SUNY Oneonta Rankings by Salary Score™

SUNY Oneonta isn't inherently a bad school per se. The professors in the sciences are all very outgoing and a pleasure to learn from. However, this school LIED to me not only about the prospects of my degree, but also LIED when coordinating my education when transferring. I transferred to this college from another SUNY school to save on tuition. Before attending Oneonta, I coordinated my degree track with academic advisors from BOTH campuses (all documented via emails and paper), with the understanding that... Read More I would attend my first school for 2 years, and Oneonta for the final two. Upon transferring after completing my first two years, I was told that they would not honor my class schedule, and told me that I would be required to attend for 4 more years!! This was not due to lack of credits. Simply, they would not allow me to stack my classes the way they originally agreed to, as a way to make me pay MORE tuition and lengthen the amount of time it would take to complete my degree. Additionally, when I first began, I made my career prospects very clear and straightforward, and was told that my degree would be substantial to help reach my career goals. Come to find out in my first year attending Oneonta, this was not the case, and my career prospects would require many more years of additional schooling. I was taken for a fool by listening to the advisors here. With all the lawsuits surrounding colleges lying to prospective students in order to garner more tuition money, I thoroughly believe that my case holds merit in this category. Too bad I can't afford to sue because I couldn't complete my degree and was not able to enter a career that would afford me this opportunity, but I suppose that's part of their game. In short, please be VERY VERY VERY careful about what these advisors tell you. Take anything ANYONE says here about transfers and careers with a grain of salt. This campus is very clearly just after your wallet and does not care about the outcomes of their students. BE CAREFUL. Don't make the same mistake I did.

Campus life might be different, but SUNY Oneonta’s online literacy program has been one of the worst experiences I have ever had in an educational setting. Their schedule is appealing for new teachers because it entails receiving your degree within one year. However, the way they jam classes into short summer sessions is a true testament to their disinterest in actually educating their students and interest in attracting tuition money. The program was also advertised as “friendly” for full time teachers, however... Read More failed to include that assignments are due daily, including weekends, which include critically detailed projects that require numerous approvals from school administrators. Considering most graduate students have only newly been hired, having to hound our school administrators to receive permission for the numerous studies, projects, mentorship, video approvals, tutoring approvals… etc., has looked and felt not only unprofessional but extremely frustrating for busy administration. As a hard working student and teacher, the coursework has been unattainable and for the first time in 6 years of college education, I have never felt more hopeless and unable to complete assignments. I have dedicated every day of the week to complete numerous assignments and still have missing work at any given moment. At times it feel so terrible to work so hard and never have the opportunity to get caught up because that 4 hours of sleep is critical to keep mentally and physically healthy. The last thing that I will leave in this review is considering we are online, have all experienced the personal, emotional, and social losses due to Covid, it shocks and appalls me that all email communication from Oneonta to its students entail financial reminders, class work reminders, scheduling reminders, covid testing reminders, but never once an offer for mental health services, counseling, or any form of school support for its students who are under extreme amounts of pressures inside and outside of school. I would never recommend this program to another person.