Enrollment Trends at SUNY Geneseo

The student population at SUNY College at Geneseo is 3,945 (3,881 undergraduate and 64 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,754 (30.78%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY Geneseo is 98.38% which is decreased by 1,702 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 52 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 55 male students for every 100 female students, down from 66 in 2015.
16 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 128.57% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,947 where 3,945 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 5,699 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,928 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,699 to 3,945 students, a net loss of 1,754 (30.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUNY College at Geneseo since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,699	5,583	2,249	3,334	116	21	95
2016-17	5,602 -97	5,512 -71	2,240 -9	3,272 -62	90 -26	21	69 -26
2017-18	5,652 50	5,556 44	2,202 -38	3,354 82	96 6	26 5	70 1
2018-19	5,612 -40	5,518 -38	2,134 -68	3,384 30	94 -2	28 2	66 -4
2019-20	5,398 -214	5,294 -224	1,998 -136	3,296 -88	104 10	26 -2	78 12
2020-21	4,911 -487	4,829 -465	1,757 -241	3,072 -224	82 -22	15 -11	67 -11
2021-22	4,535 -376	4,464 -365	1,624 -133	2,840 -232	71 -11	17 2	54 -13
2022-23	4,184 -351	4,110 -354	1,457 -167	2,653 -187	74 3	17	57 3
2023-24	3,928 -256	3,868 -242	1,364 -93	2,504 -149	60 -14	16 -1	44 -13
2024-25	3,945 17	3,881 13	1,379 15	2,502 -2	64 4	19 3	45 1
Average	4,947	4,862	1,840	3,021	85	21	65

SUNY College at Geneseo Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,862 where 3,881 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at SUNY College at Geneseo since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,583	5,470	2,188	3,282	113	61	52
2016-17	5,512	5,397	2,177	3,220	115	63	52
2017-18	5,556	5,452	2,148	3,304	104	54	50
2018-19	5,518	5,375	2,066	3,309	143	68	75
2019-20	5,294	5,153	1,937	3,216	141	61	80
2020-21	4,829	4,627	1,658	2,969	202	99	103
2021-22	4,464	4,291	1,544	2,747	173	80	93
2022-23	4,110	3,968	1,392	2,576	142	65	77
2023-24	3,868	3,718	1,302	2,416	150	62	88
2024-25	3,881	3,759	1,324	2,435	122	55	67
Average	4,862	4,862	1,774	2,947	4,862	67	74

SUNY College at Geneseo Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 85 where 64 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at SUNY College at Geneseo since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	116	50	11	39	66	10	56
2016-17	90	33	10	23	57	11	46
2017-18	96	47	15	32	49	11	38
2018-19	94	48	17	31	46	11	35
2019-20	104	48	15	33	56	11	45
2020-21	82	48	9	39	34	6	28
2021-22	71	38	12	26	33	5	28
2022-23	74	40	10	30	34	7	27
2023-24	60	35	11	24	25	5	20
2024-25	64	41	15	26	23	4	19
Average	85	85	13	30	85	8	34

SUNY College at Geneseo Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.17%. The percentage was 73.89% 10 years ago and SUNY Geneseo still has a high percentage of white students. 3.40% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.80% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.76% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 73.89% to 78.17%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.32% to 3.40%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.95% to 3.80%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.18% to 7.76%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3802 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4433 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY College at Geneseo over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	12	360	168	409	1	4,211	153
2016-17	10	354	163	414	1	4,196	152
2017-18	6	341	149	450	2	4,256	145
2018-19	4	304	165	475	5	4,254	141
2019-20	4	261	159	448	7	4,170	132
2020-21	7	219	148	401	5	3,864	100
2021-22	10	177	153	387	3	3,608	58
2022-23	13	139	151	279	6	3,367	41
2023-24	17	114	141	259	4	3,201	24
2024-25	21	134	150	306	3	3,084	21
Average	10	240	155	383	4	3,821	97

SUNY College at Geneseo Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

16 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has increased 128.57% since 2018. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY College at Geneseo from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,699	0	0	5,699
2016-17	5,602	0	14	5,588
2017-18	5,652	0	761	4,891
2018-19	5,612	7	707	4,898
2019-20	5,398	14	955	4,429
2020-21	4,911	1,044	3,764	103
2021-22	4,535	18	900	3,617
2022-23	4,184	31	820	3,333
2023-24	3,928	19	868	3,041
2024-25	3,945	16	749	3,180
Average	4,947	115	954	3,878

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Enrollment Trends at SUNY Geneseo

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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