Located in Syracuse, NY, Upstate Medical University is a public university. Upstate Medical University occupies a total area of about 30 acres. Upstate Medical University is a parent institution of the SUNY. Upstate Medical University was founded in the year 1950. Upstate Medical University believes in imparting education and contributing to society by focusing on innovation, research, education, and commitment. The motto of the university is "Education, Research, Health Care, Service" and its official colors are blue & white. The total enrolment stands at 1,547 (Fall 2018) students at Upstate Medical University. Around 238 and 1,350 students take admission in various undergraduate and postgraduate courses of the university. To teach various courses to the students, the school has employed a total of 676 (2017) faculty. At Upstate Medical University, around 52% of the students are 25 and over. And, when it comes to gender distribution at the varsity, around 80% of the students are females and 20% are males. Finally, at UMU around 74% are white, 9% belong to an unknown race or ethnicity, and 5% are Asian. In its 70 years of existence, UMU has produced several known personalities like Elizabeth Blackwell, Sarah Loguen Fraser, Patricia Numann, and Thomas Szasz. The school believes in the all-round growth of the students and therefore, encourages students to take part in several sporting activities, conducted inside the campus. Taking into account all the undergraduate and graduate degrees, including both residential and online, UMU offers around 68 programs. The university also has a long list of accreditations. It has been accredited by APTA (American Physical Therapy Association), CAAHEP (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs), CAPTE (Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education), and, CCNE (Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education). US $94 million (2017) is the total value of endowment of the Upstate Medical University.