For 166 New York Colleges having competitive admission policies, the average acceptance rate is 68.27%. The average tuition & fees of the schools is $30,904 and the average SAT score is 1254.
The following table shows the number of New York colleges by acceptance rate and school type.
| Acceptance Rate Range | Total | Public | Private |
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| Lower than 10% | |||
| 10% - 20% | |||
| 20% - 30% | |||
| 30% - 40% | |||
| 40% - 50% | |||
| 50% - 60% | |||
| 60% - 70% | |||
| Higher than 70% |
| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | SAT Score | Tuition & Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bais Binyomin AcademyMonsey, NY | 100.00% | 27 | 27 | 27 | - | $9,450 |
| Simon's Rock at Bard CollegeBarrytown, NY | 95.89% | 146 | 140 | 75 | - | $68,780 |
| Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY | 65.91% | 19,705 | 12,987 | 1,343 | 1210 | $48,775 |
| Albany College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAlbany, NY | 52.69% | 2,826 | 1,489 | 99 | 1240 | $41,125 |
| Alfred UniversityAlfred, NY | 73.84% | 4,988 | 3,683 | 365 | 1210 | $38,138 |
| American Musical and Dramatic AcademyNew York, NY | 24.48% | 6,728 | 1,647 | 451 | - | $46,928 |
| Associated Beth Rivkah SchoolsBrooklyn, NY | 84.11% | 107 | 90 | 90 | - | $11,200 |
| Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, NY | 52.12% | 7,583 | 3,952 | 505 | 1380 | $66,436 |
| Barnard CollegeNew York, NY | 8.84% | 11,836 | 1,046 | 718 | 1520 | $69,888 |
| Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher InstituteBrooklyn, NY | 89.74% | 39 | 35 | 35 | - | $12,000 |
| Canisius UniversityBuffalo, NY | 72.36% | 4,175 | 3,021 | 397 | - | $34,200 |
| Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim LubavitzBrooklyn, NY | 87.43% | 191 | 167 | 164 | - | $8,400 |
| Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY | 77.36% | 6,661 | 5,153 | 489 | 1300 | $59,398 |
| Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY | 13.88% | 20,682 | 2,871 | 825 | 1500 | $70,306 |
| Metropolitan College of New YorkNew York, NY | 90.00% | 140 | 126 | 62 | - | $20,188 |
| Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY | 3.99% | 60,115 | 2,400 | 1,558 | 1550 | $70,517 |
| The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York, NY | 20.71% | 1,806 | 374 | 196 | 1410 | $46,820 |
| Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY | 8.76% | 62,993 | 5,516 | 3,525 | 1540 | $69,314 |
| Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, NY | 91.15% | 2,259 | 2,059 | 638 | 1065 | $38,670 |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, NY | 47.52% | 28,111 | 13,357 | 2,532 | 1280 | $15,414 ($7,464) |
| CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY | 58.36% | 30,224 | 17,639 | 1,782 | 1140 | $15,402 ($7,452) |
| College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, NY | 92.34% | 14,002 | 12,929 | 2,195 | 1040 | $15,440 ($7,490) |
| CUNY City CollegeNew York, NY | 60.02% | 34,322 | 20,600 | 2,543 | 1260 | $15,290 ($7,340) |
| CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, NY | 68.49% | 146 | 100 | 12 | - | $15,185 ($7,235) |
| CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY | 53.80% | 32,271 | 17,362 | 2,897 | 1280 | $15,332 ($7,382) |
| CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, NY | 57.11% | 19,238 | 10,987 | 2,128 | 1080 | $15,420 ($7,470) |
| CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, NY | 56.58% | 22,347 | 12,643 | 1,545 | 970 | $15,360 ($7,410) |
| CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, NY | 86.05% | 12,015 | 10,339 | 586 | 920 | $15,302 ($7,352) |
| CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, NY | 80.29% | 24,745 | 19,867 | 3,610 | 1010 | $15,282 ($7,332) |
| CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, NY | 64.35% | 22,189 | 14,278 | 1,751 | 1120 | $15,488 ($7,538) |
| CUNY York CollegeJamaica, NY | 64.10% | 15,563 | 9,976 | 766 | 880 | $15,308 ($7,358) |
| D'Youville UniversityBuffalo, NY | 81.37% | 2,786 | 2,267 | 252 | 1130 | $34,940 |
| Daemen UniversityAmherst, NY | 68.26% | 3,730 | 2,546 | 292 | - | $35,218 |
| Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical SeminaryFar Rockaway, NY | 92.00% | 25 | 23 | 23 | - | $10,800 |
| Dominican University New YorkOrangeburg, NY | 63.30% | 2,349 | 1,487 | 289 | - | $34,220 |
| Elmira CollegeElmira, NY | 76.96% | 2,674 | 2,058 | 253 | 1311 | $40,896 |
| Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY | 60.24% | 3,971 | 2,392 | 1,335 | - | $22,696 ($8,174) |
| Five Towns CollegeDix Hills, NY | 53.82% | 537 | 289 | 124 | - | $30,250 |
| Fordham UniversityBronx, NY | 59.31% | 43,364 | 25,719 | 2,492 | 1410 | $64,470 |
| Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY | 13.62% | 8,531 | 1,162 | 453 | 1500 | $68,960 |
| Hartwick CollegeOneonta, NY | 69.60% | 4,704 | 3,274 | 314 | 1200 | $54,962 |
| Helene Fuld College of NursingNew York, NY | 16.95% | 118 | 20 | 17 | - | $25,852 |
| Hilbert CollegeHamburg, NY | 97.20% | 1,392 | 1,353 | 249 | - | $33,740 |
| Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, NY | 63.99% | 5,904 | 3,778 | 553 | 1300 | $64,928 |
| Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY | 68.08% | 25,021 | 17,035 | 1,754 | 1310 | $57,660 |
| Houghton UniversityHoughton, NY | 88.66% | 1,041 | 923 | 214 | 1275 | $18,430 |
| Iona UniversityNew Rochelle, NY | 86.94% | 8,479 | 7,372 | 952 | 1200 | $47,260 |
| Ithaca CollegeIthaca, NY | 69.01% | 12,400 | 8,557 | 1,050 | 1310 | $52,616 |
| Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaNew York, NY | 48.61% | 144 | 70 | 41 | 1500 | $71,910 |
| The Juilliard SchoolNew York, NY | 9.15% | 2,065 | 189 | 120 | - | $57,950 |
| Keuka CollegeKeuka Park, NY | 68.08% | 2,901 | 1,975 | 286 | - | $39,332 |
| LIM CollegeNew York, NY | 95.90% | 1,219 | 1,169 | 226 | 1030 | $33,504 |
| Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse, NY | 82.98% | 7,050 | 5,850 | 619 | 1245 | $40,330 |
| Long Island UniversityBrookville, NY | 86.16% | 20,564 | 17,717 | 1,426 | 1220 | $42,432 |
| Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical CollegeBrooklyn, NY | 100.00% | 35 | 35 | 25 | - | $13,500 |
| Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, NY | 78.94% | 9,903 | 7,817 | 626 | 1275 | $53,400 |
| Manhattan School of MusicNew York, NY | 40.78% | 1,405 | 573 | 145 | - | $57,050 |
| Manhattanville UniversityPurchase, NY | 87.34% | 3,617 | 3,159 | 337 | - | $44,604 |
| Maria College of AlbanyAlbany, NY | 44.48% | 326 | 145 | 41 | - | $18,740 |
| Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, NY | 56.51% | 11,274 | 6,371 | 1,267 | 1280 | $47,620 |
| Marymount Manhattan CollegeNew York, NY | 82.61% | 7,896 | 6,523 | 418 | 1200 | $41,870 |
| Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, NY | 85.84% | 8,642 | 7,418 | 1,064 | - | $22,880 |
| Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical SeminaryBrooklyn, NY | 80.00% | 40 | 32 | 25 | - | $15,200 |
| Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron MeilechBrooklyn, NY | 55.56% | 9 | 5 | 5 | - | $10,100 |
| Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of AmericaNew York, NY | 60.00% | 25 | 15 | 15 | - | $13,250 |
| Mirrer Yeshiva Cent InstituteBrooklyn, NY | 89.29% | 56 | 50 | 46 | - | $13,600 |
| Molloy UniversityRockville Centre, NY | 81.74% | 6,330 | 5,174 | 621 | 1180 | $39,790 |
| Monroe UniversityBronx, NY | 67.51% | 4,060 | 2,741 | 1,183 | - | $18,464 |
| Mount Saint Mary CollegeNewburgh, NY | 88.88% | 3,219 | 2,861 | 201 | - | $43,450 |
| University of Mount Saint VincentBronx, NY | 85.11% | 3,546 | 3,018 | 410 | 1090 | $44,540 |
| Nazareth UniversityRochester, NY | 74.72% | 5,102 | 3,812 | 439 | 1220 | $42,210 |
| The New SchoolNew York, NY | 63.47% | 9,828 | 6,238 | 1,328 | - | $58,730 |
| Northeast College of Health SciencesSeneca Falls, NY | 94.29% | 35 | 33 | 33 | - | $17,250 |
| New York UniversityNew York, NY | 9.23% | 110,807 | 10,232 | 5,666 | 1520 | $62,796 |
| Niagara UniversityNiagara University, NY | 87.37% | 4,197 | 3,667 | 533 | 1160 | $39,345 |
| New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, NY | 81.02% | 13,237 | 10,725 | 908 | 1310 | $46,560 |
| New York School of Interior DesignNew York, NY | 62.89% | 159 | 100 | 29 | - | $40,130 |
| Ohr Hameir Theological SeminaryPeekskill, NY | 100.00% | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | $10,150 |
| Pace UniversityNew York, NY | 75.92% | 30,030 | 22,798 | 1,850 | 1260 | $53,510 |
| Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, NY | 76.53% | 929 | 711 | 134 | - | $33,009 |
| Plaza CollegeForest Hills, NY | 30.00% | 1,250 | 375 | 206 | - | $15,450 |
| Davis CollegePottersville, NY | 56.25% | 16 | 9 | 9 | - | $18,000 |
| Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, NY | 73.25% | 8,457 | 6,195 | 1,135 | 1280 | $61,845 |
| Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim BerlinBrooklyn, NY | 93.62% | 47 | 44 | 44 | - | $10,800 |
| Rabbinical College Beth ShragaMonsey, NY | 91.67% | 24 | 22 | 22 | - | $16,850 |
| Rabbinical College of Long IslandLong Beach, NY | 100.00% | 45 | 45 | 45 | - | $10,290 |
| Rabbinical Seminary of AmericaFlushing, NY | 98.45% | 129 | 127 | 124 | - | $10,000 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY | 63.47% | 17,175 | 10,901 | 1,314 | 1450 | $64,078 |
| Roberts Wesleyan UniversityRochester, NY | 70.63% | 1,488 | 1,051 | 200 | 1170 | $38,826 |
| Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY | 66.93% | 27,911 | 18,682 | 3,042 | 1370 | $59,210 |
| University of RochesterRochester, NY | 40.08% | 21,384 | 8,570 | 1,317 | 1490 | $67,080 |
| Russell Sage CollegeTroy, NY | 53.26% | 2,471 | 1,316 | 255 | - | $38,164 |
| St Bonaventure UniversitySaint Bonaventure, NY | 81.65% | 4,207 | 3,435 | 590 | 1190 | $41,735 |
| St Lawrence UniversityCanton, NY | 54.34% | 6,089 | 3,309 | 424 | 1350 | $65,900 |
| St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSparkill, NY | 93.05% | 2,200 | 2,047 | 241 | 1000 | $39,450 |
| Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxville, NY | 61.73% | 4,617 | 2,850 | 417 | 1360 | $66,862 |
| Siena UniversityLoudonville, NY | 69.02% | 9,279 | 6,404 | 759 | 1220 | $45,805 |
| Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, NY | 21.05% | 11,889 | 2,503 | 666 | 1390 | $67,140 |
| St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, NY | 72.05% | 5,728 | 4,127 | 520 | 1180 | $36,550 |
| St. John Fisher UniversityRochester, NY | 66.40% | 5,050 | 3,353 | 680 | 1210 | $41,190 |
| St. John's University-New YorkQueens, NY | 83.43% | 24,208 | 20,196 | 2,350 | 1240 | $53,529 |
| SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, NY | 75.68% | 9,242 | 6,994 | 1,120 | 1090 | $16,837 ($8,892) |
| SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, NY | 92.15% | 3,707 | 3,416 | 539 | - | $15,769 ($8,742) |
| SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, NY | 89.01% | 7,626 | 6,788 | 944 | 1000 | $12,762 ($8,772) |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, NY | 84.02% | 3,805 | 3,197 | 618 | - | $18,678 ($8,768) |
| Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, NY | 63.29% | 10,748 | 6,802 | 1,822 | 1140 | $18,536 ($8,626) |
| SUNY MorrisvilleMorrisville, NY | 91.54% | 5,819 | 5,327 | 772 | 1130 | $19,245 ($8,825) |
| University at AlbanyAlbany, NY | 69.10% | 32,442 | 22,416 | 2,830 | - | $30,991 ($10,601) |
| Binghamton UniversityVestal, NY | 38.61% | 53,007 | 20,464 | 3,248 | 1410 | $30,447 ($10,567) |
| University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY | 74.18% | 40,856 | 30,308 | 4,265 | 1290 | $31,536 ($10,936) |
| Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY | 49.04% | 55,880 | 27,406 | 4,042 | 1420 | $32,741 ($10,931) |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, NY | 63.28% | 3,745 | 2,370 | 418 | - | $22,263 ($9,303) |
| SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, NY | 81.35% | 5,329 | 4,335 | 378 | 1200 | $21,215 ($8,625) |
| SUNY BrockportBrockport, NY | 70.68% | 13,031 | 9,210 | 1,297 | 1190 | $15,822 ($8,752) |
| SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, NY | 72.95% | 18,219 | 13,290 | 1,226 | 1070 | $19,653 ($8,533) |
| State University of New York at CortlandCortland, NY | 59.79% | 17,571 | 10,505 | 1,394 | - | $18,784 ($8,874) |
| SUNY at FredoniaFredonia, NY | 77.70% | 6,331 | 4,919 | 690 | 1240 | $19,771 ($8,831) |
| SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, NY | 66.45% | 15,293 | 10,162 | 971 | 1270 | $19,569 ($8,999) |
| State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, NY | 61.61% | 17,232 | 10,616 | 1,135 | 1250 | $18,822 ($8,572) |
| SUNY OneontaOneonta, NY | 69.60% | 15,544 | 10,818 | 1,214 | 1210 | $19,781 ($8,831) |
| State University of New York at OswegoOswego, NY | 80.55% | 15,149 | 12,202 | 1,265 | 1180 | $18,735 ($8,825) |
| SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdam, NY | 77.70% | 4,530 | 3,520 | 353 | - | $18,678 ($8,768) |
| SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, NY | 74.05% | 7,845 | 5,809 | 750 | 1300 | $19,266 ($9,016) |
| SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, NY | 83.63% | 7,760 | 6,490 | 806 | - | $18,842 ($8,372) |
| State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, NY | 78.41% | 8,830 | 6,924 | 798 | 1160 | $18,945 ($9,035) |
| SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, NY | 72.41% | 1,769 | 1,281 | 378 | 1200 | $19,159 ($8,589) |
| Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY | 45.92% | 44,480 | 20,427 | 3,835 | 1360 | $65,528 |
| Talmudical Seminary Oholei TorahBrooklyn, NY | 77.19% | 57 | 44 | 37 | - | $8,750 |
| Talmudical Institute of Upstate New YorkRochester, NY | 100.00% | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | $6,150 |
| Torah Temimah Talmudical SeminaryStaten Island, NY | 55.56% | 27 | 15 | 9 | - | $9,600 |
| Touro UniversityNew York, NY | 60.83% | 2,152 | 1,309 | 569 | 1340 | $20,052 |
| Trocaire CollegeBuffalo, NY | 97.49% | 199 | 194 | 82 | - | $20,640 |
| Union CollegeSchenectady, NY | 43.92% | 8,210 | 3,606 | 500 | 1390 | $69,039 |
| United States Merchant Marine AcademyKings Point, NY | 34.24% | 1,367 | 468 | 300 | 1200 | $895 ($1,167) |
| Utica UniversityUtica, NY | 91.95% | 3,703 | 3,405 | 431 | 1110 | $26,930 |
| Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY | 18.57% | 12,447 | 2,311 | 665 | 1500 | $71,030 |
| Villa Maria CollegeBuffalo, NY | 86.59% | 999 | 865 | 209 | - | $28,670 |
| School of Visual ArtsNew York, NY | 92.64% | 3,140 | 2,909 | 604 | 1320 | $51,400 |
| Wagner CollegeStaten Island, NY | 88.00% | 2,566 | 2,258 | 454 | 1240 | $53,200 |
| Webb InstituteGlen Cove, NY | 14.04% | 235 | 33 | 25 | 1490 | $63,214 |
| The College of WestchesterWhite Plains, NY | 94.42% | 448 | 423 | 90 | - | $25,191 |
| Yeshiva Derech ChaimBrooklyn, NY | 88.24% | 34 | 30 | 16 | - | $12,700 |
| Yeshivath Shaar HatorahKew Gardens, NY | 72.22% | 54 | 39 | 30 | - | $19,525 |
| Yeshiva UniversityNew York, NY | 55.62% | 1,665 | 926 | 566 | 1440 | $51,800 |
| Yeshivath Zichron MosheSouth Fallsburg, NY | 30.00% | 20 | 6 | 6 | - | $10,880 |
| Bais Medrash ElyonMonsey, NY | 37.50% | 32 | 12 | 8 | - | $8,600 |
| Yeshivas NovominskBrooklyn, NY | 90.38% | 52 | 47 | 47 | - | $8,640 |
| Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical CollegeMonsey, NY | 36.84% | 57 | 21 | 21 | - | $9,200 |
| Yeshiva of the Telshe AlumniRiverdale, NY | 100.00% | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | $9,600 |
| Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of RocklandSuffern, NY | 36.67% | 60 | 22 | 16 | - | $13,000 |
| Beis Medrash Heichal DovidFar Rockaway, NY | 78.95% | 95 | 75 | 75 | - | $10,480 |
| Talmudical Seminary of BobovBrooklyn, NY | 97.87% | 235 | 230 | 217 | - | $13,200 |
| Yeshiva of Machzikai HadasBrooklyn, NY | 70.06% | 177 | 124 | 124 | - | $10,800 |
| Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser TorahMonsey, NY | 52.38% | 63 | 33 | 19 | - | $9,600 |
| DeVry College of New YorkNew York, NY | 100.00% | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | $17,008 |
| Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret TorahBrooklyn, NY | 88.89% | 36 | 32 | 27 | - | $10,700 |
| Yeshiva Ohr YisraelBrooklyn, NY | 50.00% | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | $9,800 |
| Yeshiva Sholom ShachnaBrooklyn, NY | 100.00% | 49 | 49 | 49 | - | $10,750 |
| Beth Medrash Meor YitzchokMonsey, NY | 52.78% | 180 | 95 | 93 | - | $12,600 |
| Yeshiva Zichron AryehFar Rockaway, NY | 25.00% | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | $9,650 |
| Elim Bible CollegeLima, NY | 100.00% | 37 | 37 | 26 | - | $9,678 |
| Yeshiva Ohr NaftoliNew Windsor, NY | 100.00% | 30 | 30 | 26 | - | $10,870 |
| Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth ElizerBrooklyn, NY | 73.68% | 19 | 14 | 9 | - | $12,300 |
| Yeshiva of OceanGreenfield Park, NY | 36.00% | 50 | 18 | 14 | - | $9,000 |
| Yeshivat Hechal ShemuelBrooklyn, NY | 100.00% | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | $12,380 |
| Bais Medrash of Dexter ParkChestnut Ridge, NY | 69.23% | 13 | 9 | 9 | - | $11,500 |
| Average | 68.27% | 8,927 | 4,817 | 732 | 1,254 | $30,904 (-) |