Columbia University in the City of New York has the highest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 95% last year.

Cornell University with 95% and University of Rochester with 89% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of New York Colleges with Highest Graduation Rate.

Colleges having highest graduation rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of New York Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate

Columbia University in the City of New York has the highest graduation rate of 95% and Cornell University has the second highest graduation rate of 95%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $54,289 and graduate tuition & fees is $38,637 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 39.10% and the average SAT score is 1,454 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 86.40% and the students to faculty ratio is 12 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 New York Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate.

Table. New York Colleges With Highest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 95.00%
2.36%		$69,04564.06%3.95%1,53034,7826 to 1
1
1		Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year 95.00%
0.86%		$66,01467.55%7.47%1,53025,8989 to 1
3
1		University of Rochester Rochester, NYPrivate, 4-year 89.00%
3.14%		$64,34820.92%38.91%1,47012,1979 to 1
4
1		New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 87.00%
0.13%		$60,43849.32%12.46%1,53059,1448 to 1
5
6		Yeshiva University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 84.00%
4.08%		$49,90062.29%63.22%1,4006,0567 to 1
6
3		Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NYPublic, 4-year 83.00%
0.89%		$16,750
($6,170)		54.48%52.80%-8,12517 to 1
6
1		Fordham University Bronx, NYPrivate, 4-year 83.00%
0.16%		$61,99210.15%54.13%1,40016,55614 to 1
6
1		Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NYPrivate, 4-year 83.00%
1.19%		$61,88418.40%64.51%1,4506,96812 to 1
6
2		Syracuse University Syracuse, NYPrivate, 4-year 83.00%
0.55%		$63,06119.13%51.75%1,35022,69815 to 1
10
4		Binghamton University Vestal, NYPublic, 4-year 82.00%
1.82%		$29,453
($10,363)		17.87%41.75%1,43018,31219 to 1
Average86.40%$54,289
($8,267)		38.42%39.10%1,45421,07412 to 1