Earn a college degree while
pursuing your athletic dreams
As a student of judo, you’ve learned to value flexibility, balance and discipline. Now these principles can help you earn a degree at Empire State College.
SUNY Empire State College has partnered with the Jason Morris Judo Center to provide a pathway for a busy and motivated athlete like you to pursue an associate or bachelor’s degree from a respected, accredited college.
Why study at Empire State College?
Flexibility
You can study online, face-to-face at one of our Northeast Center locations, or a combination of both. Empire State College offers convenient ways to get your degree.
Choice
You can design a concentration that matters to you and meets the standards of a SUNY degree. Your concentration can be creative or traditional within 12 broad areas of study:
- The Arts
- Business, Management and Economics
- Community and Human Services
- Cultural Studies
- Educational Studies
- Historical Studies
- Human Development
- Interdisciplinary Studies
- Labor Studies
- Public Affairs
- Science, Mathematics and Technology
- Social Theory, Social Structure and Change.
Affordability
Undergraduate tuition is only $232 per credit for New York state residents. Tuition is subject to change pending action by the SUNY Board of Trustees; mandatory student fees apply.
In addition, many students are eligible for financial aid in the form of scholarships, loans, grants or employer tuition benefits.
Credit for Qualified Prior Learning
You may transfer credits from regionally accredited colleges to a degree at Empire State College. You may also be eligible to earn credit for qualified prior learning gained from work and life experience.
Quality
Your degree comes from an accredited SUNY college. Founded in 1971, Empire State College was the first public nontraditional higher education institution to be accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

For information about the
Jason Morris Judo Center,
please visit www.realjudo.net.