Information for Accepted Students

After you are accepted, you have until the deadline date indicated in your acceptance letter to pay your $250 deposit.

Deposits are waived for students accepted to the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP). Contact the admissions office to request your deposit waiver if you were accepted to EOP.

View Deposit Payment Instructions

To apply for federal, state and some institutional aid programs (including work-study), complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), TAP application (NYS residents) and Excelsior Scholarship application (NYS residents). 

 

Apply for Aid & the Award Process

Housing placements are completed on a first-come, first-served basis, so you should pay your admissions deposit and submit the housing application as soon as possible.

For fall enrolling students, the housing application can be accessed starting February 1 (November 1 for spring enrolling students).

Upper-level transfer students and local students can petition to live off-campus. These students are required to pay the $250 deposit and submit the housing exemption request (exemption eligibility requirements must be approved). Accepted EOP students can request a deposit waiver by contacting the admissions office. Contact campus housing and community living at [email protected] if any questions arise.

Apply for On-Campus Housing

These documents are required by NYS to attend college at SUNY Plattsburgh.

Contact your high school or primary care doctor as soon as possible to request that your immunization records be sent to the Student Health and Counseling Center after paying your deposit. You will also need to submit a Student Health Record and a Meningitis Response Form after paying your deposit.

Please call 518-564-2187 or email [email protected] with any questions. All immunization records and student health records can be faxed to 518-564-2188.

Immunization records and health forms are due by July 15 (for fall enrolling students) or by January 15 (for spring enrolling students).

View Student Health & Counseling Forms

Main Campus

First-Year, Transfer & Readmit Students for Summer & Fall 2025

• First year students should complete the New Student Interest Questionnaire from their Enrollment Checklist. Beginning in late spring and continuing throughout the summer, department chairs and professional program staff will refer to responses in the questionnaire, and register students in schedules that fulfill Cardinal Core Curriculum and major requirements.  
• Advisement for new transfer students begins March 31, followed by online registration starting April 14. Contact your department chairperson for advisement and registration information.
• Readmit students will contact their department chairperson beginning March 31 for advising and to obtain their registration PIN. Registration for readmit students begins Monday, April 7 and continues through the summer.

Online Students

To register for classes, online students will need to contact the program coordinator or facilitator of their academic department to register for courses.

• If you are an RN-to-B.S. nursing student, please contact Christopher Ryan, academic coordinator, at [email protected]
• Fully-online transfer students entering the accounting, business administration, or global supply chain management majors programs: Your department will reach out to you promptly after your admissions deposit is paid and assist with next steps in completing your course registration and on-boarding. For any questions, please reach out to,  [email protected]
• If you are an online social work student, please contact Dr. Julie Richards, program director, at [email protected]

Branch Campus (Queensbury)

• New students enrolling at SUNY Plattsburgh’s Queensbury Branch Campus will be advised to complete a distinct, virtual orientation. Students accepted to the Queensbury campus should monitor their Plattsburgh email for steps to get started on orientation and can email [email protected] or call/text 518-792-5425 with any questions.

View Registration Dates & Instructions

VIEW TRANSFER ADVISEMENT & REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Student Financial Services will send payment instructions to your SUNY Plattsburgh email account (mid-July for fall and late November for spring). Your bill can be accessed online in your MyPlattsburgh account.

Students can opt to set up a proxy account for a person designated to view personal college information for a set period of time.

View Bill Payment, Refunds & Payment Plans

Create a Proxy Account for Parents & Guardians

An estimate of the billed cost of attendance is sent to accepted applicants by email in their acceptance packets. Printed bills for the first semester of enrollment will be provided in the orientation packet you receive upon arrival and check-in to the Global Education Office.

International students have several options to pay your tuition bill. Learn more:

International Student Bill Payment Options & Procedures

All new students must send final official transcripts showing all high school and/or college coursework completed prior to enrollment. If you are a first-year student who has earned credit through a specific college, you must also request that an official transcript be sent directly from that college to the admissions office to receive credit.

If you earned college credit through examination via an AP, IB or CLEP exam, you must submit an official score report from the appropriate testing agency to have your credit considered for transfer credit review. Send official score reports to the admissions office.