State University of New York at Geneseo

Coordinates: 42°47′44″N 77°49′10″W / 42.795668°N 77.819547°W / 42.795668; -77.819547

The State University of New York-College at Geneseo, also known as SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo State College or, colloquially, "Geneseo", is a College in the State University of New York (SUNY) system in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York, United States. Originally, the college was founded in 1871 as the Wadsworth Normal and Training School before becoming a state liberal arts college in 1948. It is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.

Academics

Geneseo is classified as a four-year public liberal arts college. It has 48 undergraduate majors, six graduate programs (Master's only) and 25 interdisciplinary minors. The most popular majors in descending order are education, business, the social sciences, biology, and psychology.

The student population is approximately 5,000, with a student/faculty ratio of 19:1 and an average class size of 25. Nearly 90% of Geneseo's full-time faculty holds a Ph.D. or other terminal degree. Geneseo ranks number one in the nation for four-year graduation rates among comprehensive colleges and is tied for highest freshman retention rate out of any public college or university in New York.