不同院校录取要求不同，具体请参见各院校录取条件。

13个大学学院：

Buffalo State College；Empire State College；Purchase College；State University of New York at Geneseo；State University of New York at New Paltz；State University of New York at Oswego；State University of New York at Potsdam；State University of New York College at Cortland (SUNY Cortland)；SUNY College at Oneonta；SUNY Fredonia；SUNY Plattsburgh；The College at Brockport；The College at Old Westbury

8个技术学院：

Alfred State College；Farmingdale State College；Morrisville State College；State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome (SUNYIT)；SUNY Canton；SUNY Cobleskill；SUNY Delhi；SUNY Maritime College

30个社区学院：

SUNY Adirondack Community College；Broome Community College；Cayuga Community College；Clinton Community College；Columbia-Greene Community College；Corning Community College； Dutchess Community College；Erie Community College；Fashion Institute of Technology；Finger Lakes Community College；Fulton-Montgomery Community College ；Genesee Community College；Herkimer County Community College；Hudson Valley Community College；Jamestown Community College；Jefferson Community College；Mohawk Valley Community College；Monroe Community College；Nassau Community College；Niagara County Community College；North Country Community College (The College of Essex & Franklin)；Onondaga Community College；Orange County Community College (SUNY Orange)；SUNY Rockland Community College；Schenectady County Community College；Suffolk County Community College；Sullivan County Community College；Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3)；Ulster County Community College (SUNY Ulster)；Westchester Community College

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