Largest New York Public Colleges With Most Students

University at Buffalo is the largest public New York college with 32,099 students. The percentage of online students is 6.80% at the school.

Stony Brook University with 25,710 students and CUNY Hunter College with 22,970 students are following it in the largetst New York college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest New York online colleges.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest New York Public Colleges With Most Students

University at Buffalo is the largest school with 32,099 students and Stony Brook University has the second largest population with 25,710 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

University at Buffalo stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Stony Brook University also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $21,172 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,210 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 56.52% and the average SAT score is 1,328 at the schools.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest New York Public Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest New York Public Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY Public, four-years	32,099 233	20,761	11,338	16,606	15,493	2,183	12 to 1
2 -	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY Public, four-years	25,710 898	17,509	8,201	12,181	13,529	2,171	19 to 1
3 -	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY Public, four-years	22,970 1,129	17,256	5,714	7,261	15,709	635	14 to 1
4 -	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY Public, four-years	19,854 115	15,896	3,958	9,601	10,253	1,486	19 to 1
5 1	Binghamton University Vestal, NY Public, four-years	18,312 257	14,402	3,910	8,823	9,489	271	19 to 1
6 1	CUNY Queens College Queens, NY Public, four-years	17,001 1,771	14,406	2,595	7,506	9,495	1,519	14 to 1
7 -	SUNY at Albany Albany, NY Public, four-years	16,658 417	12,264	4,394	7,200	9,458	1,494	17 to 1
8 2	CUNY City College New York, NY Public, four-years	14,489 542	11,929	2,560	6,588	7,901	1,261	14 to 1
9 1	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY Public, four-years	14,195 1,743	11,661	2,534	5,778	8,417	1,725	13 to 1
10 1	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY Public, four-years	13,921 1,289	12,061	1,860	5,091	8,830	3,521	16 to 1
	Average	19,521	14,815	4,706	8,664	10,857	1,627	16 to 1

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