Geneseo Top Ranked Public School in NYS

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<p>Overall Score
On StateUniversity.com (about) 93.2
Total Cost
On-Campus Attendance $16,466
Admission
Success rate 37%
ACT / SAT
75 %ile scores 30 / 1390
Student Ratio
Ratio of students to faculty 21 : 1
Retention
(Full-Time / Part-Time) 92% / 100%
Enrollment
Total (all students) 5,530 </p>

<p>Top 50 Ranked Universities in New York for
Highest Overall School Score</p>

<p>Rank School Name Overall School Score
1 Cornell University 99.2
2 United States Military Academy 99.2
3 Vassar College 98.8
4 Barnard College 96.9
5 University of Rochester 96.7
6 Skidmore College 96.7
7 Columbia University in the City of New York 96.6
8 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 95.8
9 Hamilton College 95.1
10 New York University 94.0
11 Union College 93.6
12 Jewish Theological Seminary of America 93.6
13 Syracuse University 93.6
14 SUNY at Geneseo 93.2
15 St Lawrence University 92.3
16 Ithaca College 92.1
17 Yeshiva University 92.1
18 SUNY at Binghamton 91.7
19 Rochester Institute of Technology 91.4
20 Stony Brook University 90.5
21 SUNY at Buffalo 89.9
22 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College 89.6
23 The Juilliard School 89.3
24 Houghton College 89.3
25 SUNY College of Technology at Delhi 89.2
26 Clarkson University 88.9
27 Marist College 88.9
28 SUNY College of Technology at Alfred 88.7
29 Hobart William Smith Colleges 88.7
30 Alfred University 88.4
31 St Joseph's College of Nursing at St Joseph's Hospital Health Center 88.3
32 Manhattan College 88.2
33 Crouse Hospital School of Nursing 88.1
34 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 87.6
35 Albany College of Pharmacy 87.5
36 Le Moyne College 87.2
37 SUNY at Fredonia 86.9
38 CUNY City College 86.7
39 SUNY at Albany 86.7
40 CUNY Queens College 86.4
41 SUNY College at New Paltz 86.1
42 Molloy College 86.0
43 Bard College 85.9
44 Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College 85.7
45 SUNY College at Brockport 85.6
46 CUNY Hunter College 85.6
47 Roberts Wesleyan College 85.5
48 St. John Fisher College 85.4
49 Wagner College 85.1
50 Sarah Lawrence College 85.1</p>

<p>Geneseo admissions rise above economic slump
As state schools become more appealing in a bad economy, Geneseo attracts better students.
Issue date: 4/16/09 Section: Opinion
PrintEmail Article Tools Page 1 of 1 It’s not surprising that Geneseo has seen a record number of applicants for next year, considering that prospective students must deal with worsening economic conditions and increased competition for seats in prestigious colleges.</p>

<p>According to CollegeBoard.com, Geneseo has a 37 percent acceptance rate, making it as hard or harder to get into as top schools such as New York University and Cornell University. However, Geneseo triumphs over these “name” schools because of its attractive price tag, which is often less than a third of what the other colleges charge.</p>

<p>Intelligent high school seniors no longer have to settle for sub-par colleges if they cannot afford to pay for more challenging private universities, since Geneseo has both affordable tuition and renowned academics.</p>

<p>For New York state residents, Geneseo is the diamond in the not-so-rough farmland of western N.Y. While out-of-state students pay considerably more than those who live in N.Y., Geneseo still boasts competitive tuition for these students as well.</p>

<p>The increase in applicants in the past few years has caused the school to severely tighten their enrollment standards. Whereas a couple of years ago it was acceptable to apply to Geneseo with an SAT score of 1200 out of 1600, the average score of recently admitted students is just shy of 1350.</p>

<p>The competition for spots in Geneseo, however, is not unique. More applications flood the mailboxes of all SUNY schools every year due in part to the high expense of other colleges.</p>

<p>Yet, in the midst of all the celebration and back-patting that goes on in the admissions office, we students are left scratching our heads. If the school’s reputation is getting better by the week due to the intelligence and talent of students eager to get an affordable education, why does the state insist on increasing our tuition? The tuition increases can ultimately dissuade those families who rely on the lower prices Geneseo and all SUNY schools to even apply to colleges. </p>

<p>It is entirely apparent based on current statistics that, despite our recent tuition hikes, Geneseo is becoming more popular for increasingly better students. The only place to go is up.</p>

<p>Ah cool list, i’ve been looking for a direct comparison since all my top choices are on that list. </p>

<p>The list makes my decision much harder since Geneseo, Stony Brook, Ithaca and Union are so close to each other. :P</p>

<p>Stony Brook is a good school but I don’t think you will come away with the same experience as you would at Geneseo. My brother and sister attended Stony Brook. Not much of a community and school spirit. It also tends to be more of a commuter school for Long Islanders.</p>

<p>^ Ah thanks for the info. Geneseo probably would suit me better size wise. Union and Ithaca are quite similar but if they give enough aid to go below 20,000 I’m not sure how i’d decide, all great schools of course. </p>

<p>Stony Brook does seem a little too big though, not sure if you’d get the same sense of community on campus.</p>

<p>Geneseograd, how old is your information about Stony Brook? The commuter school perception is a very outdated one; over 90% of first year students live on campus these days.</p>

<p>As for size, hearing there are over 20,000 people (~15,000 undergrads) somewhere can sound daunting but doesn’t necessarily feel that way. I always thought I wanted a relatively small college, since my high school was minuscule and a larger university sounded overwhelming. The first few days I was at Stony Brook, I wondered if I’d ever see the same person twice while I was walking around campus… but it rapidly became clear that once you find a routine and explore some niches, the student body doesn’t feel overwhelming after all. By my sophomore year I couldn’t walk across campus without running into tons of people I knew even if I’d tried to, and I didn’t even dorm my first year. At this point, I can’t imagine being as happy without a big student body that makes it easy to constantly meet new people, try new things, and explore all kinds of different social groups. Not to mention how nice it is to have the resources of a university with tons of lab space and research opportunities, performances and events going on constantly, a hospital on campus, and a huge variety of course offerings every semester. Stony Brook is definitely a community, it’s just a big community! And our school spirit tends to be centered around things like the cardboard and duct tape boat regatta, the awesome stuff going on in our labs, and the pranks people pull on campus, not what’s going on with our sports teams, so it’s harder for people to recognize if they’re more exclusively focused on the rah-rah-football-game kind of spirit.</p>

<p>Geneseo is a great school too, and I think it’s awesome that SUNY provides an environment like that for people who need a smaller school to thrive. But it’s important to remember you don’t need a small student body to have a community atmosphere and an awesome college experience.</p>

<p>My sister graduated 4 years ago from the nursing program. Don’t remember her ever talking about any of her classmates living on campus. My brother and sister were commuters. They liked their programs at Stony Brook he was a math major undergrad and then grad for math, she was in the nursing program. </p>

<p>I hope things have changed. Stony Brook is a good school though.</p>

<p>Ah, that explains it. There’s been a steady increase in the proportion of people living on campus and a huge jump in the amount of weekend programming since 4-5 years ago. Not to mention the nursing students don’t typically have much time for anything outside of sleeping, going to class, and studying, and once they’re in the actual nursing courses, they’re pretty much only on the hospital/health sciences campus. Did your sister go to SB for all of undergrad, or did she do the 1-year intensive program (or both)?</p>

<p>zeppelinpage4: Go visit Geneseo. Maybe do the overnight program for accepted students. Many potential students are doing this. </p>

<p>Check-out the Geneseo site on here. The overnight program has helped alot of students make their final decision and they talk about their experience on here.</p>

<p>Thanks for the advice, I actually did the overnight on Wednesday and it was a great program. =]</p>

<p>those rankings are complete garbage…</p>

<ol>
<li>cornell over columbia? … barnard over columbia?!</li>
<li>RPI over NYU…seriously?</li>
<li>sarah lawrence @ dead last?</li>
</ol>

<p>who did these rankings?!</p>

<p>these rankings are meaningless, even though i do think SUNY Geneseo is the top public school in NYS. but just because Geneseo has a similar acceptance rate (even though collegeboard.com’s data is out of date. NYU now has an acceptance rate of around 26-27% - even lower for NYU Stern) doesn’t mean it is harder to get into.</p>

<p>Geneseo’s acceptance rate is lower as well. </p>

<p>Agreed the order of some of these schools doesn’t make much sense.</p>

<p>Colgate didn’t even make the top 50!!</p>

<p>List is missing Columbia and Colgate! Clearly each would be on the top 1% of the list.</p>