SUNY Plattsburgh Ranks 1st in the World for Satisfaction Among International Students

Plattsburgh – From friendliness to academic satisfaction, a recent survey has SUNY Plattsburgh topping the charts among international students.

The 2010 International Student Barometer ranked SUNY Plattsburgh first in the world when it comes to making friends, and the campus led all other U.S. institutions in satisfaction with overall learning environment. SUNY Plattsburgh ranked third in overall satisfaction among its global competitors and fifth in the world for satisfaction with the overall learning environment.

Published by the International Graduate Insight Group Ltd., the International Student Barometer tracks decision making, expectations, perceptions and experiences of international students through an online questionnaire. It sampled the impressions of 157,964 students from 203 institutions around the world, in locations like Australia, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Canada, Hong Kong, and Italy.

“SUNY Plattsburgh’s status as a world-class institution has now been confirmed by an international panel of experts – our students,” said SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher. “All of SUNY can be proud of this superior performance on the International Student Barometer. The SUNY Plattsburgh experience leads the nation in satisfaction for international students, and SUNY’s commitment to providing a friendly learning environment is unwavering for all of our students. In fact, one of our six big ideas in SUNY’s strategic plan – The Power of SUNY – is SUNY and the World, and this is further evidence that we are nurturing a culturally fluent, cross-national mindset.”

“These results give us an idea of the strength of our programs and our course offerings – and how students feel we measure up against some of the best schools around the world,” SUNY Plattsburgh President John Ettling said. “We are immensely proud of the work that goes on at the college, day in and day out, assisting our students when they need support and creating a strong academic environment. We are also proud of the work of our International Student Services staff does, creating a warm welcome for our students and generating friends around the world.”

"As SUNY becomes more systematic in its recruitment of international students, the quality of services we provide to the students becomes more central to our success,” said SUNY Vice Chancellor for Global Affairs Mitch Leventhal. “The ISB provides a means for SUNY to assess progress toward systematically high student satisfaction, through a continuous improvement process. SUNY Plattsburgh's success is a success for all of SUNY, and one we should closely study as we derive best practice lessons which can be shared.”

SUNY Plattsburgh has one of the largest international student populations, per capita, of any comprehensive college in the State University of New York System, with 385 students coming from a wide variety of countries including Canada, Antigua, the People’s Republic of China, Egypt, Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, Tanzania and India.

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