{"id":14027,"date":"2017-11-27T12:01:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T17:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/?p=14027"},"modified":"2017-12-04T09:30:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T14:30:50","slug":"fsc-ranked-a-most-affordable-college-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/2017\/11\/27\/fsc-ranked-a-most-affordable-college-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"FSC Ranked a &#8220;Most Affordable&#8221; College in America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Best Value Schools has ranked FSC #29 in its new Top 100 list of the &#8220;Most Affordable Universities\/Colleges in America.&#8221; It&#8217;s just one more higher education ranking group that has identified FSC for both its dollar value and program excellence.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14029 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2017\/11\/Best-Value-Schools-Most-Affordable-01-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an excerpt from Best Value Schools website:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Check out Farmingdale State, which would even impress Goldilocks with its balance of attributes. Its manicured, 380-acre campus is located on Long Island, offering students a spacious home that\u2019s just an hour from the hustle and bustle of NYC. Undergrad enrollment&#8230;for many is \u201cnot too big, not too small.\u201d Admittedly, FSU\u2019s list of roughly 40 academic programs might seem short compared to some other affordable, accredited universities on this ranking. But to others, it represents a comprehensive \u2013 yet not overwhelming \u2013 selection.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To read the entire description and view the Top 100 institutions, visit <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestvalueschools.com\/most-affordable-universities-america\/\">Best Value Schools.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>FSC&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestvalueschools.com\/rankings\/nursing-degree\/\">Bachelor of Nursing degree<\/a><\/strong> was also ranked, coming in at #9 among the Top 50 programs in the U.S. The website says &#8220;Farmingdale State College is one of the best nursing schools for students who value the social side of healthcare as much as the scientific.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the College ranked in the Top 50 of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestvalueschools.com\/rankings-by-state\/new-york\/\">most affordable schools in the state<\/a><\/strong>. About Farmingdale, the site said: &#8220;Of all the affordable colleges in NYC, upstate, and everywhere in between, Farmingdale is the go-to choice for technical and vocational training.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best Value Schools has ranked FSC #29 in its new Top 100 list of the &#8220;Most Affordable Universities\/Colleges in America.&#8221; It&#8217;s just one more higher education ranking group that has identified FSC for both its dollar value and program excellence. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from Best Value Schools website: &#8220;Check out Farmingdale State, which would even [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":14117,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14027"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14169,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14027\/revisions\/14169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.farmingdale.edu\/sites\/campus-times\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}