SUNY College at Geneseo

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for SUNY College at Geneseo

SUNY College at Geneseo operates as a public institution located in Geneseo, New York (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 3,869 students of which 4,139 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. SUNY College at Geneseo is categorized as “20” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 66.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,286 and an ACT midpoint of 28. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,211, with published in-state tuition of $8,999 and a Pell grant recipient share of 27.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $19,500, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 71.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 87.0%. Graduates earn a median of $67,316 ten years after enrolling, compared with $51,097 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 197900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 70.7% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.