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For the seventh year in a row, the College has been named as a Lead Institution in civic engagement by NASPA. Geneseo is one of 72 colleges and universities in the U.S. chosen as a Lead Institution. The College was honored for its ongoing commitment to developing socially responsible citizens through its curriculum and co-curricular programs.

SUNY Geneseo tops the U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Undergraduate Teaching” rankings among regional universities in the North in its Best Colleges 2019 guidebook. The College also ranked second in the “Top Public Schools” category for regional universities in the North and is 14th in the overall regional category of 187 public and private institutions.

Washington Monthly magazine has ranked SUNY Geneseo second overall among 695 master’s universities in the nation for its contributions to the public good across three broad categories: social mobility, research and service. It’s the sixth year in a row that Geneseo has been in the top five schools in the rankings.

SUNY Geneseo is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company included the College in its 2019 edition of "The Best 384 Colleges."

SUNY Geneseo appears in the 2019 edition of “Fiske Guide to Colleges" as a “best and most interesting” college based on the quality of our academic offerings and students’ social and quality-of-life ratings.

SUNY Geneseo was identified by the Chronicle of Higher Education as a public institution with one of the best four-year graduation rates.

SUNY Geneseo finished 11th in the 2017-18 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings, which measure the overall excellence of the 450 NCAA Division III intercollegiate athletic programs in the nation.

SUNY Geneseo is on a new list of the nation’s top public colleges, ranking 52nd out of 485 four-year public institutions in the country and 15th among the 74 colleges in the east on the survey, compiled by Business First, a Buffalo-based publication.

SUNY Geneseo’s Department of Geography has been awarded the 2018 Award for Bachelors Program Excellence from the American Association of Geographers (AAG).

The Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) named Milne Library at SUNY Geneseo the best in the country with its 2018 Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in the college category.

Geneseo has been named a Top Producer of U.S. Student Fulbright awards for 2017-18, placing third among all 742 Carnegie Classification master's degree institutions.

Geneseo is ranked No. 10 among medium- size schools on the Peace Corps’ 2018 Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities list. Currently, 23 Geneseo alumni are volunteering with the program worldwide.

SUNY Geneseo is one of the nation's best colleges for students seeking a superb education with great career preparation and at an affordable price, according to The Princeton Review.

SUNY Geneseo has been named to Kiplinger’s Personal Finance’s list of the Top 300 Best College Values for 2018, ranking 120th on the comprehensive list of public and private colleges.

For the seventh time, SUNY Geneseo tops the “U.S. News & World Report” Best Undergraduate Teaching rankings among regional universities in the north in its just-published “Best Colleges 2018” guide. Geneseo has ranked first in that category for seven of the eight years “U.S. News” has included it in its annual rankings.

"Washington Monthly" magazine has ranked SUNY Geneseo first overall on its list of 632 master’s universities in the nation for its contributions to the public good across three broad categories: social mobility, research and service.