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New York Colleges by the Numbers

143 four-year New York colleges — click any for its profile: acceptance rates, SAT ranges, tuition for all 143, with New York medians up top.

New York has 143 four-year colleges with full admissions profiles here — from New York University at 28,663 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. The most selective door in the state is Belanger School of Nursing at 0% admitted; the most open is DeVry College of New York at 100%. Published in-state tuition runs from $895 at the cheapest campus to $71,845 at the most expensive — a $70,950 spread inside New York alone.

New York's ten-year earnings benchmark of $60,236 sits 12% above the national median for college-goers. In New York, 45 schools don't look at test scores at all, while 1 — United States Merchant Marine Academy — still requires them.

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New York medians

Acceptance rate	Tuition (in-state)	Median earnings (10 yr)	6-yr graduation
70.1%	$17,408	$60,236	58.8%

Medians across 166 active bachelor's-degree institutions in New York; the table below lists the 143 with complete admissions records.

All New York colleges in our data

College	City	Acceptance	SAT middle 50%	Tuition (in)	Undergrads	Median earnings (10 yr)
Adelphi University	Garden City	65.9%	1140–1310	$49,110	5,276	$75,482
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	Albany	52.7%	1120–1380	$41,475	481	$131,426
Alfred University	Alfred	73.8%	1100–1280	$41,500	1,423	$54,897
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York	New York	92%	not considered	$40,650	187	$27,019
American Musical and Dramatic Academy	New York	24.5%	not considered	$46,928	1,438	$26,975
Associated Beth Rivkah Schools	Brooklyn	84.1%	not considered	$11,200	254	$17,686
Bard College	Annandale-On-Hudson	52.1%	1290–1440	$66,436	2,414	$46,543
Barnard College	New York	8.8%	1453–1550	$69,888	3,264	$80,516
Belanger School of Nursing	Schenectady	0%	not considered	$12,444	162	$79,677
Binghamton University	Vestal	38.6%	1320–1490	$10,567	14,655	$80,596
Canisius University	Buffalo	72.4%	not considered	$34,500	1,685	$60,681
Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Auburn	42.9%	not considered	$14,085	32	$45,439
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz	Brooklyn	87.4%	not considered	$8,400	863	$35,023
Circle in the Square Theatre School	New York	8%	not considered	$25,610	39	$39,899
Clarkson University	Potsdam	77.4%	1198–1390	$59,398	2,196	$89,696
Colgate University	Hamilton	13.9%	1430–1530	$70,306	3,180	$85,139
Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	4%	1490–1570	$71,845	8,973	$102,491
Cornell University	Ithaca	8.8%	1480–1560	$69,314	15,995	$104,043
Culinary Institute of America	Hyde Park	91.1%	970–1195	$39,850	3,011	$47,475
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	New York	47.5%	1210–1410	$7,464	16,154	$75,971
CUNY Brooklyn College	Brooklyn	58.4%	1140–1420	$7,452	10,543	$60,752
CUNY City College	New York	60%	1220–1460	$7,340	12,505	$66,039
CUNY Graduate School and University Center	New York	68.5%	not considered	$7,235	3,254	$65,991
CUNY Hunter College	New York	53.8%	1210–1470	$7,382	16,289	$63,163
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	New York	57.1%	1000–1250	$7,470	11,590	$56,195
CUNY Lehman College	Bronx	56.6%	860–1220	$7,410	10,696	$58,013
CUNY Medgar Evers College	Brooklyn	86.1%	780–1000	$7,352	3,233	$46,498
CUNY New York City College of Technology	Brooklyn	80.3%	880–1200	$7,332	13,580	$49,365
CUNY Queens College	Queens	64.3%	1100–1320	$7,538	12,550	$62,763
CUNY York College	Jamaica	64.1%	990–1210	$7,358	4,345	$56,945
D'Youville University	Buffalo	81.4%	885–1190	$34,940	1,258	$66,942
Daemen University	Amherst	68.3%	not considered	$35,218	1,643	$61,808
Davis College	Pottersville	56.3%	not considered	$18,000	106	$38,450
DeVry College of New York	New York	100%	—	$17,408	86	$45,987
Dominican University New York	Orangeburg	63.3%	1095–1235	$34,220	1,105	$61,171
Elmira College	Elmira	77%	1116–1332	$38,976	708	$57,550
Farmingdale State College	Farmingdale	63.3%	1020–1200	$8,626	9,552	$69,781
Fashion Institute of Technology	New York	60.2%	not considered	$6,294	7,637	$62,696
Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health Sciences	Geneva	100%	—	$13,620	65	$40,054
Five Towns College	Dix Hills	53.8%	not considered	$30,250	547	$35,887
Fordham University	Bronx	59.3%	1330–1490	$64,915	10,512	$85,569
Hamilton College	Clinton	13.6%	1410–1550	$68,960	2,030	$78,411
Hartwick College	Oneonta	69.6%	1090–1280	$54,962	1,087	$61,107
Helene Fuld College of Nursing	New York	17%	not considered	$25,852	914	$111,027
Hilbert College	Hamburg	97.2%	980–1180	$33,740	921	$48,309
Hobart William Smith Colleges	Geneva	64%	1220–1360	$65,117	1,786	$68,831
Hofstra University	Hempstead	68.1%	1210–1380	$57,660	6,488	$69,039
Houghton University	Houghton	88.7%	1180–1390	$18,430	753	$46,721
Iona University	New Rochelle	86.9%	1055–1265	$47,260	2,951	$73,595
Ithaca College	Ithaca	69%	1190–1370	$53,540	4,242	$63,548
Jewish Theological Seminary of America	New York	48.6%	1440–1559	$67,357	172	$92,751
Keuka College	Keuka Park	68.1%	1008–1183	$39,332	966	$58,289
Le Moyne College	Syracuse	83%	1160–1340	$40,330	2,439	$62,731
LIM College	New York	95.9%	990–1200	$33,504	1,187	$58,956
Long Island University	Brookville	86.2%	1140–1350	$42,432	5,520	$59,950
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College	Brooklyn	100%	not considered	$13,500	131	$41,527
Manhattan School of Music	New York	40.8%	not considered	$57,050	539	$26,878
Manhattan University	Riverdale	78.9%	1150–1340	$53,400	2,744	$86,316
Manhattanville University	Purchase	87.3%	not considered	$44,604	1,362	$58,832
Maria College of Albany	Albany	44.5%	965–1095	$18,740	656	$55,458
Marion S Whelan School of Nursing of Geneva General Hospital	Geneva	100%	not considered	$12,085	14	$70,771
Marist University	Poughkeepsie	56.5%	1220–1360	$47,750	5,182	$77,819
Marymount Manhattan College	New York	82.6%	1100–1300	$41,870	1,577	$49,131
Mercy University	Dobbs Ferry	85.8%	not considered	$22,880	5,735	$52,055
Metropolitan College of New York	New York	90%	not considered	$20,188	402	$46,236
Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute	Brooklyn	89.3%	not considered	$13,600	120	$41,192
Molloy University	Rockville Centre	81.7%	1080–1310	$39,790	3,162	$77,789
Monroe University	Bronx	67.5%	not considered	$18,464	5,701	$41,236
Mount Saint Mary College	Newburgh	88.9%	1090–1255	$43,450	1,148	$67,705
Nazareth University	Rochester	74.7%	1170–1330	$42,450	1,873	$56,458
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater	New York City	53.3%	not considered	$19,000	67	$29,382
New York Institute of Technology	Old Westbury	81%	1180–1390	$46,560	3,440	$70,080
New York School of Interior Design	New York	62.9%	—	$32,330	427	$48,041
New York University	New York	9.2%	1480–1570	$62,796	28,663	$82,509
Niagara University	Niagara University	87.4%	1030–1240	$39,345	2,653	$56,196
Pace University	New York	75.9%	1130–1328	$53,290	7,665	$70,378
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science	Paul Smiths	76.5%	not considered	$33,009	579	$46,145
Plaza College	Forest Hills	30%	not considered	$15,450	984	$31,519
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital	East Syracuse	77.8%	not considered	$21,213	173	$83,972
Pratt Institute-Main	Brooklyn	73.3%	1220–1420	$61,845	3,910	$54,295
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy	63.5%	1330–1500	$64,081	5,714	$102,051
Roberts Wesleyan University	Rochester	70.6%	965–1250	$38,826	1,149	$55,031
Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester	66.9%	1280–1460	$59,274	13,215	$76,571
Russell Sage College	Troy	53.3%	—	$38,164	1,244	$58,316
Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing	Utica	100%	not considered	$20,180	153	$72,122
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing	Troy	100%	not considered	$15,358	129	$64,383
Sarah Lawrence College	Bronxville	61.7%	1270–1440	$66,862	1,530	$53,603
School of Visual Arts	New York	92.6%	1165–1450	$51,400	3,244	$46,459
Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov	Brooklyn	84.4%	not considered	$12,500	449	$24,366
Siena University	Loudonville	69%	1093–1360	$46,580	3,409	$76,079
Simon's Rock at Bard College	Great Barrington	95.9%	not considered	$68,780	225	$46,543
Skidmore College	Saratoga Springs	21.1%	1300–1460	$67,290	2,694	$69,363
St Bonaventure University	Saint Bonaventure	81.7%	1050–1260	$41,735	2,012	$57,214
St Lawrence University	Canton	54.3%	1255–1410	$65,900	1,918	$67,258
St. John Fisher University	Rochester	66.4%	1120–1280	$41,190	2,565	$66,944
St. John's University-New York	Queens	83.4%	1110–1320	$53,020	9,477	$69,571
St. Joseph's College of Nursing	Syracuse	100%	not considered	$23,816	313	$81,908
St. Joseph's University-New York	Brooklyn	72%	1090–1280	$36,550	3,144	$63,905
St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing	Albany	100%	not considered	$15,358	123	$62,588
St. Thomas Aquinas College	Sparkill	93%	—	$39,450	972	$62,909
State University of New York at Cortland	Cortland	59.8%	not considered	$8,874	5,901	$60,236
State University of New York at New Paltz	New Paltz	61.6%	1170–1340	$8,572	6,086	$58,073
State University of New York at Oswego	Oswego	80.5%	1060–1270	$8,825	5,473	$57,566
State University of New York at Plattsburgh	Plattsburgh	78.4%	1100–1270	$9,035	3,769	$56,403
Stony Brook University	Stony Brook	49%	1320–1490	$10,931	18,101	$74,502
SUNY at Fredonia	Fredonia	77.7%	1060–1290	$8,831	2,755	$54,247
SUNY at Purchase College	Purchase	74.1%	1178–1363	$8,953	3,197	$45,092
SUNY Brockport	Brockport	70.7%	1070–1240	$8,752	5,784	$54,496
SUNY Buffalo State University	Buffalo	73%	960–1190	$8,533	5,097	$52,334
SUNY College at Geneseo	Geneseo	66.5%	1200–1380	$8,999	3,869	$67,316
SUNY College at Potsdam	Potsdam	77.7%	—	$8,768	1,823	$47,866
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill	Cobleskill	84%	990–1170	$8,768	1,904	$45,030
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	Syracuse	63.3%	not considered	$9,303	1,839	$55,763
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred	Alfred	75.7%	970–1170	$8,892	3,563	$50,445
SUNY College of Technology at Canton	Canton	92.2%	not considered	$8,742	2,741	$47,860
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi	Delhi	89%	not considered	$8,772	2,843	$51,629
SUNY Maritime College	Throggs Neck	72.4%	1091–1285	$8,589	1,285	$95,951
SUNY Morrisville	Morrisville	91.5%	—	$8,825	1,923	$43,295
SUNY Old Westbury	Old Westbury	83.6%	not considered	$8,422	4,162	$58,526
SUNY Oneonta	Oneonta	69.6%	1090–1250	$8,831	4,643	$60,386
SUNY Polytechnic Institute	Utica	81.3%	1150–1330	$8,625	1,849	$64,355
Syracuse University	Syracuse	45.9%	1260–1430	$65,528	15,477	$79,164
Talmudical Seminary of Bobov	Brooklyn	97.9%	not considered	$13,200	602	$22,432
Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah	Brooklyn	77.2%	not considered	$8,750	400	$39,230
The Ailey School	New York	32.5%	not considered	$14,817	94	$22,782
The College of Westchester	White Plains	94.4%	not considered	$25,191	759	$42,215
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	New York	20.7%	1400–1520	$46,820	842	$83,847
The Juilliard School	New York	9.2%	not considered	$57,950	468	$37,827
The New School	New York	63.5%	not considered	$58,694	6,563	$52,901
Touro University	New York	60.8%	1275–1440	$22,450	4,040	$53,419
Trocaire College	Buffalo	97.5%	—	$20,640	984	$55,318
Union College	Schenectady	43.9%	1310–1480	$69,039	2,046	$88,604
United States Merchant Marine Academy	Kings Point	34.2%	1140–1300	$895	962	$90,610
University at Albany	Albany	69.1%	—	$10,866	12,564	$67,979
University at Buffalo	Buffalo	74.2%	1210–1380	$10,936	20,112	$70,814
University of Mount Saint Vincent	Bronx	85.1%	920–1200	$44,540	2,692	$65,756
University of Rochester	Rochester	40.1%	1400–1540	$67,080	6,331	$79,042
Utica University	Utica	92%	1030–1210	$26,930	2,278	$63,277
Vassar College	Poughkeepsie	18.6%	1435–1550	$71,030	2,444	$71,366
Villa Maria College	Buffalo	86.6%	not considered	$28,670	603	$38,857
Wagner College	Staten Island	88%	1150–1320	$53,200	1,651	$74,360
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland	Suffern	36.7%	not considered	$13,000	152	$89,548
Yeshiva University	New York	55.6%	1320–1500	$51,800	2,852	$71,353

Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" schools ignore tests entirely. Wondering where your own numbers fit? TheGPA calculator andSAT score calculator give you the other half of this table.

Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (Jun 2026), IPEDS ADM2023/HD2024. Retrieved 2026-09-01.