* A unit of the State University of New York
* Ease of transfer to four-year colleges or universities
* Quality education equal to or exceeding the first two years at a four-year baccalaureate institution
* Lowest tuition in Suffolk County
* As little as one-fifth the cost of a private institution
* Students may save as much as $10,000 - $20,000 annually by completing an associate's degree before transferring to a four-year institution
* Accessible, caring faculty who are expert in their fields
* Teaching excellence is the rule, not the exception
* Faculty who are distinguished by a love of teaching
* Ammerman Campus in SELDEN
* Eastern Campus in RIVERHEAD
* Grant Campus in BRENTWOOD
* Culinary Arts Center in RIVERHEAD
* Sayville Center in SAYVILLE
* Over $250,000 in merit-based scholarships is awarded annually
* Over 100 scholarship programs for current students
* New student scholarships range from several hundred dollars to over a dozen "full-tuition", "four-semester" scholarships
* Available to both part-time and full-time students
* Parallels the first two years of a competitive liberal arts education
* Personalized academic advising
* Challenging interdisciplinary study for academically talented students
* Almost 90 clubs and organizations on three campuses
* Hundreds of activities taking place each semester including lectures, trips, musical performances, theatre productions, films, holiday celebrations, art exhibitions, intramural and intercollegiate sports, student newspapers and literary magazines
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