Student Profile
2020-2021 Incoming Class
Applications: 11,081
Freshmen: 10,250
Transfer: 831
Graduate: 79
Incoming Students: 1,107
Undergraduate: 891
Transfer: 174
Graduate: 42
SAT: 1232 | GPA: 93.2 | ACT: 27
(first-year general admits; Geneseo is test-optional)
Academic Programs
50 undergraduate degree programs
26 interdisciplinary minors
graduate programs in accounting and education
49% of graduates have a double major and/or both a major and a minor
There's No Place Like Geneseo
"Geneseo had every bit a role in who I am and where I am now. Wonderfully dedicated and patient faculty showed me that I could pursue whatever I was interested in -- and with their help and guidance, I did just that!"
- Laura Heimes, internationally acclaimed soprano and recording artist, Class of '90
Building Real-World Skills
54% of graduates completed internships
3,846 internships available through Geneseo's Dept. of Career Development
69.6% of Geneseo faculty reported having worked with undergraduates on research
Outcomes
Within a year, the Class of 2015:
48% working full-time or part-time
40% applied or accepted into graduate school or additional educational programs
10% seeking or undecided
2% volunteering
Student Body
4,828 undergraduate 82 graduate
Geneseo's 4,910 students
are 18.6% multicultural
and hail from 21 states
and 13 countries
Honor Societies
Geneseo is one of only 286 four-year colleges in the nation to have a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the oldest and most prestigious honor society in the United States
Retention and Graduation
First-year Retention Rate of 85.0% (National average: 75.5%)
Six-year Graduation Rate of 78.13% (National average: 59.5%)
Faculty and Instruction
90.7% of faculty hold a PhD or other terminal degree
1:18 faculty to student ratio
23 median class size
Science and Technology
SUNY Geneseo's $53 million Integrated Science Center includes the only Pelletron particle accelerator in Western New York.
The College is also among the nation’s top producers of bachelor’s degrees in physics, according to the American Institute of Physics.
Among primarily undergraduate institutions, SUNY Geneseo ranks in the top 10 nationally in the number of alumni with doctorates in STEM fields.
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Athletics
Our Knights have won six State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Commissioner's Cups, including each of the last five.
Our teams have also finished within the top-20 in the Learfield Sports/NACDA Director's Cup standings each of the last five completed years of competition, including an all-time best 11th-place finish in 2018, and have won a total of 46 SUNYAC Championships since the Fall of 2016.
How Geneseo Ranks
#3 Top Public Schools (Regional North)
#2 Best Undergraduate Teaching
#14 Most Innovative Schools (Regional North)
#16 Best Regional Universities (North)
- U.S. News & World Report (2022 ranking)
2022 Fiske Guide - "Best and most interesting" college based on the quality of academic offerings and students' social and quality-of-life ratings
One of the "Best 387 Colleges in 2022" for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation at an affordable price
- 2022 Princeton Review College Guide
#5 among SUNYs
#115 among public and private colleges
- Forbes 2022 list for America's Best College Values
Featured in The Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges 2022 Edition as one of the nation's most environmentally responsible colleges
#1 among 616 master's universities in the nation for contributions to the public good - Washington Monthly Magazine
Top Producer of U.S. Student Fulbright Awards - The State Department's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
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More Information
SUNY Geneseo is accredited by the Middle States Commission of Higher Education, with additional accreditations awarded to the School of Business and Ella Cline Shear School of Education. A full list of accreditations can be found on Geneseo's college information page.