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SUNY Geneseo Data & Information Overview

93 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
74% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is SUNY Geneseo Ranked?

#1,231 Best Colleges in Nation
#76 Best Colleges in NY
Teacher Education Subject Specific Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

SUNY Geneseo was awarded 93 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education subject specific.

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Overall Quality

SUNY Geneseo landed the #1,231 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

SUNY Geneseo also holds the #76 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into SUNY Geneseo?

74% Acceptance Rate
68% Of Accepted Are Women
25% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at SUNY Geneseo is 74%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that SUNY Geneseo is a good fit for you.

Average Test Scores

About 25% of students accepted to SUNY Geneseo submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 660. Math scores were between 590 and 660.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for SUNY Geneseo  ( 570 to 660 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for SUNY Geneseo  ( 590 to 660 )
200
800
SUNY Geneseo received ACT scores from 5% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 25 and 30.

ACT Composite Scores for SUNY Geneseo  ( 25 to 30 )
1
36

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SUNY Geneseo Faculty

16 to 1 Student to Faculty
67% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at SUNY Geneseo is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at SUNY Geneseo is 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  67 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at SUNY Geneseo

83% Freshmen Retention
72% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 83% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like SUNY Geneseo enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  83 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at SUNY Geneseo for first-time, full-time students is 72%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  72 out of 100
0
100

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SUNY Geneseo Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,627 Full-Time Undergraduates
18.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
64.2% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,829 undergraduates at SUNY Geneseo with 4,627 being full-time and 202 being part-time.

How Much Does SUNY Geneseo Cost?

$19,371 Net Price
60% Take Out Loans
$28,348 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of SUNY Geneseo is $19,371. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for SUNY Geneseo

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$12,575 $15,641 $18,973 $18,990 $24,033

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of SUNY Geneseo, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SUNY Geneseo, approximately 60% of students took out student loans averaging $7,087 a year. That adds up to $28,348 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SUNY Geneseo is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do SUNY Geneseo Graduates Make?

$56,241 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from SUNY Geneseo make around $56,241 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for SUNY Geneseo students since it is 32% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of SUNY Geneseo

New York State
4,627 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Geneseo, New York, SUNY Geneseo is a public institution. Geneseo is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

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Contact details for SUNY Geneseo are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 14454-1465
Phone: 585-245-5000
Website: https://www.geneseo.edu/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SUNYGeneseo

SUNY Geneseo Majors

34 Majors With Completions
1,284 Undergraduate Degrees
56 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 34 majors graduated from SUNY Geneseo. Of these students, 1,284 received undergraduate degrees and 56 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Psychology 146 $28,549
General Biology 137 $22,760
Physics 102 NA
Business Administration & Management 102 $42,823
Communication & Media Studies 98 $32,563
Special Education 78 NA
Accounting 71 $53,027
Teacher Education Subject Specific 68 $46,912
Teacher Education Grade Specific 53 $29,741
International Relations & National Security 48 $30,347

Learn more about the majors offered at SUNY Geneseo along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at SUNY Geneseo

20% Take At Least One Class Online
0% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 918 students took at least one online class at SUNY Geneseo. This is a decrease from the 4,808 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 918 18
2019-2020 4,808 1,044
2018-2019 969 14
2017-2018 714 7
2016-2017 761 0

Learn more about online learning at SUNY Geneseo.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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