MIDDLETOWN – SUNY Orange has retained its Military Friendly® Silver School designation for the 2024-25 academic year, placing the College among the nation’s top 20 percent of higher education institutions in the rankings produced annually by Viqtory Media.
It marks the fifth year in a row, and ninth time in the past 12 years, that the College has earned a Military Friendly® designation. It is SUNY Orange’s second consecutive Silver designation, and third overall following a similar commendation in 2018-19.
Institutions earning the Military Friendly® School designation were evaluated using both public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. More than 1,800 schools participated in the 2024-25 survey with 537 earning special awards for going above the standards. The 2024-25 Military Friendly® Schools list will be published in the May issue of G.I. Jobs magazine and can be found at www.militaryfriendly.com.
Methodology, criteria, and weightings were determined by Viqtory with input from the Military Friendly® Advisory Council of independent leaders in the higher education and military recruitment community. Final ratings were determined by combining the institution’s survey scores with the assessment of the institution’s ability to meet thresholds for student retention, graduation, job placement, loan repayment, persistence (degree advancement or transfer) and loan default rates for all students and, specifically, for student veterans.
“I am deeply appreciative to everyone at SUNY Orange who contributes to supporting the veterans and their families within our College community. Earning a Military Friendly® silver designation again this year validates the great work we are doing in prioritizing assisting veterans,” said Dr. Kristine Young, SUNY Orange president. “Our active duty, reserve and veteran students, as well as their spouses and dependents, deserve our best efforts.
“We have developed an array of services to help veterans utilize their military benefits, successfully return to college life and succeed in the classroom. We greatly value our veteran students’ service to our country and their contributions to our College community,” Young added. “I’m also happy that we’ve recently named Air Force veteran Bill Ackley as our next coordinator of advising and veteran services and look forward
SUNY Orange was also listed as a Military Friendly® school in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
