The average acceptance rate of the 31 public New York colleges that have competitive admission is 67.42% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 1.75%. The acceptance rate at 17 public New York colleges increased and the rate of 13 colleges decreased.
Binghamton University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 38.61%. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College (47.52%) and Stony Brook University (49.04%) are following it in the list of Tightest New York Public 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.
Binghamton University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College ranked 2nd, up 2 places from 4th last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $19,689 and graduate tuition & fees is $23,133 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 - | Binghamton University Vestal, NYPublic, 4-year | 38.61% 0.88% | 15.87% | 1,410 | $30,447 ($10,567) | 18,816 | 82.00% | 18 to 1 |
| 2 2 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NYPublic, 4-year | 47.52% 2.96% | 18.96% | 1,280 | $15,414 ($7,464) | 20,081 | 72.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 3 - | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NYPublic, 4-year | 49.04% 0.03% | 14.75% | 1,420 | $32,741 ($10,931) | 26,689 | 76.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 4 3 | CUNY Hunter College New York, NYPublic, 4-year | 53.80% 0.25% | 16.69% | 1,280 | $15,332 ($7,382) | 22,538 | 57.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 5 3 | CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NYPublic, 4-year | 56.58% 1.15% | 12.22% | 970 | $15,360 ($7,410) | 13,324 | 51.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 6 3 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NYPublic, 4-year | 57.11% 0.11% | 19.37% | 1,080 | $15,420 ($7,470) | 13,763 | 56.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 7 1 | CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NYPublic, 4-year | 58.36% 4.70% | 10.10% | 1,140 | $15,402 ($7,452) | 14,390 | 54.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 8 3 | State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NYPublic, 4-year | 59.79% 9.08% | 13.27% | - | $18,784 ($8,874) | 6,938 | 68.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 9 2 | CUNY City College New York, NYPublic, 4-year | 60.02% 1.95% | 12.34% | 1,260 | $15,290 ($7,340) | 15,544 | 57.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 10 - | Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NYPublic, 4-year | 60.24% 2.63% | 55.81% | - | $22,696 ($8,174) | 8,206 | 81.00% | 16 to 1 |
| Average | 54.11% | 18.94% | 1,230 | $19,689 ($8,306) | 16,029 | 65.40% | 16 to 1 |