The State University of New York College at Old Westbury is a university college that is part of the State University of New York system. The college is in Old Westbury, New York, with portions in the neighboring town of Jericho, New York. With nearly 4,000 students, SUNY College at Old Westbury serves as the only public liberal arts college on Long Island. The State University of New York College at Old Westbury was founded in 1965 by the State University of New York Board of Trustees. It began in 1968 at Planting Fields, the former Coe Estate and arboretum in Oyster Bay, New York. In 1971, the College moved to its present Old Westbury site in Nassau County on Long Island — an estate, known as "Broad Hollow," formerly owned by agriculturist, industrialist, sportsman and philanthropist F. Ambrose Clark. SUNY College at Old Westbury's students have more than 40 degrees from which to choose. Of the College’s 132 full-time professors, approximately 80% hold the highest degree in their discipline.