SUNY Canton

SUNY Canton is located in the northern part of New York State, known as "The North Country." It is a place rich with history and full of opportunities for outdoor recreation. Canton was recently ranked 9th Best Town to Raise a Family in New York by Niche.com.

One of the many reasons to visit, and stay in the North Country is, of course SUNY Canton, a thriving college bordering the Grasse River. The college’s main campus is within walking distance of downtown Canton. The college also has a satellite dental hygiene sight in Rome, NY.

Canton is a village with a small town feel. Unique boutiques as well as economic staples line village streets and offer a refreshing laid back approach. Canton also has a variety of places to worship in town and nearby. The village boasts a home-like appeal that is both ideal to raise a family and perfect for all levels of research and education.

SUNY Canton is dedicated to providing a progression of accessible, affordable, high-quality applied programs that enable students in the North Country, New York State, and beyond to achieve their highest potential both personally and professionally.

Educating the leaders of tomorrow for careers in the global technological economy.

SUNY Canton makes education a hands-on engaging experience to prepare its scholars for careers. All academic programs are designed in a ladder curriculum, meaning students who start in a certificate or associate program can apply their first years of study toward their associate or bachelor’s degree.

SUNY Canton OnLine features more than 400 online courses and 13 degrees are available online, allowing students to enroll from anywhere with Internet access.

The College’s faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to their academic credentials. Students learn from engineers; crime scene investigators and former police officers; nurses and doctors; lawyers and entrepreneurs; programmers; in addition to novelists, photographers and videographers. The student to faculty ratio is 17 to 1.

The State University of New York College of Technology at Canton welcomes students from all over the world to study on our campus! We are here to assist you with the admission process from applying to arrival on campus. We hope that you will find SUNY Canton to be the best place to achieve your educational and career goals.

As an international student at SUNY Canton, you'll join a dynamic group of students from around the globe. You'll choose from an array of challenging majors and study with faculty who are leaders in their fields. You'll build a strong foundation for a life, filled with success and meaning.

With a variety of on campus and online degrees to choose from, SUNY Canton is a great option for potential transfer students. We also offer a spring start date for many of our majors and the flexibility of studying 100% online. With over 400 transfer students choosing to enroll at SUNY Canton each year, our Admission Office welcomes your questions and encourages a visit to campus or a phone call to speak with one of our counselors.

Students at SUNY Canton have the opportunity to be rewarded for their academic excellence. Every year SUNY Canton awards academic scholarships to students to ease the financial burden of continuing their education. SUNY Canton scholarships open the doors to an education for determined students from various backgrounds.

Earn a SUNY Canton degree through SUNY Canton’s Online global campus; a virtual campus with 16 fully online degrees and more than 450 online courses. Select from our many degrees and off-term offerings that feature general education courses that can help you earn your degree sooner.

With programs nationally ranked for their commitment to online excellence, SUNY Canton Online gives students the opportunity to build personal networks with other students anywhere in the world using discussion boards, chat, video conferencing, and social media.

All of our programs are accredited through the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools with Open SUNY+ distinction. A degree earned online is credentialed the same as a degree earned on campus; the method of delivery is not differentiated on your transcript or diploma.

Each online course is developed according to the standards of best practice for teaching and learning online, and each course is rigorously reviewed by faculty peers to ensure quality.

The College was originally chartered in 1906 as the first postsecondary, two-year college in New York. In 1987, the State University of New York’s Board of Trustees authorized the college's present designation as State University of New York College of Technology at Canton, more commonly known as SUNY Canton.