The Peru Gazette

PLATTSBURGH, NY— Today, Congressman Bill Owens congratulated Clinton Community College and SUNY Plattsburgh for earning national recognition from Washington Monthly.

The publication ranked Clinton Community College 49^th on its Best Community Colleges List. SUNY Plattsburgh ranked as the 10^th “Best Bang for the Buck” for Master’s Universities and 30^th under the All Schools list in the same category.

“I congratulate the students, faculty, staff, administrators and trustees at Clinton Community College and SUNY Plattsburgh for earning this well-deserved recognition,” Congressman Bill Owens said. “Today’s announcement from Washington Monthly confirms what we’ve known for a long time: our region’s institutions of higher education belong among the nation’s best. As lawmakers seek ways to help students access and pay for higher education, I will point to Clinton Community College and SUNY Plattsburgh as two examples of institutions that are leading the way to a better higher-education system.”