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Colleges in New York.

All 129 four-year colleges in New York that report admissions (39 public, 90 private), with acceptance rates, SAT ranges, average price after grants and the first 2026–27 deadline. Most applied to first. Open a college to check your chances.

CollegeAdmittedSAT middle 50%Net priceFirst deadline
NYUNew York9.1%1480–1550$30,730ED Nov 1
CornellIthaca8.4%1490–1550$26,455ED Nov 1
Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook48%1350–1470$18,601EA Nov 1
Binghamton UniversityVestal37%1320–1480$18,860EA Nov 1
ColumbiaNew York4.9%1510–1560$20,869ED Nov 1
SyracuseSyracuse49%1300–1410$51,520ED Nov 1
University at BuffaloBuffalo81%1220–1390$20,511EA Nov 1
Fordham UniversityBronx59%1340–1470$45,368ED Nov 1
University at AlbanyAlbany70%–$19,165EA Nov 15
CUNY City CollegeNew York58%1220–1460$4,599–
CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York54%1210–1470$4,127–
Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester71%1310–1440$39,753ED Nov 1
Pace UniversityNew York77%1130–1328$34,299ED Nov 1
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn54%1140–1420$4,105–
St. John's UniversityQueens80%1110–1320$28,206EA Dec 1
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York51%1210–1410$3,989–
SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo84%922.5–1170$13,735Rolling
Hofstra UniversityHempstead73%1260–1390$35,687EA Nov 15
University of RochesterRochester42%1400–1510$40,900ED Nov 1
CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn81%880–1200$5,417–
CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx55%860–1220$4,076–
CUNY Queens CollegeQueens69%1100–1320$5,339–
Colgate UniversityHamilton14%1450–1530$26,954ED Nov 1
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York55%1000–1250$4,141–
SUNY CortlandCortland62%–$18,474EA Nov 15
SUNY OneontaOneonta77%980–1194$17,918EA Nov 15
SUNY New PaltzNew Paltz62%1190–1330$17,848EA Nov 15
Adelphi UniversityGarden City78%1140–1310$28,671EA Nov 1
CUNY York CollegeJamaica64%990–1210$5,631–
SUNY OswegoOswego81%1080–1250$16,923Rolling
Manhattan UniversityRiverdale82%1007.5–1325$28,349ED Nov 15
RPITroy67%1380–1500$35,940ED Nov 1
SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo64%1205–1330$18,698EA Nov 15
Ithaca CollegeIthaca70%1240–1370$34,297ED Nov 1
Long Island UniversityBrookville90%1140–1350$22,620ED Nov 15
United States Military AcademyWest Point13%1210–1420––
Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs24%1360–1460$32,368ED Nov 1
Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale62%1020–1220$8,224Rolling
New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury78%1180–1390$23,074Rolling
Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie56%1200–1330$40,106ED Nov 1
CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn83%780–1000$6,207–
Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie21%1460–1520$29,733ED Nov 15
SUNY BrockportBrockport71%1070–1230$15,343Rolling
Barnard CollegeNew York10%1480–1540$27,738ED Nov 1
Union CollegeSchenectady43%1320–1470$42,884ED Nov 15
The New SchoolNew York63%–$62,226ED Nov 1
Hamilton CollegeClinton14%1440–1510$26,021ED Nov 15
Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry86%–$16,776Rolling
Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse68%1190–1320$22,139EA Nov 1
State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh75%1100–1270$15,982Rolling
Marymount Manhattan CollegeNew York79%1100–1300$38,426–
Siena CollegeLoudonville85%1138–1430$32,602–
SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase74%1198–1363$18,651EA Nov 15
SUNY College of Technology at AlfredAlfred82%970–1170$14,877–
Alfred UniversityAlfred48%1110–1280$26,127ED Nov 1
Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn86%1140–1380$51,702EA Nov 15
Iona UniversityNew Rochelle91%1055–1265$28,557ED Dec 1
Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson52%1290–1440$25,218ED Nov 1
American Musical and Dramatic AcademyNew York25%–$46,130Rolling
SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury85%–$10,495EA Nov 15
Nazareth UniversityRochester74%1210–1340$31,321ED Nov 1
SUNY at FredoniaFredonia79%1150–1330$15,830Rolling
SUNY College of Technology at DelhiDelhi88%–$16,923Rolling
Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva67%1185–1380$33,172ED Nov 15
Molloy UniversityRockville Centre76%1080–1310$25,938EA Dec 1
St Lawrence UniversityCanton56%1270–1380$36,175ED Nov 2
SUNY MorrisvilleMorrisville91%–$16,855Rolling
St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn71%1090–1280$18,324Rolling
SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse85%1190–1345$19,644EA Nov 15
Clarkson UniversityPotsdam83%1190–1360$33,192ED Dec 1
SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica78%1150–1330$14,646EA Nov 15
St. John Fisher UniversityRochester66%1120–1300$28,969ED Dec 1
St Bonaventure UniversitySaint Bonaventure82%1050–1260$27,659Rolling
SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdam82%–$14,574Rolling
Niagara UniversityNiagara University85%1030–1240$17,495Rolling
Canisius UniversityBuffalo73%–$19,321EA Dec 1
Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxville66%1237.5–1377.5$43,571ED Nov 1
Manhattanville UniversityPurchase85%–$25,017EA Nov 17
University of Mount Saint VincentBronx85%920–1200$21,844Rolling
SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton95%1020–1220$14,451Rolling
Hartwick CollegeOneonta85%1080–1270$26,818Rolling
Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York67%–$19,649–
Daemen UniversityAmherst74%–$18,944EA Nov 1
Utica UniversityUtica81%1084–1250$22,510ED Nov 1
St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSparkill95%1005–1305$21,257Rolling
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill83%990–1170$18,122Rolling
The College of Saint RoseAlbany73%–$24,618–
Keuka CollegeKeuka Park82%850–1250$26,153Rolling
Wagner CollegeStaten Island84%1150–1320$28,109EA Nov 15
Dominican University New YorkOrangeburg79%1095–1235$23,907Rolling
D'Youville UniversityBuffalo82%885–1190$20,268Rolling
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAlbany59%1120–1380$26,804EA Nov 15
Mount Saint Mary CollegeNewburgh83%1090–1255$24,588Rolling
Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park92%970–1195$36,015EA Nov 15
Elmira CollegeElmira91%1116–1332$24,551EA Nov 15
The Juilliard SchoolNew York9.0%–$42,468–
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York19%1400–1520$28,199RD Jan 5
Yeshiva UniversityNew York64%1330–1470$38,118–
Touro UniversityNew York63%1275–1440$25,934–
Russell Sage CollegeTroy76%–$23,588Rolling
SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck79%1091–1285$20,398EA Nov 15
Wells CollegeAurora70%–$23,956–
Manhattan School of MusicNew York40%–$51,879–
United States Merchant Marine AcademyKings Point33%1140–1300$5,173–
Roberts Wesleyan UniversityRochester78%965–1250$24,202Rolling
Hilbert CollegeHamburg98%980–1180$22,224Rolling
Houghton UniversityHoughton93%1180–1390$22,358Rolling
Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths91%–$26,370EA Nov 16
Villa Maria CollegeBuffalo87%–$15,687Rolling
Yeshivath ViznitzMonsey94%–$7,172–
Maria College of AlbanyAlbany61%965–1095$17,290–
Talmudical Seminary of BobovBrooklyn98%–$2,413–
Trocaire CollegeBuffalo83%–$21,147–
Webb InstituteGlen Cove20%1390–1525$21,488ED Oct 16
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim LubavitzBrooklyn89%–$19,471–
New York School of Interior DesignNew York60%–$39,155–
Beth Medrash Meor YitzchokMonsey52%–$12,538–
CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York39%–––
Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaNew York45%1440–1559$54,588ED Nov 1
Yeshiva of Machzikai HadasBrooklyn66%–$19,630–
Rabbinical Seminary of AmericaFlushing98%–$9,049–
Beis Medrash Heichal DovidFar Rockaway70%–$11,171–
Associated Beth Rivkah SchoolsBrooklyn100%–$18,745–
Metropolitan College of New YorkNew York77%–$27,481Rolling
Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical CollegeMonsey42%–$6,266–
Talmudical Seminary Oholei TorahBrooklyn78%–$10,728–
Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser TorahMonsey36%–$12,583–
Yeshivas NovominskBrooklyn90%–$9,267–
Yeshiva of OceanGreenfield Park38%–$9,871–

ED = early decision, EA = early action, REA = restrictive early action, RD = regular decision. Deadlines are from Common App’s requirements grid; colleges not on the Common App show a dash. Admit rates come from each college’s Common Data Set when it publishes one, otherwise IPEDS (fall 2023). All application deadlines.

Hardest colleges to get into in New York

  1. Columbia admitted 4.9% of 59,611 applicants.
  2. Cornell admitted 8.4% of 72,523 applicants.
  3. The Juilliard School admitted 9.0% of 2,020 applicants.
  4. NYU admitted 9.1% of 114,125 applicants.
  5. Barnard College admitted 10% of 10,426 applicants.

Easiest colleges to get into in New York

  1. Hilbert College admitted 98% of 1,310 applicants.
  2. SUNY College of Technology at Canton admitted 95% of 3,745 applicants.
  3. St. Thomas Aquinas College admitted 95% of 3,316 applicants.
  4. Houghton University admitted 93% of 1,068 applicants.
  5. Culinary Institute of America admitted 92% of 2,161 applicants.

Among colleges with at least 500 applicants.

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Sources: each college’s Common Data Set where published, IPEDS (College Navigator), and Common App’s 2026–27 requirements grid. Clarity Prep isn’t affiliated with any college listed.