For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of New York Colleges is 52.93%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 17.37%. A total of 1,306,934 have applied, 691,767 admitted, and 119,472 students have enrolled one of New York Colleges.

Of the New York colleges, Columbia University in the City of New York is the tightest school to admit with 3.95% acceptance rate, and Cornell University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 7.47%.

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between New York Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
 Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY17,30112,5911,146 72.78%9.10%
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAlbany, NY2,0411,353111 66.29%8.20%
Alfred UniversityAlfred, NY7,0913,589369 50.61%10.28%
American Musical and Dramatic AcademyNew York, NY8,1582,109470 25.85%22.29%
Associated Beth Rivkah SchoolsBrooklyn, NY133132116 99.25%87.88%
Bais Binyomin AcademyMonsey, NY292929 100.00%100.00%
Bais Medrash ElyonMonsey, NY999 100.00%100.00%
Bais Medrash of Dexter ParkChestnut Ridge, NY151515 100.00%100.00%
Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, NY6,4822,987448 46.08%15.00%
Barnard CollegeNew York, NY12,0091,056697 8.79%66.00%
Beis Medrash Heichal DovidFar Rockaway, NY834848 57.83%100.00%
Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret TorahBrooklyn, NY383528 92.11%80.00%
Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher InstituteBrooklyn, NY292525 86.21%100.00%
Beth Medrash Meor YitzchokMonsey, NY1508484 56.00%100.00%
Binghamton UniversityVestal, NY41,64217,3843,107 41.75%17.87%
Canisius UniversityBuffalo, NY4,1313,211478 77.73%14.89%
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim LubavitzBrooklyn, NY131120120 91.60%100.00%
Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY6,5945,171596 78.42%11.53%
Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY21,1092,624812 12.43%30.95%
College of Mount Saint VincentBronx, NY3,4653,080494 88.89%16.04%
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY60,8792,4041,540 3.95%64.06%
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY69,1955,1683,491 7.47%67.55%
Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, NY1,8871,790674 94.86%37.65%
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, NY25,69312,7272,592 49.53%20.37%
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY28,89015,7581,689 54.54%10.72%
CUNY City CollegeNew York, NY33,64822,4102,733 66.60%12.20%
CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, NY147355 23.81%14.29%
CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY33,94416,2463,140 47.86%19.33%
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, NY18,8079,5271,871 50.66%19.64%
CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, NY22,45512,4191,486 55.31%11.97%
CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, NY11,55310,126601 87.65%5.94%
CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, NY21,33517,4523,028 81.80%17.35%
CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, NY22,32415,5102,334 69.48%15.05%
CUNY York CollegeJamaica, NY16,1129,529777 59.14%8.15%
D'Youville UniversityBuffalo, NY3,1152,618286 84.04%10.92%
Daemen UniversityAmherst, NY2,7522,200358 79.94%16.27%
Davis CollegePottersville, NY1054 50.00%80.00%
DeVry College of New YorkNew York, NY1544 26.67%100.00%
Dominican University New YorkOrangeburg, NY1,6141,436214 88.97%14.90%
Elim Bible Institute and CollegeLima, NY414025 97.56%62.50%
Elmira CollegeElmira, NY1,4561,397172 95.95%12.31%
Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, NY6,4264,7021,576 73.17%33.52%
Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY4,6692,4651,343 52.80%54.48%
Five Towns CollegeDix Hills, NY36221196 58.29%45.50%
Fordham UniversityBronx, NY47,20325,5502,594 54.13%10.15%
Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY9,8991,166478 11.78%40.99%
Hartwick CollegeOneonta, NY3,5532,122340 59.72%16.02%
Helene Fuld College of NursingNew York, NY2532 12.00%66.67%
Hilbert CollegeHamburg, NY1,3541,293280 95.49%21.66%
Hobart and William Smith CollegesGeneva, NY5,0823,475438 68.38%12.60%
Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY23,57716,3461,710 69.33%10.46%
Houghton UniversityHoughton, NY974750180 77.00%24.00%
Iona UniversityNew Rochelle, NY6,2286,004809 96.40%13.47%
Ithaca CollegeIthaca, NY12,4469,3591,311 75.20%14.01%
Jamestown Business CollegeJamestown, NY13511896 87.41%81.36%
Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaNew York, NY1326740 50.76%59.70%
Keuka CollegeKeuka Park, NY1,7341,609211 92.79%13.11%
Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse, NY7,0665,531604 78.28%10.92%
LIM CollegeNew York, NY1,137953243 83.82%25.50%
Long Island UniversityBrookville, NY14,33213,2791,107 92.65%8.34%
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical CollegeBrooklyn, NY403833 95.00%86.84%
Manhattan CollegeRiverdale, NY9,9308,172752 82.30%9.20%
Manhattan School of MusicNew York, NY1,027565154 55.01%27.26%
Manhattanville CollegePurchase, NY3,3382,808314 84.12%11.18%
Maria College of AlbanyAlbany, NY16215761 96.91%38.85%
Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, NY10,9666,8921,334 62.85%19.36%
Marymount Manhattan CollegeNew York, NY7,6365,505423 72.09%7.68%
Mercy CollegeDobbs Ferry, NY7,8916,775929 85.86%13.71%
Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron MeilechBrooklyn, NY1277 58.33%100.00%
Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical SeminaryBrooklyn, NY403733 92.50%89.19%
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of AmericaNew York, NY211313 61.90%100.00%
Metropolitan College of New YorkNew York, NY1137431 65.49%41.89%
Mirrer Yeshiva Cent InstituteBrooklyn, NY554438 80.00%86.36%
Molloy CollegeRockville Centre, NY5,4124,147642 76.63%15.48%
Monroe CollegeBronx, NY3,6702,1961,120 59.84%51.00%
Mount Saint Mary CollegeNewburgh, NY2,6042,299236 88.29%10.27%
Nazareth UniversityRochester, NY3,9113,283470 83.94%14.32%
New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, NY11,5378,736878 75.72%10.05%
New York School of Interior DesignNew York, NY16911027 65.09%24.55%
New York UniversityNew York, NY100,66212,5396,184 12.46%49.32%
Niagara UniversityNiagara University, NY3,8363,435545 89.55%15.87%
Ohr Hameir Theological SeminaryPeekskill, NY222 100.00%100.00%
Pace UniversityNew York, NY26,61322,0702,106 82.93%9.54%
Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, NY955811195 84.92%24.04%
Plaza CollegeForest Hills, NY1,073322177 30.01%54.97%
Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, NY10,1295,110886 50.45%17.34%
Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim BerlinBrooklyn, NY454343 95.56%100.00%
Rabbinical College Beth ShragaMonsey, NY161414 87.50%100.00%
Rabbinical College of Long IslandLong Beach, NY373737 100.00%100.00%
Rabbinical Seminary of AmericaFlushing, NY959488 98.95%93.62%
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY16,86310,8782,002 64.51%18.40%
Roberts Wesleyan UniversityRochester, NY1,0061,001211 99.50%21.08%
Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY23,97616,1053,202 67.17%19.88%
Russell Sage CollegeTroy, NY1,7371,279238 73.63%18.61%
Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxville, NY5,1862,587384 49.88%14.84%
School of Visual ArtsNew York, NY3,4623,026775 87.41%25.61%
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical CollegeLawrence, NY222 100.00%100.00%
Siena CollegeLoudonville, NY8,3446,704864 80.35%12.89%
St Bonaventure UniversitySaint Bonaventure, NY3,7743,061571 81.11%18.65%
St Lawrence UniversityCanton, NY5,1723,284533 63.50%16.23%
St. Francis CollegeBrooklyn, NY4,2723,600495 84.27%13.75%
St. John Fisher UniversityRochester, NY4,2003,068643 73.05%20.96%
St. John's University-New YorkQueens, NY24,60720,8342,905 84.67%13.94%
St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, NY4,3063,303575 76.71%17.41%
St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSparkill, NY1,8611,649245 88.61%14.86%
State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, NY13,2287,7081,163 58.27%15.09%
State University of New York at OswegoOswego, NY12,55510,3651,466 82.56%14.14%
Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY40,51319,9083,347 49.14%16.81%
SUNY at AlbanyAlbany, NY25,97617,6392,651 67.90%15.03%
SUNY at FredoniaFredonia, NY4,5973,888716 84.58%18.42%
SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, NY5,7474,292687 74.68%16.01%
SUNY BrockportBrockport, NY7,6835,2201,014 67.94%19.43%
SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, NY12,29210,5691,252 85.98%11.85%
SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, NY9,0696,795872 74.93%12.83%
SUNY College at Old WestburyOld Westbury, NY3,8253,523611 92.10%17.34%
SUNY College at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, NY6,8724,827844 70.24%17.48%
SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdam, NY3,1702,621444 82.68%16.94%
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, NY2,3862,005490 84.03%24.44%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, NY2,4661,714356 69.51%20.77%
SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred, NY4,9224,0231,036 81.74%25.75%
SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, NY2,2802,164477 94.91%22.04%
SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi, NY3,6213,011682 83.15%22.65%
SUNY CortlandCortland, NY11,7117,0011,341 59.78%19.15%
SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, NY1,3371,074284 80.33%26.44%
SUNY MorrisvilleMorrisville, NY3,6483,180520 87.17%16.35%
SUNY OneontaOneonta, NY9,8957,1771,116 72.53%15.55%
SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, NY2,9192,384382 81.67%16.02%
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY41,48921,4714,108 51.75%19.13%
Talmudical Institute of Upstate New YorkRochester, NY777 100.00%100.00%
Talmudical Seminary of BobovBrooklyn, NY185170152 91.89%89.41%
Talmudical Seminary Oholei TorahBrooklyn, NY695437 78.26%68.52%
The College of Saint RoseAlbany, NY2,4561,916240 78.01%12.53%
The College of WestchesterWhite Plains, NY462441108 95.45%24.49%
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York, NY1,500337183 22.47%54.30%
The Juilliard SchoolNew York, NY2,083221107 10.61%48.42%
The New SchoolNew York, NY9,5245,4461,424 57.18%26.15%
Torah Temimah Talmudical SeminaryStaten Island, NY281812 64.29%66.67%
Touro UniversityNew York, NY1,5301,091526 71.31%48.21%
Trocaire CollegeBuffalo, NY30120552 68.11%25.37%
Union CollegeSchenectady, NY8,4583,934575 46.51%14.62%
United States Merchant Marine AcademyKings Point, NY1,532419253 27.35%60.38%
University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY30,93920,9484,215 67.71%20.12%
University of RochesterRochester, NY19,9667,7681,625 38.91%20.92%
Utica UniversityUtica, NY3,3672,724430 80.90%15.79%
Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY11,4122,129681 18.66%31.99%
Villa Maria CollegeBuffalo, NY500391101 78.20%25.83%
Wagner CollegeStaten Island, NY2,6451,813407 68.54%22.45%
Webb InstituteGlen Cove, NY1833825 20.77%65.79%
Wells CollegeAurora, NY1,5341,345147 87.68%10.93%
Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical CollegeMonsey, NY662121 31.82%100.00%
Yeshiva Derech ChaimBrooklyn, NY593827 64.41%71.05%
Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser TorahMonsey, NY442319 52.27%82.61%
Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth ElizerBrooklyn, NY342828 82.35%100.00%
Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical SeminaryFar Rockaway, NY211414 66.67%100.00%
Yeshiva of Machzikai HadasBrooklyn, NY1389999 71.74%100.00%
Yeshiva of OceanGreenfield Park, NY251614 64.00%87.50%
Yeshiva Ohr NaftoliNew Windsor, NY666 100.00%100.00%
Yeshiva Ohr YisraelBrooklyn, NY444 100.00%100.00%
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of RocklandSuffern, NY401610 40.00%62.50%
Yeshiva Sholom ShachnaBrooklyn, NY515151 100.00%100.00%
Yeshiva UniversityNew York, NY1,6151,021636 63.22%62.29%
Yeshiva Zichron AryehFar Rockaway, NY310 33.33%0.00%
Yeshivas NovominskBrooklyn, NY503939 78.00%100.00%
Yeshivat Hechal ShemuelBrooklyn, NY777 100.00%100.00%
Yeshivath Shaar HatorahKew Gardens, NY413124 75.61%77.42%
Yeshivath ViznitzMonsey, NY220196196 89.09%100.00%
Yeshivath Zichron MosheSouth Fallsburg, NY171010 58.82%100.00%
Average7,8264,14272052.93%17.37%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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