<p>SUNY New York schools are very good for in state students who want a decent education at an affordable cost - all will give you a fine education, with Bing, Geneseo, St Brook, New Paltz, Albany and Buffalo being most competitive, in that order…if they were to raise tuition however (as another post commented)…most would choose an excellent private education over the very good SUNY system in that case…Hence, the main attraction of SUNY is the $$$ not necessarily the quality of the education, facilities, location or opportunities.</p>