New York Colleges 2025 Graduation Rate Comparison

The average graduation rate for New York Colleges is 61.89%, transfer-out rate is 19.76%, and retention rate is 79.40%.

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The table below summarizes and compares the graduation, transfer-out, and retention rate for New York Colleges. You can sort the table by a column by clicking/touching the column title.

Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rate Comparison between New York Colleges

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New York Colleges Graduation, Transfer-out, Retention Rate Comparison Table
School NameGraduation RateTransfer-out RateTransfer-out Rate (BS degree)Retention Rate (Full-time)Retention Rate (Part-time)
 Academy for Jewish ReligionYonkers, NY- -- --
Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY67% -23% 83%50%
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAlbany, NY68% 18%- 86%-
Albany Law SchoolAlbany, NY- -- --
Albany Medical CollegeAlbany, NY- -- --
Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, NY- -- --
Alfred UniversityAlfred, NY57% -29% 78%-
American Musical and Dramatic AcademyNew York, NY72% -- 83%-
Bank Street College of EducationNew York, NY- -- --
Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, NY68% -- 85%-
Bard College - Bard Globalization and International Affairs ProgramNew York, NY- -- --
Berkeley College-New YorkNew York, NY44% 12%30% 55%59%
Binghamton UniversityVestal, NY82% 14%14% 89%86%
Boricua CollegeNew York, NY81% 15%22% 86%-
Brooklyn Law SchoolBrooklyn, NY- -- --
Canisius UniversityBuffalo, NY66% 23%25% 73%100%
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim LubavitzBrooklyn, NY5% 15%25% 79%-
Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY75% 18%19% 85%-
Clarkson University Capital Region CampusSchenectady, NY- -- --
Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity SchoolRochester, NY- -- --
Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY91% 7%8% 93%-
College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, NY34% 19%17% 76%52%
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY96% -- 98%95%
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY95% -- 98%-
Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, NY63% 5%- 70%-
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, NY72% 15%8% 89%65%
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY54% 24%13% 80%67%
CUNY Brooklyn College - Feirstein Graduate School of CinemaBrooklyn, NY- -- --
CUNY City CollegeNew York, NY57% 25%18% 79%64%
CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, NY- -- --
CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY57% 27%15% 78%53%
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, NY56% 20%20% 82%50%
CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, NY51% 21%16% 73%58%
CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, NY53% 22%12% 79%63%
CUNY York CollegeJamaica, NY32% 39%32% 57%67%
D'Youville UniversityBuffalo, NY67% 21%23% 73%-
Daemen UniversityAmherst, NY59% -- 76%100%
DeVry College of New YorkNew York, NY31% 3%20% --
Dominican University New YorkOrangeburg, NY53% -46% 66%100%
Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular MedicineManhasset, NY- -- --
Elmira CollegeElmira, NY65% 22%27% 70%100%
Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, NY41% 4%19% 66%31%
Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, NY53% 12%26% 82%40%
Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY81% 8%- 91%65%
Five Towns CollegeDix Hills, NY55% 4%- 70%100%
Fordham UniversityBronx, NY82% 10%12% 89%58%
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of ReligionNew York, NY- -- --
Hilbert CollegeHamburg, NY56% -- 64%-
HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public LeadershipNew York, NY- -- --
Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, NY77% 14%- 86%-
Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY69% 23%28% 84%100%
Houghton UniversityHoughton, NY65% -- 84%-
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiNew York, NY- -- --
IE New York CollegeNew York, NY- -- --
Iona UniversityNew Rochelle, NY56% -- 77%100%
Ithaca CollegeIthaca, NY76% -- 85%-
Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaNew York, NY90% -8% 96%-
Keuka CollegeKeuka Park, NY58% -- 73%-
Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse, NY73% -- 84%75%
LIM CollegeNew York, NY51% -- 73%29%
Long Island UniversityBrookville, NY57% 3%40% 77%38%
Manhattan School of MusicNew York, NY78% 5%- 93%-
Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, NY64% 22%- 76%-
Manhattanville UniversityPurchase, NY58% 31%31% 74%-
Maria College of AlbanyAlbany, NY30% 37%- 33%-
Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, NY80% 16%15% 86%-
Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, NY46% -33% 76%30%
Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical SeminaryBrooklyn, NY50% 33%57% 77%-
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of AmericaNew York, NY7% -- 86%-
Metropolitan College of New YorkNew York, NY40% 3%6% 20%-
Mirrer Yeshiva Cent InstituteBrooklyn, NY73% -55% 96%-
Molloy UniversityRockville Centre, NY70% -- 85%33%
Monroe UniversityBronx, NY57% 8%14% 67%51%
Mount Saint Mary CollegeNewburgh, NY65% -- 74%-
Nazareth UniversityRochester, NY73% 22%27% 85%-
New York Academy of ArtNew York, NY- -- --
New York College of Health ProfessionsSyosset, NY50% 38%- --
New York College of Traditional Chinese MedicineMineola, NY- -- --
New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, NY59% -37% 78%42%
New York Law SchoolNew York, NY- -- --
New York Medical CollegeValhalla, NY- -- --
New York School of Interior DesignNew York, NY69% -- 100%100%
New York Theological SeminaryNew York, NY- -- --
New York UniversityNew York, NY88% -8% 96%64%
Niagara UniversityNiagara University, NY75% -- 80%-
Northeast College of Health SciencesSeneca Falls, NY- -- --
Northeastern SeminaryRochester, NY- -- --
Pace UniversityNew York, NY60% 27%30% 75%26%
Pacific College of Health and ScienceNew York, NY56% -- -60%
Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, NY51% -- 75%-
Plaza CollegeForest Hills, NY68% 5%- --
Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, NY74% -2% 88%100%
Pratt Manhattan-A Division of Pratt InstituteNew York, NY- -- --
Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim BerlinBrooklyn, NY46% 13%3% 93%-
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei ZionBrooklyn, NY83% 17%- 99%-
Rabbinical Seminary of AmericaFlushing, NY30% -- 80%-
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY84% -2% 91%-
Roberts Wesleyan UniversityRochester, NY67% -21% 84%50%
Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY70% -- 89%33%
Russell Sage CollegeTroy, NY56% -- 78%-
Saint John's University - Staten Island CampusStaten Island, NY- -- --
Saint Vladimirs Orthodox Theological SeminaryYonkers, NY- -- --
Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxville, NY71% 26%17% 87%-
School of Visual ArtsNew York, NY76% 10%16% 85%50%
Siena UniversityLoudonville, NY75% 19%21% 83%-
Sotheby's Institute of Art-NYNew York, NY- -- --
St Bernard's School of Theology and MinistryRochester, NY- -- --
St Bonaventure UniversitySaint Bonaventure, NY67% 26%27% 86%-
St Lawrence UniversityCanton, NY79% 14%15% 91%-
St. Francis CollegeBrooklyn, NY55% -18% 65%-
St. John Fisher UniversityRochester, NY74% 17%23% 86%-
St. John's University-New YorkQueens, NY66% -- 79%10%
St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, NY69% 22%23% 81%75%
St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSparkill, NY54% 28%- 73%-
State University of New York at CortlandCortland, NY68% 25%26% 81%-
State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, NY72% 20%19% 85%50%
State University of New York at OswegoOswego, NY60% 26%29% 70%-
State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, NY59% 28%25% 73%38%
Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY76% 14%17% 90%50%
SUNY at FredoniaFredonia, NY50% 31%30% 76%-
SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, NY63% 23%26% 80%40%
SUNY BrockportBrockport, NY55% 29%27% 72%50%
SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, NY33% 40%35% 58%36%
SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, NY71% 21%17% 87%20%
SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdam, NY45% 33%32% 78%-
SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, NY66% 26%18% 87%40%
SUNY College of OptometryNew York, NY- -- --
SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, NY45% 25%38% 57%-
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityBrooklyn, NY- -- --
SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, NY64% 3%27% 83%-
SUNY MorrisvilleMorrisville, NY28% 28%33% 57%-
SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, NY45% 28%36% 72%13%
SUNY OneontaOneonta, NY69% 25%21% 76%-
SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, NY55% 28%32% 69%-
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY84% 10%- 90%56%
Talmudical Institute of Upstate New YorkRochester, NY17% 67%25% 33%-
Teachers College at Columbia UniversityNew York, NY- -- --
The College of Saint RoseAlbany, NY51% 33%32% 72%100%
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York, NY81% -- 92%-
The Juilliard SchoolNew York, NY93% 2%4% 98%-
The New SchoolNew York, NY69% 14%11% 85%84%
The Rockefeller UniversityNew York, NY- -- --
Touro UniversityNew York, NY72% 2%31% 89%73%
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New YorkNew York, NY- -- --
United States Merchant Marine AcademyKings Point, NY82% 18%16% 84%-
University at AlbanyAlbany, NY61% 27%28% 83%75%
University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY75% 14%15% 85%42%
University of Mount Saint VincentBronx, NY57% 35%- 73%67%
University of RochesterRochester, NY85% 4%- 91%-
Upstate Medical UniversitySyracuse, NY- -- --
Utica UniversityUtica, NY56% 5%30% 71%-
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and TechnologyFlushing, NY39% 5%29% 84%-
Wagner CollegeStaten Island, NY65% 27%31% 83%-
Weill Medical College of Cornell UniversityNew York, NY- -- --
Yeshiva Derech ChaimBrooklyn, NY80% 16%33% 75%-
Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical CollegeChester, NY11% 28%36% 82%-
Yeshiva UniversityNew York, NY83% -17% 92%100%
Yeshivath Shaar HatorahKew Gardens, NY53% 37%72% 86%-
Average61.89%19.76%23.74%79.40%60.74%

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