[1] First published monthly in 1892 as The Normal School Echo, the paper would evolve into a weekly in 1916, known as the State College News.
As of Fall 2022, the ASP receives club funding from the UAlbany Student Association, but continues to have no advisement or managing affiliation with the university.
The newspaper officially changed its name to the Albany Student Press in 1963 to reflect the growing shift to a major research university.
In the fall of 1997, the ASP launched SUNY Albany's only creative writing and arts magazine, The Fountain Pen.
In the spring of 2021, the paper converted to a fully online publication process, through the website www.albanystudentpress.online due to funding difficulties during the pandemic.