Geneseo, NY · Public · 3,869 undergraduates · town
SUNY College at Geneseo
Moderately selective
Geneseo delivers a public-college price structure with the intellectual culture and scale of a selective residential liberal-arts institution.
Institutional profile
Highly regarded Solid in affordability, and solid in career outcomes.- Admission
- 63.5% admitted
- Price by income
- Resident and nonresident prices differ
- Completion
- 73.9%
13,479 applicants in the reported year
Compare recent average annual costs by household income
$67,316 median earnings 10 years after enrollment
What sets SUNY Geneseo apart
Academic design
The curriculum emphasizes inquiry, undergraduate research, integrative learning and close faculty contact across arts and sciences, business and education.
Campus pattern
Students live in a compact Finger Lakes village where campus traditions and a residential community dominate the weekly rhythm.
Career & value signal
Geneseo’s public honors-college identity is reinforced by faculty-mentored research and a broad liberal-arts core rather than a heavily vocational model.
Can I get in?
63.5% admitted
Start with the academic record, then make the intended direction and school-specific fit concrete.
Recent applicant pool
13,479About 64 in every 100 applicants were admitted.
Academic range
Of admitted students, 18% submitted an SAT, and 2% submitted an ACT. Very few of the admitted class reported a score at all, so the SAT and ACT ranges describe those students rather than the class.
Admission by residency
The same either way
Degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students · Fall 2023
SUNY College at Geneseo admitted 64.3% of New York applicants and 62.7% of applicants from other states. Both groups were admitted at close to the same rate. New York students took 98% of the seats in the entering class.
8,266 admitted from 12,857 applicants
267 admitted from 426 applicants
30 admitted from 196 applicants
With one-year access
Where your GPA sits in the entering class
The full entering-class GPA distribution for SUNY Geneseo, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.
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What SUNY Geneseo weighs when it reads a file
See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.
- Course rigor
- GPA
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Extracurriculars
- Demonstrated interest
What moves the application
The evidence that separates a strong file
Show preparation for this curriculum
The curriculum emphasizes inquiry, undergraduate research, integrative learning and close faculty contact across arts and sciences, business and education.
Make institutional fit specific
Geneseo delivers a public-college price structure with the intellectual culture and scale of a selective residential liberal-arts institution.
Use the application route carefully
Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.
How to apply
Rounds, route, and required materials
Build the calendar around the earliest realistic application round and assemble each required item once.
Fee waiver: not accepted
Major and program admission
Some fields have their own entry path.
The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.
BusinessAdmits separately
What this program asks for, and when it closes.
Teacher preparationAdmits separately
What this program asks for, and when it closes.
Can I afford it?
Compare annual cost by household income.
Start with the average net price for your income range, then set that estimate beside your other realistic options.
With one-year access
Average annual cost by household income at SUNY Geneseo
Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.
- $0–30k
- $30–48k
- $48–75k
- $75–110k
- $110k+
Is it worth it?
Completion, debt, and earnings
Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.
Degree completion across the reported entering cohort
First-year students who return for year two
And what that comes to against what they earn.
Reported 10 years after enrollment
Academic portfolio
Largest bachelor’s fields
How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.
Psychology, General
Biology, General
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Admits separately
Communication and Media Studies
Admits separately
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
Admits separately
What is campus life like?
SUNY Geneseo beyond the classroom
Students live in a compact Finger Lakes village where campus traditions and a residential community dominate the weekly rhythm.
A defining academic feature
The curriculum emphasizes inquiry, undergraduate research, integrative learning and close faculty contact across arts and sciences, business and education.
What shapes an ordinary week
Students live in a compact Finger Lakes village where campus traditions and a residential community dominate the weekly rhythm.
Where the degree can lead
Geneseo’s public honors-college identity is reinforced by faculty-mentored research and a broad liberal-arts core rather than a heavily vocational model.