There are 425 colleges in New York - 108 public and 317 private schools. The 2025 average undergraduate tuition of the New York colleges is $8,316 for state residents and $28,906 for out-of-state students.
162 New York cities have at least one college and, of them, New York has the most of 73 colleges. It has 46 four-year colleges and 14 community colleges with a total of 283,027 students. Brooklyn and Rochester also has a number of colleges of 52 and 17 colleges respectively.
The following table shows the New York colleges by city. The 2025 tuition & fees based on 4-year colleges' cost.
| City | Number of Schools | Under-graduate Tuition | Graduate Tuition | Population | Students to Faculty | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 4-year | Community Colleges | Trade Schools | Total | Under. | Graduate | ||||
| New York | 73 | 46 | 14 | 13 | $38,036 ($7,511) |
$32,527 ($11,485) |
283,027 | 176,260 | 106,767 | 10 to 1 |
| Brooklyn | 52 | 38 | 9 | 5 | $17,166 ($7,490) |
$18,380 ($11,753) |
80,710 | 69,276 | 11,435 | 16 to 1 |
| Rochester | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | $31,676 | $22,511 | 47,170 | 36,321 | 10,849 | 10 to 1 |
| Albany | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | $33,850 ($10,601) |
$34,757 ($13,808) |
24,196 | 16,106 | 8,090 | 11 to 1 |
| Monsey | 10 | 9 | 1 | - | $11,897 | $6,067 | 2,458 | 2,228 | 284 | 13 to 1 |
| Buffalo | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | $26,839 ($9,735) |
$23,392 ($13,369) |
54,971 | 40,469 | 14,502 | 12 to 1 |
| Bronx | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | $35,709 ($7,410) |
$25,650 ($11,570) |
55,341 | 43,657 | 11,684 | 12 to 1 |
| Staten Island | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | $26,080 ($7,490) |
$22,845 ($11,650) |
13,980 | 12,663 | 1,317 | 13 to 1 |
| Syracuse | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | $37,000 ($8,671) |
$30,783 ($12,751) |
38,628 | 29,883 | 8,745 | 11 to 1 |
| Schenectady | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | $69,039 | - | 5,862 | 5,862 | - | 9 to 1 |
| Flushing | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | $19,905 | $17,870 | 2,866 | 2,639 | 227 | 16 to 1 |
| Long Island City | 4 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 16,323 | 16,323 | - | 16 to 1 |
| White Plains | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | $25,191 | - | 960 | 960 | - | 17 to 1 |
| Plattsburgh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | $18,945 ($9,035) |
$25,065 ($13,275) |
5,658 | 4,943 | 715 | 12 to 1 |
| Poughkeepsie | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | $59,325 | $42,503 | 15,507 | 14,702 | 805 | 13 to 1 |
| Utica | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | $24,073 ($8,625) |
$26,643 ($12,865) |
12,453 | 10,395 | 2,058 | 13 to 1 |
| Hempstead | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | $57,660 | $31,120 | 11,313 | 7,209 | 4,104 | 13 to 1 |
| Troy | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | $51,121 | $38,647 | 19,186 | 16,344 | 2,842 | 13 to 1 |
| Yonkers | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | $23,251 | $24,881 | 289 | 117 | 172 | 1 to 1 |
| Geneva | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $64,928 | $28,179 | 1,920 | 1,873 | 47 | 7 to 1 |
| Jamaica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $15,308 ($7,358) |
$20,948 ($11,518) |
6,728 | 6,471 | 257 | 17 to 1 |
| Far Rockaway | 3 | 3 | - | - | $10,310 | $11,700 | 333 | 333 | 17 | 14 to 1 |
| Oneonta | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | $37,372 ($8,831) |
$15,566 ($12,532) |
6,465 | 5,809 | 657 | 11 to 1 |
| Forest Hills | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $15,450 | $21,450 | 1,432 | 1,419 | 13 | 21 to 1 |
| Elmira | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | $40,896 | $17,229 | 1,004 | 963 | 41 | 8 to 1 |
| Potsdam | 2 | 2 | - | - | $39,038 ($8,768) |
$30,727 ($12,808) |
6,180 | 4,407 | 1,773 | 12 to 1 |
| Herkimer | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2,029 | 2,029 | - | 11 to 1 |
| Pottersville | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | $18,000 | - | 645 | 645 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Williamsville | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 52 | 52 | - | 7 to 1 |
| Watertown | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2,342 | 2,342 | - | 13 to 1 |
| Peekskill | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | $10,150 | - | 149 | 149 | - | 13 to 1 |
| Saratoga Springs | 2 | 2 | - | - | $42,349 ($7,648) |
$24,368 ($11,888) |
13,173 | 11,099 | 2,074 | 13 to 1 |
| Queens | 2 | 2 | - | - | $34,509 ($7,538) |
$28,635 ($11,612) |
35,354 | 29,104 | 6,250 | 15 to 1 |
| Suffern | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | $13,000 | - | 5,516 | 5,516 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Old Westbury | 2 | 2 | - | - | $32,701 ($8,372) |
$27,377 ($12,314) |
11,586 | 7,906 | 3,680 | 15 to 1 |
| Orchard Park | 2 | 2 | - | - | $17,567 | - | 10,343 | 10,343 | - | 20 to 1 |
| Canton | 2 | 2 | - | - | $40,835 ($8,742) |
$24,560 | 5,450 | 5,408 | 42 | 15 to 1 |
| Ithaca | 2 | 2 | - | - | $60,965 | $31,743 | 31,560 | 20,396 | 11,164 | 10 to 1 |
| Batavia | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4,333 | 4,333 | - | 19 to 1 |
| Auburn | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3,612 | 3,612 | - | 18 to 1 |
| Valhalla | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | $27,623 | $28,556 | 10,830 | 9,359 | 1,471 | 10 to 1 |
| Purchase | 2 | 2 | - | - | $31,935 ($9,016) |
$22,271 ($13,256) |
5,845 | 4,723 | 1,122 | 12 to 1 |
| Jamestown | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | $12,945 | - | 4,162 | 4,162 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Alfred | 2 | 2 | - | - | $27,488 ($8,892) |
$27,120 | 5,788 | 5,223 | 565 | 13 to 1 |
| Liverpool | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | $19,926 | - | 816 | 816 | - | 21 to 1 |
| Newburgh | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | $43,450 | $20,400 | 2,565 | 2,215 | 350 | 15 to 1 |
| Monroe | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | $15,500 | - | 3,257 | 3,257 | - | 33 to 1 |
| Astoria | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 203 | 203 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Islandia | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 523 | 523 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Garden City | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | $48,775 | $32,822 | 19,904 | 17,626 | 2,278 | 16 to 1 |
| Rego Park | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1,413 | 1,413 | - | 14 to 1 |
| Riverdale | 2 | 2 | - | - | $31,500 | $25,485 | 3,298 | 2,817 | 481 | 15 to 1 |
| West Seneca | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 461 | 461 | - | 20 to 1 |
| Mount Vernon | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 180 | 180 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Levittown | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1,402 | 1,402 | - | 14 to 1 |
| Orangeburg | 1 | 1 | - | - | $34,220 | $25,921 | 1,396 | 1,115 | 281 | 13 to 1 |
| Amityville | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 30 | 30 | - | 18 to 1 |
| Sanborn | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4,547 | 4,547 | - | 23 to 1 |
| Lawrence | 1 | 1 | - | - | $11,700 | $11,700 | 156 | 156 | 4 | 4 to 1 |
| Throggs Neck | 1 | 1 | - | - | $19,159 ($8,589) |
$24,561 ($11,871) |
1,413 | 1,285 | 128 | 15 to 1 |
| Hicksville | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 193 | 193 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Bethpage | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 249 | 249 | - | 15 to 1 |
| College Point | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 186 | 186 | - | 25 to 1 |
| Hyde Park | 1 | 1 | - | - | $38,670 | $21,560 | 3,147 | 3,011 | 136 | 18 to 1 |
| Dobbs Ferry | 1 | 1 | - | - | $22,880 | $19,620 | 8,991 | 6,774 | 2,217 | 16 to 1 |
| Stony Brook | 1 | 1 | - | - | $32,741 ($10,931) |
$29,242 ($14,222) |
26,689 | 18,263 | 8,426 | 19 to 1 |
| Kew Gardens | 1 | 1 | - | - | $19,525 | $19,550 | 87 | 76 | 11 | 13 to 1 |
| Manhasset | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | $2 | 12 | - | 12 | - |
| Albion | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Binghamton | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5,327 | 5,327 | - | 21 to 1 |
| Stone Ridge | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3,091 | 3,091 | - | 23 to 1 |
| Newark | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 84 | 84 | - | 26 to 1 |
| Spring Valley | 1 | 1 | - | - | $12,300 | - | 765 | 765 | - | 19 to 1 |
| Chestnut Ridge | 1 | 1 | - | - | $11,500 | - | 51 | 51 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Rockville Centre | 1 | 1 | - | - | $39,790 | $27,520 | 5,005 | 3,240 | 1,765 | 12 to 1 |
| Cortland | 1 | 1 | - | - | $18,784 ($8,874) |
$24,904 ($13,114) |
6,938 | 5,911 | 1,027 | 15 to 1 |
| Mexico | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 15 | 15 | - | 9 to 1 |
| Lockport | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 30 | 30 | - | 35 to 1 |
| Oakdale | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 31 | 31 | - | 21 to 1 |
| Salamanca | 1 | 1 | - | - | $12,945 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hudson | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1,616 | 1,616 | - | 17 to 1 |
| Dix Hills | 1 | 1 | - | - | $30,250 | $32,750 | 974 | 923 | 51 | 11 to 1 |
| Keuka Park | 1 | 1 | - | - | $39,332 | $27,786 | 1,366 | 968 | 398 | 10 to 1 |
| Delhi | 1 | 1 | - | - | $12,762 ($8,772) |
$13,998 ($11,738) |
3,056 | 2,881 | 175 | 13 to 1 |
| Glen Cove | 1 | 1 | - | - | $63,214 | - | 106 | 106 | - | 11 to 1 |
| Hudson Falls | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 35 | 35 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Napanoch | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Houghton | 1 | 1 | - | - | $18,430 | $15,896 | 1,200 | 1,162 | 38 | 12 to 1 |
| New York City | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 67 | 67 | - | 4 to 1 |
| Geneseo | 1 | 1 | - | - | $19,569 ($8,999) |
$24,972 ($12,312) |
3,945 | 3,881 | 64 | 16 to 1 |
| Verona | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 113 | 113 | - | 20 to 1 |
| Whitestone | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1,131 | 1,131 | - | 19 to 1 |
| Lima | 1 | 1 | - | - | $9,678 | - | 118 | 118 | - | 7 to 1 |
| Nanuet | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 285 | 285 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Brookville | 1 | 1 | - | - | $42,432 | $25,990 | 16,689 | 12,072 | 4,617 | 15 to 1 |
| Paul Smiths | 1 | 1 | - | - | $33,009 | $24,748 | 948 | 926 | 22 | 12 to 1 |
| Farmingdale | 1 | 1 | - | - | $18,536 ($8,626) |
$18,119 ($9,263) |
10,039 | 10,007 | 32 | 18 to 1 |
| West Nyack | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 37 | 37 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Copiague | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 226 | 226 | - | 20 to 1 |
| Stormville | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Annandale-On-Hudson | 1 | 1 | - | - | $66,436 | $44,500 | 2,911 | 2,438 | 473 | 9 to 1 |
| New Rochelle | 1 | 1 | - | - | $47,260 | $24,904 | 3,958 | 3,382 | 576 | 16 to 1 |
| Bronxville | 1 | 1 | - | - | $66,862 | $36,122 | 1,798 | 1,582 | 216 | 10 to 1 |
| Oswego | 1 | 1 | - | - | $18,735 ($8,825) |
$25,060 ($12,580) |
6,715 | 5,517 | 1,198 | 15 to 1 |
| Angola | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 24 | 24 | - | 10 to 1 |
| Tonawanda | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 142 | 142 | - | 7 to 1 |
| Norwich | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 31 | 31 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Queensbury | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2,576 | 2,576 | - | 16 to 1 |
| East Syracuse | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 173 | 173 | - | 9 to 1 |
| Vestal | 1 | 1 | - | - | $30,447 ($10,567) |
$27,140 ($13,950) |
18,816 | 14,669 | 4,147 | 18 to 1 |
| Chester | 1 | 1 | - | - | $14,000 | $300 | 264 | 243 | 21 | 20 to 1 |
| Northport | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 286 | 286 | - | 11 to 1 |
| Ardsley | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 67 | 67 | - | 20 to 1 |
| Woodbourne | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Niagara University | 1 | 1 | - | - | $39,345 | $15,606 | 4,033 | 2,692 | 1,341 | 10 to 1 |
| Loudonville | 1 | 1 | - | - | $45,805 | $16,500 | 3,720 | 3,467 | 253 | 12 to 1 |
| Dryden | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 4,958 | 4,958 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Olean | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 31 | 31 | - | 8 to 1 |
| Mattydale | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 152 | 152 | - | 20 to 1 |
| Greenfield Park | 1 | 1 | - | - | $9,000 | - | 63 | 63 | - | 32 to 1 |
| Hamburg | 1 | 1 | - | - | $33,740 | $21,177 | 968 | 931 | 37 | 15 to 1 |
| Long Beach | 1 | 1 | - | - | $10,290 | - | 159 | 159 | - | 18 to 1 |
| Brockport | 1 | 1 | - | - | $15,822 ($8,752) |
$14,746 ($12,486) |
7,482 | 5,816 | 1,666 | 17 to 1 |
| South Fallsburg | 1 | 1 | - | - | $10,880 | $6,100 | 243 | 201 | 42 | 26 to 1 |
| Mineola | 1 | 1 | - | - | $19,243 | $19,543 | 172 | 3 | 169 | 11 to 1 |
| Riverhead | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 9 | 9 | - | 9 to 1 |
| Getzville | 1 | 1 | - | - | $16,562 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hamilton | 1 | 1 | - | - | $70,306 | $70,306 | 3,211 | 3,193 | 18 | 9 to 1 |
| Canandaigua | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 6,004 | 6,004 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Ossining | 1 | 1 | - | - | $13,200 | - | 205 | 205 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Saranac Lake | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1,658 | 1,658 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Loch Sheldrake | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1,527 | 1,527 | - | 18 to 1 |
| Kings Point | 1 | 1 | - | - | $895 ($1,167) |
- | 976 | 962 | 14 | 13 to 1 |
| Endicott | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 99 | 99 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Latham | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 164 | 164 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Coxsackie | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bayside | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 10,337 | 10,337 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Saint Bonaventure | 1 | 1 | - | - | $41,735 | $16,087 | 2,752 | 2,042 | 710 | 13 to 1 |
| Fredonia | 1 | 1 | - | - | $19,771 ($8,831) |
$26,261 ($13,071) |
3,179 | 2,771 | 408 | 11 to 1 |
| Selden | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 19,973 | 19,973 | - | 25 to 1 |
| Airmont | 1 | 1 | - | - | $10,000 | - | 15 | 15 | - | 3 to 1 |
| Richmond Hill | 1 | 1 | - | - | $10,000 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Barrytown | 1 | 1 | - | - | $68,780 | - | 314 | 314 | - | 6 to 1 |
| Johnstown | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1,865 | 1,865 | - | 23 to 1 |
| Middletown | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5,704 | 5,704 | - | 19 to 1 |
| Cobleskill | 1 | 1 | - | - | $18,678 ($8,768) |
- | 1,988 | 1,988 | - | 15 to 1 |
| Aurora | 1 | 1 | - | - | $35,166 | - | 357 | 357 | - | 8 to 1 |
| Sayville | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 310 | 310 | - | 19 to 1 |
| Beacon | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amherst | 1 | 1 | - | - | $35,218 | $26,985 | 2,540 | 1,653 | 887 | 12 to 1 |
| Seneca Falls | 1 | 1 | - | - | $17,250 | $20,408 | 564 | 71 | 493 | 35 to 1 |
| Sparkill | 1 | 1 | - | - | $39,450 | $22,050 | 2,037 | 1,889 | 148 | 16 to 1 |
| New Paltz | 1 | 1 | - | - | $18,822 ($8,572) |
$24,602 ($12,812) |
7,898 | 6,862 | 1,036 | 16 to 1 |
| Hauppauge | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 232 | 232 | - | 18 to 1 |
| Spencerport | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 41 | 41 | - | 16 to 1 |
| New Windsor | 1 | 1 | - | - | $10,870 | - | 49 | 49 | - | 16 to 1 |
| Corning | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3,720 | 3,720 | - | 29 to 1 |
| Clinton | 1 | 1 | - | - | $68,960 | - | 2,031 | 2,031 | - | 9 to 1 |
| Morrisville | 1 | 1 | - | - | $19,245 ($8,825) |
$10,717 ($9,030) |
2,186 | 2,167 | 19 | 14 to 1 |
| Syosset | 1 | 1 | - | - | $16,395 | $19,815 | 96 | 63 | 33 | 6 to 1 |
| Cheektowaga | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 87 | 87 | - | 12 to 1 |
| Bedford Hill | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |