New York University is the largest private New York college with 59,144 students. The percentage of online students is 6.86% at the school.

Columbia University in the City of New York with 34,782 students and Cornell University with 25,898 students are following it in the largetst New York college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest New York online colleges.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Largest New York Private Colleges With Most Students

New York University is the largest school with 59,144 students and Columbia University in the City of New York has the second largest population with 34,782 students. We note again that colleges with more than 50% of online students are excluded for the ranking.

New York University stay at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Columbia University in the City of New York also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $58,509 and graduate tuition & fees is $38,550 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 49.61% and the average SAT score is 1,380 at the schools.

The average graduation rate is 78.10% and the students to faculty ratio is 12 to 1 over the 10 colleges.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Largest New York Private Colleges With Most Students.

Table. Largest New York Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 59,144
918
29,40129,74324,46634,6784,0608 to 1
2
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Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 34,782
1,006
8,90225,88016,15018,6321,1116 to 1
3
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Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year 25,898
316
15,73510,16312,21313,6853829 to 1
4
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Syracuse University Syracuse, NYPrivate, 4-year 22,698
926
15,4217,27710,43812,2602,24415 to 1
5
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St. John's University-New York Queens, NYPrivate, 4-year 19,663
5
15,6524,0118,43511,2281,05016 to 1
6
1
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NYPrivate, 4-year 16,615
175
13,9402,67510,8465,76965513 to 1
7
1
Fordham University Bronx, NYPrivate, 4-year 16,556
430
10,0986,4586,27710,2791,81414 to 1
8
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Long Island University Brookville, NYPrivate, 4-year 15,737
546
11,3194,4185,44010,29728013 to 1
9
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Pace University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year 13,609
130
8,2235,3864,7658,8441,19214 to 1
10
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University of Rochester Rochester, NYPrivate, 4-year 12,197
158
6,7675,4305,6826,5151,1169 to 1
Average23,69013,54610,14410,47113,2191,39012 to 1