The average acceptance rate of the 60 private New York colleges that have competitive admission is 64.20% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.59%. The acceptance rate at 34 private New York colleges increased and the rate of 26 colleges decreased.
Columbia University in the City of New York has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 3.99%. Cornell University (8.76%) and Barnard College (8.84%) are following it in the list of Tightest New York Private Colleges to Get In.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Columbia University in the City of New York stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Cornell University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $68,607 and graduate tuition & fees is $51,380 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | 3.99% 0.24% | 64.92% | 1,550 | $70,517 | 35,173 | 96.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 2 1 | Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year | 8.76% 0.60% | 63.91% | 1,540 | $69,314 | 26,793 | 95.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 3 1 | Barnard College New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | 8.84% 0.88% | 68.64% | 1,520 | $69,888 | 3,487 | 93.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 4 - | New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | 9.23% 0.18% | 55.38% | 1,520 | $62,796 | 56,832 | 88.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 5 - | Hamilton College Clinton, NYPrivate, 4-year | 13.62% 1.85% | 38.98% | 1,500 | $68,960 | 2,031 | 91.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 6 - | Colgate University Hamilton, NYPrivate, 4-year | 13.88% 1.93% | 28.74% | 1,500 | $70,306 | 3,211 | 91.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 7 - | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NYPrivate, 4-year | 18.57% 0.84% | 28.78% | 1,500 | $71,030 | 2,462 | 91.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 8 - | Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NYPrivate, 4-year | 21.05% 1.87% | 26.61% | 1,390 | $67,140 | 2,704 | 83.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 9 - | University of Rochester Rochester, NYPrivate, 4-year | 40.08% 4.23% | 15.37% | 1,490 | $67,080 | 11,946 | 85.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 10 1 | Union College Schenectady, NYPrivate, 4-year | 43.92% 0.13% | 13.87% | 1,390 | $69,039 | 2,065 | 80.00% | 9 to 1 |
| Average | 18.19% | 40.52% | 1,490 | $68,607 | 14,670 | 89.30% | 8 to 1 |