Regional Transfer Networks
The regional network framework establishes formalized partnership relationships among campuses that are geographically proximate and have historically demonstrated strong transfer activity. By bringing campuses together through structured regional engagement, the networks are intended to strengthen collaboration, encourage peer learning and information sharing, and support collective efforts to improve transfer pathways and outcomes for students across SUNY.
The regional configuration was informed by a data-driven analysis and refined to ensure an appropriate balance of campus representation within each network. As a result, these networks may not correspond directly with other traditional, geographic, or administrative classifications.
Recognizing that many campuses maintain strong transfer-sending and transfer-receiving relationships beyond regional boundaries, often driven by programmatic alignment, transfer pathways, or admissions agreements, the framework includes affiliate campus designations. This approach allows institutions to actively engage with neighboring networks and participate in events, communications, professional development opportunities, training initiatives, and shared resources that extend beyond their primary regional network.
Multi-Regional Hubs
In addition to establishing individual regional networks, SUNY has created larger multi-regional hubs that combine related regions for broader convenings and collaborative activities. These hub structures allow campuses to benefit from both focused regional engagement and expanded opportunities for cross-regional dialogue, resource sharing, and strategic coordination. By bringing multiple networks together when appropriate, the hub model helps reduce administrative burden on campuses while fostering wider collaboration across the SUNY transfer community.
The regional network and hub structure is intended to support meaningful collaboration while remaining responsive to evolving campus needs. SUNY will continue to monitor participation, seek stakeholder feedback, and make adjustments as necessary to ensure that the framework remains effective, relevant, and supportive of transfer student success across the system.
Program-Specific Groups
SUNY is also establishing program-specific groups to bring together professionals who support transfer within particular academic fields, academic programs or areas of practice. These groups are intended to create focused opportunities for participants to discuss specific transfer challenges, share promising practices, explore articulation and curricular alignment opportunities, and collaborate on strategies that strengthen transfer pathways for students. While regional networks provide a venue for geographically based collaboration, program-specific groups allow campuses to connect with peers facing similar academic and operational considerations regardless of location, fostering broader knowledge sharing and professional engagement across the SUNY system.
Networks for engineering, nursing and college honors programs are currently proposed. Please contact us if you would like to propose an additional group or network, or would like to express interest in joining a proposed group.
Capital District
- Adirondack
- Albany
- Columbia-Greene
- Empire State
- Hudson Valley
- Schenectady
Central New York
- Cayuga
- Envir Sci & Forestry
- Jefferson
- Onondaga
- Oswego
Genesee Valley
- Brockport
- Finger Lakes
- Genesee
- Geneseo
- Monroe
Mohawk Valley
- Cobleskill
- Delhi
- Fulton-Montgomery
- Herkimer
- Mohawk Valley
- Morrisville
- Oneonta
- SUNY Poly
North Country
- Canton
- Clinton
- North Country
- Plattsburgh
- Potsdam
NYC / Long Island
- Farmingdale
- Fashion Institute
- Maritime
- Nassau
- Old Westbury
- Stony Brook
- Suffolk
Southern Tier
- Alfred State
- Binghamton
- Broome
- Corning
- Cortland
- Tompkins Cortland
- Alfred-Ceramics *
- Cornell Stat *
Western New York
- Buffalo State
- Buffalo Univ
- Erie
- Fredonia
- Jamestown
- Niagara County
For Fall 2026, we will bring multiple Regional Transfer Networks together for joint convenings to help us create a sustainable foundation, and facilitate discussions across overlapping territories. Specific dates, locations and convening information will be shared as soon as dates are finalized.
Western Hub Convening
Western and Genesee Valley
Central Hub Convening
Central and Southern Tier
Eastern Hub Convening
Mohawk Valley, North Country, and Capital
Lower Hudson, NYC Metro Hub Convening
Lower Hudson, NYC Metro
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Regional Economic Zones vs. the Regional Transfer Network
New York’s Regional Economic Development (REDC) Zones were established in 2011 to support economic development planning, state investment, workforce development, and regional growth strategies. These county-based regions are used by state agencies for funding decisions, planning activities, and performance reporting. As a result, many official SUNY metrics and reports rely on REDC regions, particularly when describing SUNY’s economic impact or when reporting information to other state agencies.
SUNY’s Regional Transfer Networks were developed for a different purpose. Using a data-driven analysis of student transfer patterns, SUNY created regions based on actual transfer behavior and institutional relationships rather than county boundaries or administrative classifications. Consequently, the transfer regions do not always align with REDC regions or other administrative regions (e.g. NY Department of Labor, DEC, etc…).
The model also includes affiliate campuses to recognize significant transfer partnerships that extend beyond regional boundaries.
For example, a community college may regularly transfer large numbers of students to a university located outside its REDC region. Because these student pathways are more relevant to transfer planning than economic-development geography, the Regional Transfer Networks were designed to reflect actual transfer activity between institutions.
At the same time, REDC regions and other geographic categories can provide a useful framework for examining transfer in the context of broader cultural, economic and workforce priorities. When reporting, analysis, or documentation uses REDC regions, other administrative regions, Transfer Network regions, or any other regional classification, the specific grouping being used will be clearly identified.