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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

SUNY College at Geneseo

  • Program Basics

      • SUNY Geneseo School of Business
      • SUNY College at Geneseo
      • 1 College Circle
      • South Hall 100
      • Geneseo, New York
      • 14454
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.geneseo.edu/business
      • Program phone number: 585.245.5367
      • Status: Public (state-operated)
      • AACSB accredited: Yes

    • Accreditation other than AACSB:

      • Middle States Commission on Higher Education
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1972
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Four Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Full-time undergraduate business: 674
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 16
      • Distance undergraduate business: 0

    • Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

      • Within four years of admission to the university: 72 %
      • Within six years of admission to the university: 81 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • BS/Accounting
      • BS/Business Administration
      • BA/Economics

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $5,270.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $14,320.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $1,463.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $220.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $597.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $10,890.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $900.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 34 %
      • International: 12 %

    • Mean and median age of full-time business students in the newest entering class:

      • Mean: 19
      • Median: 18

    • Percentage of newest entering class:

      • Top 10% of high school class: 40 %
      • Top 25% of high school class: 76 %
      • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 39 %
      • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 24 %

    • SAT scores (1600 scale) for the newest entering class of full-time undergraduate business students:

      • Mean: 1219
      • Median: 1280

    • Middle 50% range of SAT scores (1600 scale):

      • From: 1110
      • To: 1310

    • ACT scores for the newest entering class of full-time undergraduate business students:

      • Mean: 28
      • Median: 29

    • Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

      • From: 27
      • To: 30

    • Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

      • US: 88 %
      • Canada: 1 %
      • Other Non-US Citizens: 11 %
      • Dual Citizenship: 0%
      • Unknown Citizenship: 0 %

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 2 %
      • Asian American: 12 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 79 %
      • Chose not to report: 2 %

    • Regional breakdown of U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • Northeast: 100 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

      • Female applicants: 34 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

      • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The business program office
      • Total undergraduate business applicants: 215
      • Percentage of applicants admitted: 94 %
      • Entrance exam other than the SAT/ACT required for admission to the undergraduate business program?: No
      • Admissions interviews for the undergraduate business program are: Not required

    • Freshman admission:

      • Does the business program admit freshmen?: No
      • Percentage of business program admits in most recent entering class who were freshman: 0 %
      • Are freshman business admits required to complete or obtain minimum GPAs in pre-business courses before taking upper-level courses? No

    • Internal transfers:

      • Method for handling internal transfers: Separate application
      • Minimum college GPA for internal transfers to the business program: 2.9
      • Additional application requirements, including course/grade requirements: Minimum of 24 credit hours at Geneseo

  • CAMPUS LIFE

    • Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

      • Accounting Society
      • SMIF
      • Finance Club
      • Econ Society/Fed Challenge
      • SHRM
      • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: Yes
      • Are business students grouped together in 'learning communities' in housing and other facilities?: No

  • PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

    • Minimum number of credit hours required to receive an undergraduate business degree:

      • ActBS 120
      • BusAd 120
      • EcnBS 120

    • Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

      • Writing proficiency Professional Development requirement

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 29
      • Business electives: 32

    • Percentage of business classes:

      • With 20 or fewer students: 17 %
      • With 21 to 50 students: 70 %
      • With more than 50 students: 13 %

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 20
      • New electives: MGMT/ECON 305 Quantitative Methods
      • Last curriculum overhaul: 2009
      • Total business faculty: 24
      • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 67 %

    • Most prominent faculty:

      • Anthony Gu
      • Ian Alam
      • Avan Jassawala

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Economics
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • General Management
      • Work study: on campus positions
      • Study abroad programs: There are a variety of study abroad programs offers that are available to all students, including business students, through the college's study abroad office. More details can be found at http://www.geneseo.edu/study_abroad

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • Accounting Society
      • APICS
      • Economics Society
      • Finance Club
      • Geneseo Marketing Association
      • Phi Beta Lambda
      • SHRM
      • SIFE

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university

    • Scholarships

      • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: academic merit
      • Other criteria for scholarship consideration: All School of Business scholarships are funded outside. Some may have specific criteria, e.g. county of residence, field of study.
      • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 0 %

    • Loans

      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: Yes
      • Maximum amount a student can borrow per year regardless of nationality?: $12,500.00
      • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $21,000.00

  • CAREER SERVICES

    • Top employers (number of students hired):

      • Bank of America 2
      • KPMG 2
      • Key Bank 2
      • Morgan Stanley 2
      • Deloitte & Touche 1
      • Eisner LLP 1
      • Freed Maxick & Battaglia 1
      • Concord National 1
      • JP Morgan Chase 1
      • M & T Bank 1
      • Richard A Frank CPA 1
      • Sodexco 1
      • Sun Life Financial 1
      • US Treasury Department 1
      • US Energy Development Corp 1

    • Compensation

      • Mean base salary: $37,535.00
      • Median base salary : $35,000.00

    • Job offers accepted by most recent graduates in North America:

      • US: 91 %
      • Canada: 4 %

    • Percentage of 2009-10 academic year graduates who accepted jobs in regions of US:

      • Northeast: 94 %
      • South: 6 %

  • INTERNSHIPS

      • Companies recruiting business students for internships on campus: 45
      • Companies posting internship offers for business students on school job boards: 75

    • Top internship employers (number of students hired):

      • Profit Path Systems LLC 5
      • Daniel Beaty CPA 4
      • Bickel & Dewar 3
      • Deloitte & Touche, LLP 2
      • Dixon Schwabl 2
      • EFP Rotenberg 2
      • Mengel, Metzger, Barr 2
      • Merrill Lynch 1
      • Oppenheimer Funds 1
      • Red Cross 1

    • Internship pay

      • Internships that are paid: 20 %

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 6,580
      • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 6,519
      • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 9 %

    • Alumni gifts

      • Mean Gift: $761.00
      • Median Gift: $100.00
      • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? No

    • Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

      • Adam Gurian President, Timex Corp
      • Charlie Kleman former CFO Chino's
      • Jeff Clarke President & CEO, Travelport

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