STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK COLLEGE AT GENESEO I-6

1 College Circle
Geneseo, NY 14454-1401
Tel: (585)245-5211; (866)245-5211; Admissions: (585)245-5571; Fax: (585)245-5005; E-mail: admissions@sgenva.cc.geneseo.edu; Web Site: http://www.geneseo.edu/

Description: State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of State University of New York System. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1871. Setting: 220-acre small town campus with easy access to Rochester. Endowment: $5.3 million. Research spending 2002-03: $1.2 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $4839 per student. Total enrollment: 5,550. Faculty: 349 (246 full-time, 103 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 19:1. 8,783 applied, 42% were admitted. 48% from top 10% of their high school class, 86% from top quarter, 99% from top half. 35 valedictorians. Full-time: 5,201 students, 63% women, 37% men. Part-time: 106 students, 65% women, 35% men. Students come from 20 states and territories, 23 other countries, 1% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 2% black, 5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 4% 25 or older, 54% live on campus, 19% transferred in. Retention: 92% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; business/marketing; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Rochester Area Colleges. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements: Options: electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, SAT I or ACT. Recommended: recommendations, interview. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 1/15, 11/15 for early decision. Notification: continuous until 3/15, 12/15 for early decision.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $4350 full-time, $181 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $10,300 full-time, $429 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $1040 full-time. Part-time tuition varies according to course load. College room and board: $6750. College room only: $3700. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 164 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 10% of eligible men and 12% of eligible women are members. Major annual events: homecoming, Parents' Weekend, Spring Weekend. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 3,168 college housing spaces available; 3,047 were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Option: coed housing available. Milne Library plus 1 other with 524,692 books, 822,758 microform titles, 2,048 serials, 21,463 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $3.6 million. 900 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.