graduate studies and my current role as a supervisor. Further, this college is a member of the SUNY education system; therefore, the academic offerings are regionally and nationally accredited, and THE MOST AFFORDABLE in New York and possibly the nation. I am a proud graduate of the Master's Degree program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice as as result of the educational offerings at SUNY Empire State College. The academic offerings are designed to challenge the student. The professors are leaders in your field of study (sometimes officials of local government). I took only took two online courses, however, some students may gravitate towards the online option based on their needs. Either way, this college will push you to the limits. ESC offers many academic programs to choose from. Look into it and meet the challenge. Good luck and God Bless! more

Empire State College is a decent school with flexible class scheduling for working adults. I attended for a couple of semesters during my college career, and all my professors seemed to be top notch. There are branch campuses all over the state of New York, as well, so just about anyone in NY state is within driving distance of one of the campuses ... if not, they have a distance learning program. The one main complaint that I have about Empire State is that administration is almost impossible to get in touch with. When I was trying to get a simple mistake in my file rectified, I was referred to approximately five different people, wrote about fifteen emails and made more than a few phone calls (and got voice mail every time) ... to this day, I still haven't received a response from anyone, other than to tell me that I needed to speak to "such and such a person" instead. However, the academics and scheduling makes up for a lot of the problems with the administrative staff, so I'd recommend. more