Billsman
January 9th, 2006, 11:55:57 AM
Geneseo State is in Top 10 for bargains
By STEPHEN T. WATSON
News Staff Reporter
1/9/2006
Geneseo State College is listed as one of the best bargains among America's public universities in the latest rankings from Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
The magazine ranks Geneseo No. 7 in its list of the Top 100 values for in-state students among public colleges. The highly selective Finger Lakes college ranks No. 1 among public colleges in the list of best values for out-of-state students, according to Kiplinger's.
"We're delighted that our quality as an undergraduate institution and as a public college has been recognized in such a dramatic fashion," Geneseo President Christopher C. Dahl said.
Other State University of New York campuses made it onto the Kiplinger's rankings, notably Binghamton University at ninth on the in-state list and second on the out-of-state list.
Among local campuses, Fredonia State College ranked 61st for in-state students and 33rd for out-of-state students, while the University at Buffalo ranked 77th and 38th, respectively.
The Kiplinger 100 rankings are included in the latest issue of the magazine, set to hit newsstands next week, and on-line at www.kiplinger.com/personalfinance/tools/colleges (http://www.kiplinger.com/personalfinance/tools/colleges).
The list recognizes schools that offer the best mix of affordability and academic excellence. The magazine, working with a division of Thomson Learning, used data on graduation rates, test scores, faculty-student ratios and cost in ranking the schools.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked as the best value for in-state students.
Geneseo is seventh on that list, a sharp rise from its ranking of 32nd in 2003, the last time Kiplinger's produced a college-value report. U.S. News & World Report magazine last fall ranked Geneseo No. 2 among public, master's-level colleges in the North region.
Geneseo ranks so highly in part because of its selectivity, including a 44 percent admission rate, and its relatively high graduation rates. Sixty-two percent of students graduate within four years, for example.
North Carolina gets the bulk of the attention in the current Kiplinger's, but Geneseo is the only other school discussed at length in the article.
"Geneseo focuses primarily on undergraduates, offering small classes and top-notch professors. No classes are taught by teaching assistants, and very few by part-time instructors," the article states.
Like Geneseo, most of the SUNY schools on the lists had an even better ranking as a value for out-of-state students than for in-state students.
SUNY out-of-state tuition - $10,610 in 2005-06 - is lower than the out-of-state tuition charged by public colleges in most other states.
Only about 3 percent of Geneseo's enrollment is out-of-state or international, Dahl said. But he said Geneseo plans to focus on bringing in more such students in the coming years.
Fredonia ranked 33rd as a value for out-of-state students, compared to 61st as a value for in-state students. The No. 61 ranking is a sharp improvement from its No. 88 ranking in that category in the 2003 list.
In the last three years, Fredonia has been more selective in its admissions as it has received more student applications, and the average SAT score of its freshman classes has risen as well, said Paul J. Schwartz, dean of the College of Arts and Humanities.
"It confirms our own internal judgment that we're a terrific value. We provide the kind of dynamic and nurturing environment usually associated with expensive, private colleges," Schwartz said.
UB was 77th among values for in-state students, a slight drop from its 2003 ranking of 74th.
By STEPHEN T. WATSON
News Staff Reporter
1/9/2006
Geneseo State College is listed as one of the best bargains among America's public universities in the latest rankings from Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine.
The magazine ranks Geneseo No. 7 in its list of the Top 100 values for in-state students among public colleges. The highly selective Finger Lakes college ranks No. 1 among public colleges in the list of best values for out-of-state students, according to Kiplinger's.
"We're delighted that our quality as an undergraduate institution and as a public college has been recognized in such a dramatic fashion," Geneseo President Christopher C. Dahl said.
Other State University of New York campuses made it onto the Kiplinger's rankings, notably Binghamton University at ninth on the in-state list and second on the out-of-state list.
Among local campuses, Fredonia State College ranked 61st for in-state students and 33rd for out-of-state students, while the University at Buffalo ranked 77th and 38th, respectively.
The Kiplinger 100 rankings are included in the latest issue of the magazine, set to hit newsstands next week, and on-line at www.kiplinger.com/personalfinance/tools/colleges (http://www.kiplinger.com/personalfinance/tools/colleges).
The list recognizes schools that offer the best mix of affordability and academic excellence. The magazine, working with a division of Thomson Learning, used data on graduation rates, test scores, faculty-student ratios and cost in ranking the schools.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked as the best value for in-state students.
Geneseo is seventh on that list, a sharp rise from its ranking of 32nd in 2003, the last time Kiplinger's produced a college-value report. U.S. News & World Report magazine last fall ranked Geneseo No. 2 among public, master's-level colleges in the North region.
Geneseo ranks so highly in part because of its selectivity, including a 44 percent admission rate, and its relatively high graduation rates. Sixty-two percent of students graduate within four years, for example.
North Carolina gets the bulk of the attention in the current Kiplinger's, but Geneseo is the only other school discussed at length in the article.
"Geneseo focuses primarily on undergraduates, offering small classes and top-notch professors. No classes are taught by teaching assistants, and very few by part-time instructors," the article states.
Like Geneseo, most of the SUNY schools on the lists had an even better ranking as a value for out-of-state students than for in-state students.
SUNY out-of-state tuition - $10,610 in 2005-06 - is lower than the out-of-state tuition charged by public colleges in most other states.
Only about 3 percent of Geneseo's enrollment is out-of-state or international, Dahl said. But he said Geneseo plans to focus on bringing in more such students in the coming years.
Fredonia ranked 33rd as a value for out-of-state students, compared to 61st as a value for in-state students. The No. 61 ranking is a sharp improvement from its No. 88 ranking in that category in the 2003 list.
In the last three years, Fredonia has been more selective in its admissions as it has received more student applications, and the average SAT score of its freshman classes has risen as well, said Paul J. Schwartz, dean of the College of Arts and Humanities.
"It confirms our own internal judgment that we're a terrific value. We provide the kind of dynamic and nurturing environment usually associated with expensive, private colleges," Schwartz said.
UB was 77th among values for in-state students, a slight drop from its 2003 ranking of 74th.