94 Best colleges for Literature in New York State

For Literature

#6 in the United States

#7 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,058

3. New York University

For Literature

#17 in the United States

#18 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1520
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $29,499

4. University of Rochester

For Literature

#54 in the United States

#61 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Average SAT: 1465
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $39,775

5. University at Buffalo

Buffalo

For Literature

#62 in the United States

#73 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 86%

6. Stony Brook University

Stony Brook

For Literature

#63 in the United States

#74 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1410
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 88%

7. Syracuse University

For Literature

#80 in the United States

#93 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Average SAT: 1345
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $43,651

8. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Literature

#96 in the United States

#113 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 8,733
Male:Female: 32:68
Founded: 1961

9. SUNY at Albany

Albany

For Literature

#112 in the United States

#133 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 97%

10. Fordham University

For Literature

#119 in the United States

#140 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $43,943

11. Binghamton University

Vestal

For Literature

#144 in the United States

#167 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 80%

12. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy

For Literature

#148 in the United States

#171 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $39,127

13. New School

For Literature

#167 in the United States

#193 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Net Price: $55,480
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $21,504

14. CUNY Hunter College

For Literature

#181 in the United States

#210 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $9,325
Enrollment: 22,970

15. CUNY City College

For Literature

#185 in the United States

#214 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $9,822
Enrollment: 14,489

16. CUNY Queens College

For Literature

#191 in the United States

#220 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $7,927
Enrollment: 17,001

17. Barnard College

For Literature

#198 in the United States

#228 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1495
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $26,009

18. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Literature

#201 in the United States

#231 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $39,600

19. Colgate University

Hamilton

For Literature

#212 in the United States

#242 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1470
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,074

20. King's College

For Literature

#214 in the United States

#244 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $34,192

21. Rockefeller University

For Literature

#216 in the United States

#246 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 273
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1901

22. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Literature

#219 in the United States

#249 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $9,411
Enrollment: 14,195

23. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Literature

#225 in the United States

#256 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,253
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1963

24. Vassar College

Poughkeepsie

For Literature

#230 in the United States

#261 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Average SAT: 1483
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $30,603

25. Hofstra University

Hempstead

For Literature

#231 in the United States

#262 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $35,036

26. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Literature

#238 in the United States

#270 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $9,423
Enrollment: 19,854

27. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

For Literature

#245 in the United States

#279 in North America

Receiving Aid: 0%
Enrollment: 329
Male:Female: 13:87

28. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Literature

#251 in the United States

#285 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $9,043
Enrollment: 13,921

29. Lehman College, CUNY

For Literature

#269 in the United States

#305 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $10,412
Enrollment: 13,015

30. Long Island University

Brookville

For Literature

#270 in the United States

#306 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $25,802

31. Ithaca College

Ithaca

For Literature

#275 in the United States

#311 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1292
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $35,858

32. Pace University

For Literature

#285 in the United States

#321 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $33,363

33. Adelphi University

Garden City

For Literature

#287 in the United States

#323 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $26,953

34. St John's University - New York

For Literature

#289 in the United States

#325 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $26,052

35. Yeshiva University

For Literature

#295 in the United States

#331 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1375
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $35,912

36. SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport

For Literature

#298 in the United States

#334 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1155
Average ACT: 22
Receiving Aid: 91%

37. Clarkson University

Potsdam

For Literature

#312 in the United States

#349 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $32,450

38. Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs

For Literature

#335 in the United States

#373 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Average SAT: 1380
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $33,389

39. SUNY Buffalo State

Buffalo

For Literature

#352 in the United States

#391 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1059
Receiving Aid: 94%
Average Aid: $10,756

40. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Literature

#365 in the United States

#405 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $8,061
Enrollment: 10,248

41. SUNY Cortland

Cortland

For Literature

#366 in the United States

#406 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Receiving Aid: 88%
Average Aid: $9,369
Enrollment: 6,690

42. Hamilton College

Clinton

For Literature

#367 in the United States

#407 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1480
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $24,503

43. United States Military Academy

West Point

For Literature

#370 in the United States

#410 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Average SAT: 1335
Average ACT: 30
Enrollment: 4,393

44. Union College

Schenectady

For Literature

#373 in the United States

#413 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Average SAT: 1400
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $41,136

45. State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz

For Literature

#382 in the United States

#423 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 99%

46. New York Law School

For Literature

#384 in the United States

#425 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Enrollment: 1,050
Male:Female: 37:63
Founded: 1891

47. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

For Literature

#387 in the United States

#429 in North America

Enrollment: 334
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1911

48. Canisius College

Buffalo

For Literature

#409 in the United States

#453 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $19,635

49. Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson

For Literature

#418 in the United States

#464 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Net Price: $25,214
Receiving Aid: 85%
Average Aid: $53,584

50. Le Moyne College

For Literature

#442 in the United States

#489 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $23,309

51. New York Medical College

Valhalla

For Literature

#464 in the United States

#512 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,454
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1860

52. SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo

For Literature

#474 in the United States

#524 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 93%

53. Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva

For Literature

#478 in the United States

#528 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1305
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $34,259

54. Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

For Literature

#482 in the United States

#532 in North America

Enrollment: 229
Male:Female: 41:59

55. SUNY College at Oswego

Oswego

For Literature

#488 in the United States

#539 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 24
Receiving Aid: 99%

56. SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia

For Literature

#491 in the United States

#542 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 21
Receiving Aid: 98%

57. Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

For Literature

#506 in the United States

#557 in North America

Enrollment: 318
Male:Female: 37:63

58. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica

For Literature

#533 in the United States

#585 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $9,497
Enrollment: 2,842

59. SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase

For Literature

#535 in the United States

#587 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 30
Receiving Aid: 83%

60. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Literature

#537 in the United States

#589 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,185
Male:Female: 31:69
Founded: 1860

61. Manhattan College

For Literature

#539 in the United States

#592 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Average SAT: 1235
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $29,535

62. Pratt Institute - Main

For Literature

#545 in the United States

#599 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1295
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $47,326

63. Upstate Medical University

For Literature

#562 in the United States

#617 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,431
Male:Female: 36:64
Founded: 1834

64. Saint John Fisher College

For Literature

#565 in the United States

#621 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1175
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $28,312

65. St Lawrence University

Canton

For Literature

#569 in the United States

#625 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1325
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $33,283

66. Jewish Theological Seminary of America

For Literature

#573 in the United States

#629 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1502
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $61,379

67. School of Visual Arts

For Literature

#574 in the United States

#630 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1315
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $59,053

68. Albany Medical College

Albany

For Literature

#579 in the United States

#635 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 837
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1839

69. SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs

For Literature

#589 in the United States

#645 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $9,343
Enrollment: 9,407

70. Iona College

New Rochelle

For Literature

#590 in the United States

#646 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1120
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $28,827

71. Marist College

Poughkeepsie

For Literature

#595 in the United States

#651 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Average SAT: 1289
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $39,364

72. Alfred University

Alfred

For Literature

#601 in the United States

#658 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Average SAT: 1188
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $26,183

73. SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta

For Literature

#602 in the United States

#659 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 89%

74. SUNY College at Old Westbury

Old Westbury

For Literature

#607 in the United States

#664 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1108
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $10,768

75. Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville

For Literature

#612 in the United States

#669 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1355
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $42,781

76. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh

For Literature

#616 in the United States

#674 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1155
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 99%

77. Wagner College

For Literature

#620 in the United States

#678 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $29,710

78. SUNY College at Potsdam

Potsdam

For Literature

#636 in the United States

#695 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $11,632
Enrollment: 2,427

79. Siena College

Loudonville

For Literature

#650 in the United States

#709 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1158
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $30,842

80. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Literature

#654 in the United States

#713 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $8,713
Enrollment: 1,976

81. Niagara University

Lewiston

For Literature

#661 in the United States

#720 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $18,165

82. Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry

For Literature

#675 in the United States

#735 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1125
Average ACT: 23
Net Price: $15,879

83. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Literature

#686 in the United States

#746 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $8,797
Enrollment: 13,087

84. Brooklyn Law School

For Literature

#751 in the United States

#815 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,210
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1901

85. St Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure

For Literature

#771 in the United States

#836 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $26,004

86. Touro College

For Literature

#788 in the United States

#853 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1324
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $23,960

87. Marymount Manhattan College

For Literature

#794 in the United States

#859 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1180
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $39,442

88. Nazareth College

For Literature

#804 in the United States

#869 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Average SAT: 1230
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $31,620

89. Molloy College

Rockville Centre

For Literature

#839 in the United States

#906 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,243

90. College of Saint Rose

Albany

For Literature

#853 in the United States

#920 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1115
Net Price: $23,294
Receiving Aid: 99%

91. CUNY School of Law

For Literature

#854 in the United States

#921 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 699
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1983

92. CUNY York College

Jamaica

For Literature

#893 in the United States

#962 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $9,036
Enrollment: 6,446

93. St Francis College

For Literature

#896 in the United States

#965 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Net Price: $18,602
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $17,294

94. Fashion Institute of Technology