Utica College

Utica College is a high-quality, students-first-college that collaborates with many of the top public and private institutions, including internationally recognized services like the UC Economic Crime Institute and the Center for Identity Management and Information Protection. Students can look forward to unique networking opportunities that may provide an edge over the competition. Utica has around 2,880 full- and part-time undergraduate students, with 1,147 full- and part-time graduate students, studying in over sixty academic fields.

Degree Programs

Utica gives each student the personal attention of a small college, with a faculty the size and quality of a larger university. The College has 36 undergraduate majors, 29 undergraduate minors, and 21 graduate programs. In addition to their degrees, they offer professional certificates, pre-professional programs (dentistry, law, medicine, optometry, podiatry, and veterinary), and honors and study-abroad programs.

Utica has three schools: The School of Arts and Sciences; the School of Business and Justice Studies; and the School of Health Professions and Education. It also houses sixteen other centers and institutes.

Accreditation

The Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools has granted accreditation to Utica College, while the Regents of the University of the State of New York chartered the school. Several of Utica’s programs have received recognition from national governing bodies: The American Chemical Society, approved the chemistry program; the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, accredited Utica’s nursing program; and the National Centers of Digital Forensics, appointed the cyber security program as an academic Excellence Program for the years 2014–2019.

Athletics

Known as the Pioneers, Utica’s 21 NCAA Division III sports teams include hockey, football, soccer, lacrosse, basketball, cross country, swimming and diving, softball, baseball, tennis, golf, volleyball, and water polo. The men’s and women’s hockey teams are part of the ECAC West athletic conference, while the women’s water polo team plays in the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Northern Division.

Library System

The Frank E. Gannett Memorial Library opened in 1969, is 67,000 square feet, three stories tall, and has a stack capacity of 190,000 volumes. Individual study carrels and group table seating provide study and research accommodations for upwards of four hundred patrons. In the last few years, the library has built five additional enclosed group study rooms on the first floor, upgraded its furniture, and remodeled its Information Desk. The library also has 25 computer workstations with network access available to its patrons.

Financial Aid and Scholarships

Students can apply for scholarships and awards in three categories: full-time freshmen can apply for merit-based scholarships upon admission to their College (each of the three Colleges award these scholarships separately); alumni, friends of the college, and organizations award endowed scholarships for the purpose of permanently providing support to deserving and/or exceptional students; and annual awards are granted to students based on merit on a yearly basis. Utica also provides students with an additional listing of other scholarship opportunities available from outside entities.

Student Housing

Living accommodations at Utica College are separated into seven residence halls that range from single-room housing to full apartments. For students who desire to live in off-campus housing, the Residence Life Office staff also keeps an updated list of apartments available around the university.

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