State University of New York College at Geneseo: Narrative Description

views updated

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: [email protected]; 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.

More From encyclopedia.com

About this article

State University of New York College at Geneseo: Narrative Description

Updated About encyclopedia.com content Print Article

You Might Also Like

    NEARBY TERMS

    State University of New York College at Geneseo: Narrative Description