100 Best colleges for Literature in New York State

For Literature

#6 in the United States

#7 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,869

3. New York University

For Literature

#18 in the United States

#20 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1525
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $30,730

4. University of Rochester

For Literature

#59 in the United States

#70 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $40,900

5. University at Buffalo

Buffalo

For Literature

#65 in the United States

#77 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 86%

6. Stony Brook University

Stony Brook

For Literature

#67 in the United States

#79 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 89%

7. Syracuse University

For Literature

#80 in the United States

#95 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $51,520

8. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Literature

#97 in the United States

#115 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 9,116
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1961

9. SUNY at Albany

Albany

For Literature

#118 in the United States

#140 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $9,747
Enrollment: 16,880

10. Fordham University

For Literature

#121 in the United States

#144 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $45,368

11. Binghamton University

Vestal

For Literature

#136 in the United States

#160 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Average SAT: 1405
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 78%

12. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy

For Literature

#145 in the United States

#170 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1415
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $35,940

13. New School

For Literature

#167 in the United States

#195 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Net Price: $62,226
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $20,504

14. CUNY City College

For Literature

#190 in the United States

#219 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1340
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $9,236

15. CUNY Hunter College

For Literature

#199 in the United States

#228 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1340
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $9,624

16. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Literature

#200 in the United States

#230 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,234
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1963

17. King's College

For Literature

#202 in the United States

#232 in North America

Net Price: $34,192
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $24,640
Enrollment: 442

18. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Literature

#204 in the United States

#234 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1370
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $39,753

19. Barnard College

For Literature

#205 in the United States

#235 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Average SAT: 1502
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,738

20. CUNY Queens College

For Literature

#211 in the United States

#241 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1210
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $8,904

21. Colgate University

Hamilton

For Literature

#215 in the United States

#245 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1480
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,954

22. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Literature

#216 in the United States

#247 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1280
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $9,290

23. Vassar College

Poughkeepsie

For Literature

#226 in the United States

#257 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Average SAT: 1493
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $29,733

24. Rockefeller University

For Literature

#234 in the United States

#265 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 286
Male:Female: 51:49
Founded: 1901

25. Hofstra University

Hempstead

For Literature

#239 in the United States

#271 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $35,687

26. St John's University - New York

For Literature

#243 in the United States

#277 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,206

27. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Literature

#250 in the United States

#284 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1125
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $9,284

28. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

For Literature

#258 in the United States

#292 in North America

Receiving Aid: 0%
Enrollment: 273
Male:Female: 12:88

29. Ithaca College

Ithaca

For Literature

#264 in the United States

#298 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $34,297

30. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Literature

#270 in the United States

#304 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1310
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $9,867

31. Long Island University

Brookville

For Literature

#287 in the United States

#323 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $22,620

32. Yeshiva University

For Literature

#288 in the United States

#324 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $38,118

33. Pace University

For Literature

#289 in the United States

#325 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1229
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $34,299

34. SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport

For Literature

#291 in the United States

#327 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1155
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 94%

35. Lehman College, CUNY

For Literature

#295 in the United States

#331 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Average SAT: 1040
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $9,389

36. Canisius College

Buffalo

For Literature

#311 in the United States

#347 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Net Price: $19,321
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $22,779

37. Adelphi University

Garden City

For Literature

#312 in the United States

#348 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1225
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,671

38. SUNY Buffalo State

Buffalo

For Literature

#331 in the United States

#369 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1075
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $8,921

39. Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs

For Literature

#340 in the United States

#378 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Average SAT: 1380
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $32,368

40. Clarkson University

Potsdam

For Literature

#350 in the United States

#388 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1294
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $33,192

41. Hamilton College

Clinton

For Literature

#367 in the United States

#406 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1480
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,021

42. United States Military Academy

West Point

For Literature

#374 in the United States

#414 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 31
Enrollment: 4,508

43. New York Law School

For Literature

#382 in the United States

#423 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 1,056
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1891

44. Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson

For Literature

#384 in the United States

#426 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $25,218

45. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

For Literature

#401 in the United States

#443 in North America

Enrollment: 349
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1911

46. State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz

For Literature

#406 in the United States

#449 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 84%

47. SUNY Cortland

Cortland

For Literature

#408 in the United States

#451 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $8,034
Enrollment: 6,780

48. Union College

Schenectady

For Literature

#414 in the United States

#457 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $42,884

49. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Literature

#416 in the United States

#459 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $8,174
Enrollment: 10,736

50. Le Moyne College

For Literature

#466 in the United States

#514 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $22,139

51. SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia

For Literature

#472 in the United States

#520 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 98%

52. Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva

For Literature

#480 in the United States

#528 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $33,172

53. New York Medical College

Valhalla

For Literature

#490 in the United States

#538 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,470
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1860

54. Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

For Literature

#496 in the United States

#545 in North America

Enrollment: 220
Male:Female: 40:60

55. SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase

For Literature

#516 in the United States

#568 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1271
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 84%

56. SUNY College at Oswego

Oswego

For Literature

#517 in the United States

#569 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 94%

57. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Literature

#520 in the United States

#572 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,204
Male:Female: 29:71
Founded: 1860

58. Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

For Literature

#522 in the United States

#574 in North America

Enrollment: 266
Male:Female: 37:63

59. School of Visual Arts

For Literature

#529 in the United States

#582 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1308
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $59,211

60. Upstate Medical University

For Literature

#538 in the United States

#592 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,286
Male:Female: 37:63
Founded: 1834

61. SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo

For Literature

#540 in the United States

#594 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 95%

62. Manhattan College

For Literature

#541 in the United States

#595 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,349

63. Saint John Fisher College

For Literature

#547 in the United States

#601 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,969

64. Albany Medical College

Albany

For Literature

#554 in the United States

#609 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 834
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1839

65. Jewish Theological Seminary of America

For Literature

#564 in the United States

#620 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $54,588

66. Pratt Institute - Main

For Literature

#565 in the United States

#622 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1320
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $51,702

67. Marist College

Poughkeepsie

For Literature

#569 in the United States

#626 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1290
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $40,106

68. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Literature

#570 in the United States

#627 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1040
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $7,904

69. St Lawrence University

Canton

For Literature

#580 in the United States

#637 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1333
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $36,175

70. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica

For Literature

#594 in the United States

#652 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 94%

71. Brooklyn Law School

For Literature

#598 in the United States

#656 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,174
Male:Female: 37:63
Founded: 1901

72. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh

For Literature

#615 in the United States

#673 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1185
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $11,162

73. Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville

For Literature

#628 in the United States

#686 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1355
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $43,571

74. Alfred University

Alfred

For Literature

#638 in the United States

#696 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $26,127

75. Iona College

New Rochelle

For Literature

#648 in the United States

#707 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1160
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $28,557

76. SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta

For Literature

#649 in the United States

#708 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 90%

77. SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs

For Literature

#653 in the United States

#712 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $7,071
Enrollment: 9,545

78. SUNY College at Old Westbury

Old Westbury

For Literature

#659 in the United States

#718 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $9,516
Enrollment: 4,449

79. Siena College

Loudonville

For Literature

#664 in the United States

#723 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1227
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $32,602

80. SUNY College at Potsdam

Potsdam

For Literature

#691 in the United States

#752 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $9,778
Enrollment: 2,751

81. Wagner College

For Literature

#713 in the United States

#774 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $28,109

82. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Literature

#717 in the United States

#778 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $8,675
Enrollment: 2,737

83. Niagara University

Lewiston

For Literature

#718 in the United States

#779 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $17,495

84. St Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure

For Literature

#742 in the United States

#806 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1155
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $27,659

85. Marymount Manhattan College

For Literature

#781 in the United States

#847 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1200
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $38,426

86. Nazareth College

For Literature

#821 in the United States

#888 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $31,321

87. CUNY School of Law

For Literature

#836 in the United States

#904 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 681
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1983

88. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

For Literature

#852 in the United States

#920 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1460
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $28,199

89. Touro College

For Literature

#855 in the United States

#923 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1358
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $25,934

90. Utica College

Utica

For Literature

#865 in the United States

#935 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1120
Net Price: $22,510
Receiving Aid: 98%

91. Molloy College

Rockville Centre

For Literature

#867 in the United States

#937 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $25,938

92. Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry

For Literature

#879 in the United States

#949 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Net Price: $16,776
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $15,611

93. Manhattanville College

Purchase

For Literature

#889 in the United States

#959 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Net Price: $25,017
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $28,762

94. Hartwick College

Oneonta

For Literature

#892 in the United States

#962 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1185
Net Price: $26,818
Receiving Aid: 100%

95. College of Saint Rose

Albany

For Literature

#893 in the United States

#963 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Net Price: $24,618
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $28,162

96. Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale

For Literature

#897 in the United States

#967 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 23
Receiving Aid: 75%

97. Fashion Institute of Technology

For Literature

#906 in the United States

#977 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Receiving Aid: 73%
Average Aid: $7,940
Enrollment: 8,108

98. CUNY York College

Jamaica

For Literature

#929 in the United States

#1000 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1100
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $7,896

99. St Francis College