Top Colleges in New York Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Colleges in New York is 17.53%, a total of 36,560 applicants applied to the schools and 5,607 accepted.

New York University had the most number of applicants of 110,807 and Hamilton College had the least number of applicants of 8,531 among Top Colleges in New York.

Columbia University in the City of New York had the lowest acceptance rate of 3.99% and Syracuse University had the highest rate of 45.92%.

Table. Top Colleges in New York Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY60,1152,4001,5583.99%64.92%
2Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY62,9935,5163,5258.76%63.91%
3Barnard CollegeNew York, NY11,8361,0467188.84%68.64%
4New York UniversityNew York, NY110,80710,2325,6669.23%55.38%
5Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY8,5311,16245313.62%38.98%
6Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY12,4472,31166518.57%28.78%
7University of RochesterRochester, NY21,3848,5701,31740.08%15.37%
8Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY20,6822,87182513.88%28.74%
9United States Military AcademyWest Point, NY12,3201,5341,19512.45%77.90%
10Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY44,48020,4273,83545.92%18.77%
-Average36,5605,6071,97618%46%