University Politics

Timeline: The relationship between Syracuse University and Utica College

1946

Utica College is established as a two-year institution in addition to Triple Cities College (present-day Binghamton University) by Syracuse University and Utica community mayors to address needs of returning World War II veterans.

1949

UC is founded as a permanent, four-year institution.

1978



UC receives accreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.

1995

UC legally separates from SU and becomes an independently chartered institution.

1999

UC begins offering its own graduate degrees.

2008

UC begins offering selected undergraduate degrees.

2011

All entering freshmen and transfer students begin to receive UC bachelor’s degree starting at the beginning of the calendar year.

2015

UC cuts tuition by 42 percent and total cost by 35 percent.

2016

The last UC students to receive SU degrees will graduate, formally cutting academic ties between SU and UC.





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