SUNY Downstate Medical Center
School info
2.3
Overall Quality
Reputation
2.4
Food
2.7
Clubs
2.2
Facilities
2.1
Internet
2.6
Location
1.8
Opportunities
1.9
Safety
1.8
Social
2.5
Happiness
2.5
Basic Information
Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Public medical school
- Established: 1860; 164 years ago (1860)
- Founder: Dr. Louis Bauer, Dr. Gustav Braeunlich, Dr. John Byrne
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Numerous
- spanning across several programs and degrees
- but not quantified as a single number. However
- here are some categories and examples: - **Master's degrees**: At least 10-15 different master's programs (e.g.
- MPH
- MHA
- MS in Nursing
- MS in Health Informatics
- etc.). - **Doctoral degrees**: Several PhD and doctoral programs (e.g.
- PhD in Molecular & Cellular Biology
- Neural & Behavioral Science
- DrPH). - **Bachelor's degrees**: Multiple bachelor's programs (e.g.
- Nursing
- Diagnostic Medical Imaging
- etc.). - **Certificates and advanced certificates**: Various certificate programs (e.g.
- Advanced Certificate in Public Health
- Advanced Certificate in Climate Change and Planetary Health
- etc.). Given the diversity and range of programs
- it is difficult to provide an exact number without a comprehensive list
Key Area
- Learning and memory mechanisms
- pathogenesis of atherosclerosis and cardiomyopathy
- HIV/AIDS
- immunology
- pain and addiction
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 1,846
- Undergraduates: 211
- Postgraduates: 1,635
Notable Alumni
- Robert F. Furchgott
- Susan Love
- Adrian Kantrowitz
- Ralph Snyderman
- Alexander Skene
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Students talk about this school
Good reviews
Overall 4.1
Great school in an urban setting.
Bad reviews
Overall 1
Currently enrolled in a graduate degree program at SUNY Downstate, and it is the worst possible decision I could have made. The only winning factor for this institution is the cost, and nothing else. There is a deluge of rude staff working the department, and the faculty seems uninterested in their roles. I advise you to go to a CUNY.
Overall 1.1
I graduated from the RN-BSN program in 2016 and this was the most disorganized scholastic experience I have ever had. The professors never come to class and the assignments are so elementary it is an offense to the nursing profession. Horrible location. School has the reputation of being a last resort. I learned nothing. They just want your money.
Overall 1.2
Attending SUNY Downstate was the worst educational decision I made in my life. The administration is disorganized and many staff members are just plain rude. It is a shame that taxpayers' dollars fund such an "educational" institution. Downstate is in a terrible and unsafe neighborhood (think really ghetto).
Overall 1.4
just like everything that's poorly run in the city and you can't complain because it's controled by the white classist bourgeoisie mob with money and power for the next decades, suny's midwifery school is just the same. students and grads from other schools know suny's poor reputation. I say run run run run run far away from here
Overall 1.5
Very unorganized RN-BSN program. Instructors are so late posting and organizing classes. The time and location of the class becomes available a day or two before the class starts. Materials are posted very late and in some case minutes before class starts. Don't waste your time as money.
Overall 1.9
Graduate nursing programs are absolutely awful. Would drop out if I hadn't taken out loans. The faculty are truly terrible. No support at all, no mentors, no guidance. Zero flexibility. APA and rubric is how everything is graded. Lectures are read off the slides. Never any comments on substance of papers written even when elicited. Not worth it.