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[QUOTE="cliftonparksufan, post: 2584122, member: 9"]
It's pretty good academically.  Like most state schools have a lot of kids from Long Island.  Not the most attractive campus and most of the students can't wait to leave Albany once they graduate.

I know the soccer team upset Cuse a couple years ago and I think it's on the upswing.  Looking at the roster it looks like the coach recruits worldwide.  I don't know how D-1 soccer scholarships work but depending on what field of study your son wants to major in, as long as he likes fairly large schools, he could do well there.

In the Capital Region both Union and RPI might be better academically but both are much smaller and are D-3.  However I think they do a good job with scholarships because of something with them having D-1 hockey programs, there is something they need to do with their other programs.  Not exactly sure.

Siena is also a D-1 program.  School is small and the students for the most part really like it.  A lot are more local and they have a more active alumni base than a UAlbany.

UAlbany athletics have been on an upswing.  Basketball has always done pretty well, and we all know about the Lacrosse team, but their I-AA football team has been pretty good with the new coach as have some of their minor sports.

[URL="http://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=15800&SPID=7995&SPSID=70257"]Soccer - M - Roster - The Official Athletics Site of the University at Albany[/URL]
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