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: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,520

3. New York University

For Literature

#17 in the United States

#19 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $30,325

4. University of Rochester

For Literature

#59 in the United States

#70 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $40,462

5. University at Buffalo

Buffalo

For Literature

#66 in the United States

#78 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
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: 1415
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 99%

7. Syracuse University

For Literature

#80 in the United States

#95 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Average SAT: 1355
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $48,215

8. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Literature

#96 in the United States

#115 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 9,536
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1961

9. SUNY at Albany

Albany

For Literature

#119 in the United States

#142 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $11,210
Enrollment: 17,560

10. Fordham University

For Literature

#122 in the United States

#145 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $48,190

11. Binghamton University

Vestal

For Literature

#137 in the United States

#161 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1420
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 79%

12. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy

For Literature

#146 in the United States

#171 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1443
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $38,887

13. New School

For Literature

#165 in the United States

#193 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Net Price: $67,224
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $22,174

14. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Literature

#190 in the United States

#219 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,261
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1963

15. CUNY City College

For Literature

#191 in the United States

#220 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1250
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $9,763

16. CUNY Hunter College

For Literature

#196 in the United States

#225 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1260
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $9,755

17. Barnard College

For Literature

#201 in the United States

#231 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1515
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $26,407

18. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Literature

#204 in the United States

#234 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1380
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $39,534

19. King's College

For Literature

#207 in the United States

#237 in North America

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

20. CUNY Queens College

For Literature

#214 in the United States

#244 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1150
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $9,057

21. Colgate University

Hamilton

For Literature

#220 in the United States

#251 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1485
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $28,736

22. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Literature

#221 in the United States

#252 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1145
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $9,482

23. Vassar College

Poughkeepsie

For Literature

#230 in the United States

#261 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $29,981

24. Rockefeller University

For Literature

#235 in the United States

#268 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 281
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1901

25. Hofstra University

Hempstead

For Literature

#239 in the United States

#272 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $35,792

26. St John's University - New York

For Literature

#249 in the United States

#283 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $29,656

27. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Literature

#251 in the United States

#285 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1075
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $9,966

28. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

For Literature

#267 in the United States

#301 in North America

Receiving Aid: 0%
Enrollment: 311
Male:Female: 12:88

29. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Literature

#271 in the United States

#305 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Average SAT: 1250
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $10,114

30. Ithaca College

Ithaca

For Literature

#272 in the United States

#306 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $35,253

31. Long Island University

Brookville

For Literature

#287 in the United States

#323 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $24,867

32. Yeshiva University

For Literature

#288 in the United States

#324 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $39,681

33. Pace University

For Literature

#290 in the United States

#326 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1260
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $34,791

34. SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport

For Literature

#294 in the United States

#330 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 94%

35. Lehman College, CUNY

For Literature

#296 in the United States

#332 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1000
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $10,151

36. Canisius College

Buffalo

For Literature

#311 in the United States

#347 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Net Price: $19,666
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $24,972

37. Adelphi University

Garden City

For Literature

#312 in the United States

#348 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $31,303

38. SUNY Buffalo State

Buffalo

For Literature

#334 in the United States

#372 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1110
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $11,697

39. Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs

For Literature

#340 in the United States

#378 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $31,187

40. Clarkson University

Potsdam

For Literature

#352 in the United States

#391 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $32,406

41. Hamilton College

Clinton

For Literature

#367 in the United States

#406 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $28,719

42. United States Military Academy

West Point

For Literature

#376 in the United States

#418 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 30
Enrollment: 4,473

43. New York Law School

For Literature

#381 in the United States

#423 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 1,062
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1891

44. Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson

For Literature

#385 in the United States

#427 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $29,320

45. SUNY Cortland

Cortland

For Literature

#393 in the United States

#435 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $8,254
Enrollment: 6,938

46. State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz

For Literature

#404 in the United States

#447 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Average SAT: 1255
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 85%

47. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

For Literature

#410 in the United States

#453 in North America

Enrollment: 339
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1911

48. Union College

Schenectady

For Literature

#416 in the United States

#459 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1395
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $42,137

49. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Literature

#418 in the United States

#461 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1070
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $8,526

50. Le Moyne College

For Literature

#461 in the United States

#509 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1245
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $23,702

51. SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia

For Literature

#476 in the United States

#524 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 97%

52. Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva

For Literature

#485 in the United States

#533 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 1288
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $34,170

53. New York Medical College

Valhalla

For Literature

#488 in the United States

#538 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,471
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1860

54. Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

For Literature

#499 in the United States

#550 in North America

Enrollment: 234
Male:Female: 37:63

55. Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

For Literature

#515 in the United States

#566 in North America

Enrollment: 240
Male:Female: 37:63

56. SUNY College at Oswego

Oswego

For Literature

#516 in the United States

#567 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 93%

57. SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase

For Literature

#518 in the United States

#570 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1283
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 84%

58. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Literature

#520 in the United States

#572 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,220
Male:Female: 28:72
Founded: 1860

59. Upstate Medical University

For Literature

#528 in the United States

#582 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,341
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1834

60. School of Visual Arts

For Literature

#536 in the United States

#590 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1339
Net Price: $61,337
Receiving Aid: 67%

61. Manhattan College

For Literature

#541 in the United States

#595 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Average SAT: 1269
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $29,717

62. SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo

For Literature

#542 in the United States

#596 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 98%

63. Saint John Fisher College

For Literature

#554 in the United States

#610 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $30,540

64. Albany Medical College

Albany

For Literature

#559 in the United States

#615 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 814
Male:Female: 37:63
Founded: 1839

65. Pratt Institute - Main

For Literature

#562 in the United States

#618 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $54,150

66. Marist College

Poughkeepsie

For Literature

#567 in the United States

#624 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $42,508

67. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Literature

#572 in the United States

#629 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1020
Receiving Aid: 86%
Average Aid: $8,206

68. Jewish Theological Seminary of America

For Literature

#573 in the United States

#630 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1510
Net Price: $58,152
Receiving Aid: 62%

69. St Lawrence University

Canton

For Literature

#579 in the United States

#637 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1338
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $33,216

70. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica

For Literature

#599 in the United States

#657 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1198
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 100%

71. Brooklyn Law School

For Literature

#600 in the United States

#658 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,125
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1901

72. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh

For Literature

#618 in the United States

#676 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 93%

73. Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville

For Literature

#628 in the United States

#686 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 62%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $43,629

74. Alfred University

Alfred

For Literature

#641 in the United States

#699 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1203
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $26,470

75. Iona College

New Rochelle

For Literature

#646 in the United States

#705 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1205
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $29,978

76. SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs

For Literature

#651 in the United States

#710 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $8,243
Enrollment: 10,469

77. SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta

For Literature

#661 in the United States

#720 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 93%

78. Siena College

Loudonville

For Literature

#663 in the United States

#722 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $32,955

79. SUNY College at Old Westbury

Old Westbury

For Literature

#667 in the United States

#726 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Receiving Aid: 83%
Average Aid: $10,200
Enrollment: 4,709

80. SUNY College at Potsdam

Potsdam

For Literature

#699 in the United States

#761 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $11,147
Enrollment: 2,832

81. Wagner College

For Literature

#707 in the United States

#769 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $28,033

82. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Literature

#715 in the United States

#778 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $8,699
Enrollment: 2,757

83. Niagara University

Lewiston

For Literature

#719 in the United States

#782 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1148
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $16,613

84. St Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure

For Literature

#754 in the United States

#820 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1178
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $27,373

85. Marymount Manhattan College

For Literature

#764 in the United States

#830 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1214
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $38,376

86. Nazareth College

For Literature

#820 in the United States

#887 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $30,785

87. CUNY School of Law

For Literature

#847 in the United States

#915 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 669
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1983

88. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

For Literature

#857 in the United States

#927 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Average SAT: 1398
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $26,283

89. Touro College

For Literature

#862 in the United States

#932 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Average SAT: 1336
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $29,179

90. Utica College

Utica

For Literature

#863 in the United States

#933 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1120
Net Price: $20,295
Receiving Aid: 99%

91. Molloy College

Rockville Centre

For Literature

#866 in the United States

#936 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1189
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $24,405

92. College of Saint Rose

Albany

For Literature

#881 in the United States

#951 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $24,618
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $28,162

93. Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry

For Literature

#891 in the United States

#962 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Net Price: $15,200
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $17,664

94. Manhattanville College

Purchase

For Literature

#896 in the United States

#967 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Net Price: $21,690
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $31,809

95. Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale

For Literature

#899 in the United States

#970 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1140
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 76%

96. Hartwick College

Oneonta

For Literature

#900 in the United States

#971 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1180
Net Price: $31,712
Receiving Aid: 100%

97. Fashion Institute of Technology

For Literature

#909 in the United States

#980 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Receiving Aid: 69%
Average Aid: $8,304
Enrollment: 8,206

98. CUNY York College

Jamaica

For Literature

#933 in the United States

#1004 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Average SAT: 875
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $9,154

99. St Francis College