The State University of New York at Albany, commonly referred to as University at Albany, SUNY Albany, or UAlbany is a public research university and was founded in 1844. The university's academic choices include new and emerging fields in public policy, homeland security, globalization, documentary studies, biotechnology, bio-instrumentation, and informatics. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".

  • The School of Social Welfare (SSW) was ranked 33 among programs of social work in the U.S. News and World Reports (2022).
  • The U.S. News & World Report 2022 edition, the university ranked 85th among public universities.
  • The 2022 Forbes "best colleges in US" ranking was 187th from among 650 universities, liberal arts colleges, and service academies, and 98th among public universities

University of Albany World Ranking

University of Albany is ranked in the top 1000 universities in the world. The ranking of the university by the various ranking agency is given below:

Agency Ranking
THE 351- 400
QS 751-800
US NEWS 339
CWUR 352
ARWU  501-600

University of Albany Times Higher Education Ranking

Every ranking agency has its methodology, a point that helps them in ranking a university. Following is the method used by THE and indicators to rank a university:-

According to THE’s, the University of Albany passes to be in the top 500 universities in the world. Following is the score of University of Albany in various indicators that are considered important to rank a university by THE

Indicator Score
Teaching 25.2
Research 22.7
Citation 84.3
Industry output 43.5
International outlook 49.9

University of Albany QS Ranking

QS Agency has six factors indicators which are listed below with weightage of ever indicator in percentage:-

Indicator Score
Academic Reputation from Global Survey 8.8
Faculty Student Ratio 6.9
Citations per Faculty from Scopus 45.9
Employer Reputation from Global Survey 8.4
Proportion of International Students 10
Proportion of International Faculty 2.1

According to QS rankings, the University of Albany has come down from 701-750 in 2020 to 750-800 in 2021. The same type of fall in rank was noticed in 2021, the university ranked between 651-700 in 2020. It maintained its rank of 651-700 for four years starting from 2017.

University of Albany US News Ranking

Universities are judged on factors such as global research reputation, publications and number of highly cited papers. Following are the ranking indicators that are used by the agency to rank university, it also has a percentage of weightage of that particular indicator for ranking:-

Indicator Weightage Rank
Global research reputation 12.5% 307
Regional research reputation 12.5% 92
Publications 10% 653
Books 2.5% 266
Conferences 2.5% 865
Normalized citation impact 10% 173
Total citations 7.5% 509
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited 12.5% 529
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited 10% 222
International collaboration – relative to country 5% 434
International collaboration 5% 899
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field 5% 514
Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers 5% 401
Global score 57.8 -

University of Albany has scored above 50 in the global score. It also represents the rank of university as compared to other university around the world.

University of Albany CWUR Ranking

CWUR ranks every university on the following given indicators which covers the ability of the university in various important aspects. In the table given below, there are indicators that are being used to determine the rank of any university with weightage given to that particular indicator. It also shows the figure of the particular indicators of the University of Albany.

Indicator Weightage Rank
Quality of education
(number of university’s alumni who have won major academic distinction)		 25% 130
Alumni employment
(number of university’s alumni who have held a top executive position in the recognized company)		 25% 920
Quality of faculty
(number of a faculty member who has won major academic distinction)		 10% 204
Research performance 40% 600
i. Research output (total number of a research paper) 10% -
ii. High-quality publication (number of papers appearing in top tier journal) 10% 473
iii. Influence (number of a research paper appearing in high influential journal) 10% 411
iv. Citation (number of high cited newspaper) 10% 254

According to CWUR ranking agency university of Albany secured an overall score of 75.6 at global level which shows the potential of the university to do better.

University of Albany National Ranking

The University of Albany is in the top 500 universities in America. Following is the ranking by the various agency of University of Albany

Agency Ranking
THE 188
QS 93
US NEWS 172
CWUR 114
Niche 469

University of Albany Niche Ranking

Niche ranking agency only ranks universities that is in US. Niche follows a few steps and makes a report of all the observations that they have of the university through the sources and then with help of all the information that is been collected they rank the university. Following is the method they use for that ranking:-

  1. Comprehensive data up-to-date data available from dozens of public data sources including the Department of Education, U.S. Census, and FBI.
  2. Real review and outcome from over 100 million reviews and survey responses from students, parents, and residents
  3. Rigorous analysis of advanced algorithms and statistical techniques to compare, score, and connect millions of data points for thorough analyses.

University of Albany Subject Wise Ranking by US News

Rank of a particular programs offered at University of Albany is being ranked by some ranking agency. They are listed below:

Subject Ranking
Biological science 190
Business 110- 143
Chemistry 106
Clinical psychology 56
Computer science 111
Criminology 5
Economics 90
Education 70
English 73
Fine arts 135
History 106
Library and information system 35
Mathematics 101
Physics 110
Political science 81
Psychology 81
Public affair 25
Public health 60
Social work 44
Sociology 41
Statistics 93

University of Albany Subject Wise Ranking by QS

Subject 2022
Archaeology 201-250
Education and training 251-300
Sociology 201-250
Social science and management 451-500
Physics and astronomy 451-500

University of Albany Subject Wise Ranking by Niche

Subject Ranking
Criminal justice 125
English 289
Anthropology and sociology 182
Political science 178
Computer science 211
Psychology 374
Business 433

University of Albany Miscellaneous Ranking

University is also ranked on various factors by some ranking agency which can be important for students to be aware of before selecting a university. Below are ranks of some of those factors of university of Albany

Category Ranking
Top public university in America 165
Most diverse college 166
Best college athletics 198
Best value college in America 344
College with best academics 428
College with the best professors 613
Best college in location in America 597

The University of Albany is located in New York which is headquartering to many successful businesses. It will also expose students to any opportunity which is represented just by being there. It can also be a great example for the students who are willing to start their own startup. Successful business around the world wants to set up their business in New York. The University of Albany is well known for its modern infrastructure.

Besides the location benefit, the University of Albany is also very helpful in the intellectual development of students. According to some students of the university, the curriculum of the course is formed in a way that will encourage their students to think out of the box and come up with their own ideas. They also encourage students to start their own startups. Curriculum also covers topics that are new in the field and keep their students up to date in their field so they can be acquainted with new development in their field.