US News and World Report’s 2018 Best Colleges list ranks Alfred State No. 1 for architectural technology. For court reporting, the college is not only No. 1, it is also the only ranked school offering the major. Three business programs take the No. 3 spot.
“Alfred State has many strong programs and career-ready options for students with technical, financial, or artistic interests,” said Dr. John Williams, dean of the School of Architecture, Management, and Engineering Technology. “With the great search tools available from objective sources like US News, nowadays it’s even easier for students to find rankings for quality programs in their area of interest. Our graduates are successful and in demand and this is yet another indicator of the quality faculty and programs in the school. We are very proud to hold so many spots at the top of the list.”
When students and parents search US News and World Report for certain majors, the 2018 Best Colleges list shows ASC ranked very highly in many categories:
The top-ranked court and realtime reporting program is in high demand both for legal proceedings and for video captioning. The Court Reporters Association cites 5,500 job vacancies due to a lack of qualified applicants and an aging workforce. Alfred State offers classes in court reporting 100 percent online or on campus for earning either a certificate or associate degree. Recently a Rochester television station focused on the high demand for court reporters and estimated that the position may provide a $100,000 paycheck.
ASC offers students many tools to help discover which major is a good fit. One approach is to narrow down possibilities by evaluating the likelihood of landing a job in the chosen field. Dozens of the college’s degrees traditionally have more employers ready to hire than there are graduates. Students can see the list of majors with more jobs than graduates at www.AlfredState.edu/more-jobs.
US News ranks Alfred State among the top 10 schools in the nation for a total of 41 different majors. A full list of recent accolades is available at www.AlfredState.edu/rankings.
