ESF at a Glance

• Founded in 1911 as the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University, ESF is one of SUNY’s oldest and most unique colleges.
• The ESF campus occupies 17 acres in Syracuse and 25,000 acres on its regional campuses throughout Central New York and the Adirondack Park.
• Fall 2010 enrollment totaled 2,718 students representing 34 states and 35 countries (543 graduate students, 1,586 full-time and 587 part-time undergraduates).
• ESF has 127 full-time and 47 part-time faculty members engaged in teaching, research and service. Professor George Curry was selected as the 2008 New York Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation.
• ESF alumni number more than 18,000 worldwide.
• ESF offers 22 undergraduate and 30 graduate degree programs, including bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral (Ph.D.) programs in the sciences, engineering and forestry, and a nationally ranked program in landscape architecture. Associate degrees in environmental conservation, forest technology and land surveying are offered at ESF’s Ranger School in the Adirondacks.
• The College’s long-standing partnership with Syracuse University provides ESF students with the opportunity to take classes at SU, use library, computing, recreation and health facilities, and join student clubs and organizations.
• US News & World Report ranks ESF among the "Top 50 Public National Universities" and is #25 of all national universities in the "Great Schools at Great Prices" category. Forbes magazine ranks ESF #23 in its list of "Best College Buys".
• ESF students contribute more than 65,000 hours of community service each year, and the College has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
• Placement surveys show 90 percent of ESF students are employed or pursuing graduate study within six months of graduation.
• Ninety-four percent of ESF faculty are active in funded research (the highest percentage in SUNY). New research funds per faculty member ($114,000) exceed all SUNY campuses except Albany.
• ESF is one of the most selective SUNY campuses for undergraduate admission, with a 44% acceptance rate for fall 2010.
• Approximately 20% of entering freshmen come from outside New York State (the third highest percentage in SUNY) and more than 10% come from minority populations.
• ESF students rank the College among the top 3 SUNY campuses for quality of education and general student satisfaction, and the top rated doctoral campus in a survey of SUNY students.