What would be the be the top five colleges in my list? In what order?

I am studying in a junior college in New York. I am an international student (so I receive 0 financial aid or loans so money also plays a factor but all options are affordable) and my major tends to be liberal arts or geology (complicated to explain).
SUNY Plattsburgh (has a lot of international students and has good overseas network but less prestige)
SUNY Geneseo (a lot of prestige but in most of websites were students can review it was completely bashed, I mean really ugly commentaries)
SUNY Buffalo
SUNY Bing
SUNY New Paltz
SUNY Albany
Rochester Institute of Technology (most expansive one)
Nazareth College
St. Bonaventure
Niagara University
If you know a similar college in NY that I didn't listed fell free to post.

2012-10-30T23:14:39Z

Please people, follow Doc Martin example and READ MY ANSWERS. At the moment he is the only one who really seems to have read it. It were good answers, it just wasn't the LIST I asked for.

Anonymous2012-11-07T17:36:30Z

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in order: buffalo albany new platz rochester. st bonaventure
consider doing law in UK - only 4 years no pre-law degree

Doc Martin2012-10-31T01:22:06Z

Not clear why you're limiting yourself colleges in New York State.

On your list, the best colleges for undergraduate education (according to the ACTA Education Foundation) are (in approximate order – best to least best):

SUNY—Genesco
Nazareth U
Niagara U
St. Bonaventure
Rochester Institute of Technology

You should add the following to your list:

CUNY–Brooklyn College
CUNY–Baruch College
CUNY–Staten Island
CUNY–Queens College
College of Mount St. Vincent
Iona College
Manhattan College
ST. John's U
SUNY–Oneonta

Neil2012-10-31T05:20:43Z

Geneseo, prestige? Really? I'm not saying its a bad school. A friend of my father's was president there for many years. Not a lot of prestige. If you want prestige at SUNY, look to Buffalo (where another of Dad's friends was president) or Albany (where they both were undergrads.)

RIT, for a liberal arts major?

Anonymous2012-10-31T01:06:27Z

They're all the same. No difference. Flip a coin.