Participating Partners
Empire State University partners with corporations, businesses, community organizations, government agencies, associations, and academic institutions to provide high-quality, affordable education to working adults. Partnership benefits are available to employees, members, and students of partnering organizations.
If you are an employer, community organization, agency, labor union, or company interested in hearing more about this opportunity, please contact Kelly Mollica, Director of Partnerships in the Office of Partnerships at 800-847-3000, ext. 2851, or email Partners@SUNYEmpire.edu.
If you are with an academic institution such as a community college, K-12 school district, or 4-year college and would like to learn more about partnering with SUNY Empire, please contact Dr. Brian Goodale, Director of Academic Partnerships at Brian.Goodale@SUNYEmpire.edu.
If you are interested in becoming a student and your employer or organization is already a partner, contact Empire State University for information about enrolling.
Participating Partners
Academic and Graduate Partners
Military and Veteran Education Partners
- Access: Supports for Living
- ADAPT Community Network
- AHRC NYC
- AHRC Suffolk
- AIM Services, Inc
- Albany Parking Authority
- Amazon Career Choice Program
- American Federation of Government Employees
- AmeriCorps NY
- Aviation High School
- Blue Cross Blue Sheild of Western New York
- Bronx Educational Opportunity Center
- Brooklyn Educational Opportunity Center
- Buffalo Educational Opportunity Center
- Building and Construction Trades Council of nassau and Suffolk Counties
- Capital District YMCA
- Capital District Educational Opportunity Center
- Catholic Health
- Cazenovia Recovery Systems, Inc.
- Center for Allied Health Education (CAHE)
- Center for Disability Services
- Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital School of Radiology
- Child Care Council of Westchester, Inc.
- Childcare Education Institute
- Community Action Organization of Erie County, Inc
- Crossroads Center for Children
- Cutco Corporation
- CVS Health Corporation
- Defense Acquisition University (DAU)
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
- Eastern Suffolk County BOCES
- EdAssist
- Ellis Medicine
- Employer Resource Network (ERN) – New York
- Eugenio Maria de Hostos Charter School (EMHCS)
- Every Person Influences Children (EPIC)
- Exponents
- Filter Addict Inc.
- Families Together in NYS
- Family Residences and Essential Enterprises Inc. (FREE)
- Fire Department of New York City (FDNY)
- Firemen's Association of the State of New York (FASNY)
- Fountain House
- GEICO
- Glens Falls Hospital
- GlobalFoundries
- Golden Artist Colors
- Golub Corporation (Price Chopper and Market 32)
- Goodwill NYNJ
- Grace Outreach
- Green Mountain Technical Institute
- Hawthorne Foundation Inc.
- Health Facilities Management (HFM)
- Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison
- Independent Drivers Guild - IAMAW
- International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAMAW)
- Iroquois Healthcare Association
- José Limón Dance Foundation
- Kings County District Attorney's Office
- KPH Healthcare Services, Inc.
- Languages with the Five Senses Education
- Leadership Buffalo
- Life's WORC
- Lincoln Technical Institute
- Local 338
- Long Island Educational Opportunity Center
- Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center
- Manhattan Psychology Associates, PLLC
- May Institute
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- My Best Social Life
- NACHAS Seminary, Inc.
- Nassau BOCES
- National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependence - Rochester Area (NCADD-RA)
- New Era Cap Company
- New York City Police Department
- New York Early Childhood Professional Development Institute
- New York Methodist Center for Allied Health Education
- New York Oncology Hematology
- New York Race Track Chaplaincy
- New York State Department of Health - Office of Health Facilities Management
- New York State Department of Labor
- New York State Division of Veterans' Services
- New York State Elks Association
- New York State Economic Development Council (NYSEDC)
- New York State Office of Mental Health
- New York State School Facilities Association, Inc.
- North Country Chamber of Commerce
- Northwell Health, Inc.
- NYC Department of Education District 79
- NYS Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
- OASAS
- Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
- Onlinedegree.com
- Onondaga-Cortland-Madison BOCES
- Organization of Management Confidential Employees
- Outreach Training Institute (OTI)
- Quality Services for the Autism Community (QSAC)
- Regional Economic Community Action program, INC. (RECAP)
- Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC)
- Rochester City School District
- Saint Regis Mohawk Health Services
- Saratoga Bridges
- Saratoga Hospital
- SKS Bottle & Packaging
- St. Peter's Health Partners
- Stratton Air National Guard Base
- Suffolk County PBA
- Sunbridge Institute, Inc.
- Sviva L'Parnassah Institute (SPI)
- Syracuse City School District
- Syracuse Educational Opportunity Center
- Teach Brother Teach
- Teach NYS
- The ARC New York
- The Association of Flight Attendants-Communication Workers of America (AFA-CWA)
- The Children's Village
- The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS)
- Theological Research Institute, LTD.
- Thornhill Torah Educational Center
- Tompkins Financial Corporation
- Ulster BOCES
- Ulster County
- Unity House of Troy
- University of Vermont Health Network
- UNTAPPED
- UPMC Chautauqua at WCA
- Uprep
- Vertus High School
- Villa of Hope Youth & Family Services
- Year Up New York
Participating Government Organizations, Associations and Unions
- Building and Construction Trades Council of Nassau and Suffolk Counties
- Communications Workers of America, District 1
- Defense Acquisition University
- Fire Department of New York City (FDNY)
- Firemen’s Association of the State of New York (FASNY)
- Gasoline and Automotive Service Dealers Association (GASDA)
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM)
- Labor Council for Latin American Advancement NYC-Chapter
- New York City Department of Education, District 79
- New York State Association for Superintendents of School Buildings and Grounds
- New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association (NYSCOPBA)
- New York State Department of Financial Services
- New York State Department of Labor
- New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services
- New York State Division of Veterans' Services
- New York State Office of Mental Health
- New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
- SMART Local 28 Sheet Metal Workers Union of Metropolitan New York and Long Island
- The Laundry Workers Center
- Union Plus
- United Steelworkers - Institute for Career Development, Inc
- Western New York Area Labor Federation AFL-CIO
- Worker's Justice Project
Current Empire State University Professional Learning Evaluations
A SUNY Empire, Professional Learning Evaluation (PLE) is a college-credit recommendation for college-level learning acquired outside of a college or university, such as on-the-job training. A SUNY Empire matriculated student who presents the necessary documentation may incorporate the recommended credit into an SUNY Empire degree program proposal, subject to any other applicable academic policies. All SUNY Empire professional learning evaluation credit recommendations are available to any matriculated student in the university. Review the Professional Learning Evaluation (PLE) page for a list of current PLEs.