Best Colleges In New York 2023 Acceptance Rate Comparison

For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Best Colleges In New York is 38.47%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 18.53%. A total of 568,570 have applied, 218,705 admitted, and 40,518 students have enrolled one of Best Colleges In New York.

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%.

Best Colleges In New York 2023 Acceptance Rate Comparison

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2023 Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table
School Name	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Admission Yield
Adelphi University Garden City, NY	17,301	12,591	1,146	72.78%	9.10%
Binghamton University Vestal, NY	41,642	17,384	3,107	41.75%	17.87%
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY	6,594	5,171	596	78.42%	11.53%
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	60,879	2,404	1,540	3.95%	64.06%
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	69,195	5,168	3,491	7.47%	67.55%
Fordham University Bronx, NY	47,203	25,550	2,594	54.13%	10.15%
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	23,577	16,346	1,710	69.33%	10.46%
New York University New York, NY	100,662	12,539	6,184	12.46%	49.32%
Pace University New York, NY	26,613	22,070	2,106	82.93%	9.54%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	16,863	10,878	2,002	64.51%	18.40%
St. John Fisher University Rochester, NY	4,200	3,068	643	73.05%	20.96%
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	40,513	19,908	3,347	49.14%	16.81%
SUNY at Albany Albany, NY	25,976	17,639	2,651	67.90%	15.03%
SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	12,292	10,569	1,252	85.98%	11.85%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	2,466	1,714	356	69.51%	20.77%
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	41,489	21,471	4,108	51.75%	19.13%
The New School New York, NY	9,524	5,446	1,424	57.18%	26.15%
University of Rochester Rochester, NY	19,966	7,768	1,625	38.91%	20.92%
Yeshiva University New York, NY	1,615	1,021	636	63.22%	62.29%
Average	29,925	11,511	2,133	38.47%	18.53%

*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

**Information is not available for schools that are not appeared in the table. The schools have not report the information to the IPEDS or not applicable.)

Best Colleges In New York with Outstanding Admission Stats

Tightest Schools (Lowest Acceptance Rates)

Columbia University in the City of New York 3.95%
Cornell University 7.47%
New York University 12.46%
University of Rochester 38.91%
Binghamton University 41.75%

Favored Schools (Highest Admission Yield)

Cornell University 67.55%
Columbia University in the City of New York 64.06%
Yeshiva University 62.29%
New York University 49.32%
The New School 26.15%