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SUNY Geneseo was awarded 46 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general psychology.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, SUNY Geneseo is ranked #717 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when SUNY Geneseo held the #1,231 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 136 colleges in New York, SUNY Geneseo is ranked at #68.
The acceptance rate at SUNY Geneseo is 75%. 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.
About 27% 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 580 and 660. Math scores were between 580 and 660.
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.
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 64%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 86% 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At SUNY Geneseo the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 69%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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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.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,705 | $13,843 | $17,285 | $19,100 | $23,987 |
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.
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 61% of students took out student loans averaging $7,088 a year. That adds up to $28,352 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 167 | $30,049 |
| Business Administration & Management | 124 | $45,283 |
| General Biology | 117 | $31,060 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 103 | $34,435 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 101 | $41,070 |
| Special Education | 73 | $37,229 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 72 | $31,188 |
| Accounting | 59 | $61,687 |
| Political Science & Government | 50 | $27,814 |
| General English Literature | 43 | $29,422 |
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 2022-2023, 851 students took at least one online class at SUNY Geneseo. This is a decrease from the 918 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 851 | 31 |
| 2021-2022 | 918 | 18 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,808 | 1,044 |
| 2018-2019 | 714 | 7 |
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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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