POTSDAM -- Clarkson University has been designated a top school by Military Advanced Education’s 2015 MAE Guide to Colleges & Universities.

The guide measures best practices in military and veteran education.

The guide will be released in the December issue of MAE, and will be available online at www.mae-kmi.com.

Clarkson provides full tuition benefits to qualifying post-9-11 active duty service members, veterans and eligible dependents of military personnel under the federal government’s Yellow Ribbon Program.

With a long history of military preparation on its campus, Clarkson University’s Army and Air Force ROTC units have been recognized in Washington Monthly Magazine among the top five universities in its annual college guide for the percentage of students serving in ROTC. These programs also allow students from SUNY Potsdam, SUNY Canton and St. Lawrence University to serve as cadets, alongside students from Clarkson, which supports the program.

The MAE Guide to Colleges and Universities presents results of a questionnaire of the military-supportive policies enacted at more than 600 institutions including private, public, for-profit, not-for-profit, four-year, and two-year colleges.

Now in its eighth year of publishing the guide, MAE was the first publication to launch a reference tool of this type.

This year, institutes were evaluated on their military culture, financial aid, flexibility, on-campus support and online support services.

People may visit www.mae-kmi.com for online access to MAE’s 2015 Guide to Colleges and Universities.