Latest College Rankings

Feb. 7, 2012: Geneseo Named to Princeton Review's List Of 50 ‘Best Value' Public Colleges for 2012

The Princeton Review has again named SUNY Geneseo one of the nation's top  "Best Value" public colleges and universities. The education service company has joined USA TODAY in releasing results of the report, "The Best College Values for 2012." Geneseo has consistently been included on the list.

The list, which features 150 schools total - 75 public and 75 private college and universities - is posted on the websites of The Princeton Review and USA TODAY.

Aug. 29, 2011: College Ranks 10th in Washington Monthly Magazine Rankings

SUNY Geneseo is ranked 10th overall in the nation among 553 "master's universities" in Washington Monthly magazine's 2011 college rankings. The college is the only public school among the first 14 on the list.

The magazine ranks the schools based on their contribution to the public good in three broad categories: social mobility (recruiting and graduating low-income students); research (producing cutting-edge scholarship and doctoral degrees); and service (encouraging students to give something back to their country).

Geneseo has a particularly strong foundation to support the research category. For example, Washington Monthly ranks Geneseo 10th among the 553 schools in the number of alumni who go on to receive doctoral degrees, relative to school size. Geneseo ranked 11th in that category last year.

Washington Monthly's "master's universities" category includes schools that offer comprehensive undergraduate programs, some master's programs but few doctoral programs.

Complete rankings are in the September-October issue.

Aug. 4, 2011: Geneseso Named a Forbes Magazine 'Best Buy' College for 2011

Forbes magazine has listed SUNY Geneseo among its Top 100 Best Buy Colleges for 2011.

Geneseo ranks 62nd on the list, which coincides with the magazine's list of America's Top Colleges for 2011. The Best Buy Colleges were calculated by taking a college's overall quality ranking (Geneseo ranked 412 on the list of 650) and dividing that by the school's in-state tuition and fees. The United States has about 2,400 degree-granting colleges.

Aug. 2, 2011: Princeton Review Places Geneseo on Best Colleges List for 2012

The Princeton Review has included SUNY Geneseo on its list of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education. Geneseo is featured in the new 2012 edition of its annual guide, “The Best 376 Colleges,” released Aug. 2. Geneseo has been on the annual list for several years.

About 15 percent of the nation’s four-year colleges are profiled in the book, The Princeton Review’s flagship college guide.

July 29, 2011: Geneseo Among 49 'Best Buy' Schools in 2010 'The Fiske Guide to Colleges'

SUNY Geneseo is among 49 “Best Buy Schools” named in the 2012 edition of “The Fiske Guide to Colleges.” Inclusion on the list in the highly respected publication is based on the quality of academic offerings in relation to the cost of attendance. Geneseo has been on the list for several years.

This year, the publication names  49 institutions – 24 public and 25 private – as “Best Buys,” categorized as inexpensive or moderately priced with a four- or five-star academic rating.

Feb. 22, 2011: Geneseo Named to Princeton Review's List Of 50 ‘Best Value' Public Colleges for 2011

The Princeton Review has again named SUNY Geneseo one of the nation's top 50 "Best Value" public colleges and universities. The education service company has joined USA TODAY in releasing results of the report, "The Best College Values for 2011." Geneseo has consistently been included on the list.

The list, which features 100 schools total - 50 public and 50 private college and universities - is posted on the websites of The Princeton Review and USA TODAY.

Jan. 4, 2011: SUNY Geneseo Moves Up In Kiplinger's National Rankings

SUNY Geneseo is ranked second for out-of-state students and seventh for in-state students in Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine's 2011 list of best values among the nation's public four-year colleges. Geneseo's in-state ranking is a jump of two places from last year. The out-of-state ranking remains the same.

The magazine produces the list based on outstanding educational and economic value. The annual rankings of the top 100 schools are available in Kiplinger's February 2011 issue and online.

Nov. 3, 2010: Geneseo Ranks Highly on SCA Internship Participation List

SUNY Geneseo was ninth in the nation for the number of current students and recent alumni participating in Student Conservation Association (SCA) internships for the 2009-10 school year.

Fifteen from Geneseo were involved in SCA internships ranging from trail maintenance in Virginia's Jefferson National Forest to preserving and cataloging historic archive collections of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in California. Geneseo joins much larger schools on the top-10 list, such as the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Clemson, Michigan State University and the University of Florida.

The SCA connects young people to the natural world by engaging them in hands-on service to the land, helping them to interpret and protect the country's vital natural, historical and cultural resource treasures.

Sept. 13, 2010: Geneseo Among ‘Most Desirable Rural Schools' in Kaplan/Newsweek Rankings

SUNY Geneseo is ranked #21 on the Kaplan/Newsweek list of the 25 "Most Desirable Rural Schools" in the United States. It is the first year that rankings have been part of the Kaplan/Newsweek "Finding the Right College for You" guide.

The publication highlights 25 schools in 12 categories to assist prospective students and their parents in college decision-making. Geneseo joins schools such as Dartmouth College, Amherst College and Clemson University in the rural school category. The publication based rankings in the category on the same criteria as the 25 "Most Desirable Schools in America" category and then adjusted the ranking to include only schools in rural areas.

Newsweek and Kaplan, an educational and career services provider best known for its test prep programs, are subsidiaries of The Washington Post Co.

Aug. 22, 2010:  Geneseo on Parade Magazine's ‘A-List' of Colleges

Parade magazine, a Sunday supplement distributed by numerous newspapers across the country, has placed Geneseo on its "A-List" of 20 small public schools in the nation.

The Aug. 22 issue contains "A-List" schools across the country, based on recommendations from top high school counselors. Geneseo's inclusion was based on responses from 43 counselors.

The article notes that schools in Geneseo's category "combine the communal feel of a small liberal-arts college with the breadth of choice offered by a big niversity," and asserts that "this may be one of the very best public institutions for teaching and learning in the nation. Geneseo kids are plenty smart and want to learn."

Aug. 17, 2010:  U.S. News & World Report Cites Geneseo's Strong Commitment to Teaching
 
U.S. News & World Report has ranked SUNY Geneseo first among four North Region universities identified as having a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching. Geneseo is one of 86 schools from the four regions of the country on the list, contained in the magazine's 2011 rankings of the nation's top colleges and universities.

Geneseo also made another strong showing this year in the magazine's general rankings, placing second among the "Top Public Universities" list for the North Region. It also ranks 12th in the "Best Regional Universities" category for the same region, a category that combines both public and private institutions.
 
Geneseo is also listed among all public and private schools in the country with the lowest acceptance rates, highest graduation rates and highest freshman retention rates. Geneseo's rates are 35%, 80% and 90.8%, respectively.