52.36% of Applicants Accepted to New York Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of New York colleges is 52.36%, 722,721 accepted out of 1,380,300 applicants.

For New York college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 73,366 (5.61%) compared to last year, from 1,306,934 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 826, which is less than -0.69% last year.

New York colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.57% compared to last year, which means harder to get into New York colleges. The yield decreased by 0.85%.

Among New York colleges, Columbia University in the City of New York has the lowest acceptance rate of 4.00% with 2,305 accepted students out of 57,613 applicants. New York University has the most number of applicants of 113,578 and New York University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 5,520.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for New York Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in New York. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.