100 Best Art & Design schools in New York State
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Below is a list of best universities in New York State ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 5.08M citations received by 191K academic papers made by 124 universities in New York State was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.
We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.
Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.
1. Cornell University
- Acceptance Rate
- 8%
- Average SAT
- 1520
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $26,455
2. Columbia University
- Acceptance Rate
- 4%
- Average SAT
- 1530
- Average ACT
- 35
- Net Price
- $20,869
3. New York University
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Average SAT
- 1525
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $30,730
4. University of Rochester
- Acceptance Rate
- 36%
- Average SAT
- 1470
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $40,900
5. University at Buffalo
- Acceptance Rate
- 69%
- Average SAT
- 1295
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 86%
6. Stony Brook University
- Acceptance Rate
- 49%
- Average SAT
- 1405
- Average ACT
- 31
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
7. Syracuse University
- Acceptance Rate
- 42%
- Average SAT
- 1345
- Average ACT
- 30
- Net Price
- $51,520
8. CUNY Graduate School and University Center
- Acceptance Rate
- 39%
- Enrollment
- 9,116
- Male:Female
- 33:67
- Founded
- 1961
9. SUNY at Albany
- Acceptance Rate
- 70%
- Receiving Aid
- 97%
- Average Aid
- $9,747
- Enrollment
- 16,880
10. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Acceptance Rate
- 58%
- Average SAT
- 1415
- Average ACT
- 32
- Net Price
- $35,940
11. Binghamton University
- Acceptance Rate
- 38%
- Average SAT
- 1405
- Average ACT
- 32
- Receiving Aid
- 78%
12. Fordham University
- Acceptance Rate
- 56%
- Average SAT
- 1410
- Average ACT
- 32
- Net Price
- $45,368
13. Rochester Institute of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 71%
- Average SAT
- 1370
- Average ACT
- 31
- Net Price
- $39,753
14. New School
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Net Price
- $62,226
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
- Average Aid
- $20,504
15. King's College
- Net Price
- $34,192
- Receiving Aid
- 100%
- Average Aid
- $24,640
- Enrollment
- 442
16. CUNY Hunter College
- Acceptance Rate
- 54%
- Average SAT
- 1340
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
- Average Aid
- $9,624
17. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Enrollment
- 1,234
- Male:Female
- 39:61
- Founded
- 1963
18. CUNY City College
- Acceptance Rate
- 58%
- Average SAT
- 1340
- Receiving Aid
- 91%
- Average Aid
- $9,236
19. Hofstra University
- Acceptance Rate
- 71%
- Average SAT
- 1295
- Average ACT
- 29
- Net Price
- $35,687
20. Rockefeller University
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Enrollment
- 286
- Male:Female
- 51:49
- Founded
- 1901
21. Barnard College
- Acceptance Rate
- 8%
- Average SAT
- 1502
- Average ACT
- 33
- Net Price
- $27,738
22. CUNY Brooklyn College
- Acceptance Rate
- 54%
- Average SAT
- 1280
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
- Average Aid
- $9,290
23. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Average SAT
- 1310
- Receiving Aid
- 88%
- Average Aid
- $9,867
24. CUNY Queens College
- Acceptance Rate
- 69%
- Average SAT
- 1210
- Receiving Aid
- 83%
- Average Aid
- $8,904
25. Vassar College
- Acceptance Rate
- 18%
- Average SAT
- 1493
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $29,733
26. St John's University - New York
- Acceptance Rate
- 80%
- Average SAT
- 1215
- Average ACT
- 27
- Net Price
- $28,206
27. Colgate University
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1480
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $26,954
28. Ithaca College
- Acceptance Rate
- 70%
- Average SAT
- 1280
- Average ACT
- 29
- Net Price
- $34,297
29. Pace University
- Acceptance Rate
- 77%
- Average SAT
- 1229
- Average ACT
- 27
- Net Price
- $34,299
30. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Average SAT
- 1125
- Receiving Aid
- 92%
- Average Aid
- $9,284
31. Long Island University
- Acceptance Rate
- 90%
- Average SAT
- 1245
- Average ACT
- 28
- Net Price
- $22,620
32. SUNY Buffalo State
- Acceptance Rate
- 76%
- Average SAT
- 1075
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
- Average Aid
- $8,921
33. Yeshiva University
- Acceptance Rate
- 64%
- Average SAT
- 1410
- Average ACT
- 31
- Net Price
- $38,118
34. Clarkson University
- Acceptance Rate
- 77%
- Average SAT
- 1294
- Average ACT
- 29
- Net Price
- $33,192
35. SUNY College at Brockport
- Acceptance Rate
- 71%
- Average SAT
- 1155
- Average ACT
- 22
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
36. Canisius College
- Acceptance Rate
- 82%
- Net Price
- $19,321
- Receiving Aid
- 100%
- Average Aid
- $22,779
37. Adelphi University
- Acceptance Rate
- 78%
- Average SAT
- 1225
- Average ACT
- 27
- Net Price
- $28,671
38. United States Military Academy
- Acceptance Rate
- 14%
- Average SAT
- 1315
- Average ACT
- 31
- Enrollment
- 4,508
39. State University of New York at New Paltz
- Acceptance Rate
- 59%
- Average SAT
- 1255
- Average ACT
- 27
- Receiving Aid
- 84%
40. Lehman College, CUNY
- Acceptance Rate
- 55%
- Average SAT
- 1040
- Receiving Aid
- 93%
- Average Aid
- $9,389
41. Bard College
- Acceptance Rate
- 52%
- Average SAT
- 1365
- Average ACT
- 31
- Net Price
- $25,218
42. Skidmore College
- Acceptance Rate
- 23%
- Average SAT
- 1380
- Average ACT
- 32
- Net Price
- $32,368
43. College of Staten Island CUNY
- Acceptance Rate
- 100%
- Receiving Aid
- 83%
- Average Aid
- $8,174
- Enrollment
- 10,736
44. Hamilton College
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Average SAT
- 1480
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $26,021
45. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Receiving Aid
- 0%
- Enrollment
- 273
- Male:Female
- 12:88
46. New York Law School
- Acceptance Rate
- 47%
- Enrollment
- 1,056
- Male:Female
- 35:65
- Founded
- 1891
47. SUNY Polytechnic Institute
- Acceptance Rate
- 78%
- Average SAT
- 1240
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
48. New York Medical College
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Enrollment
- 1,470
- Male:Female
- 41:59
- Founded
- 1860
49. SUNY Cortland
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Receiving Aid
- 88%
- Average Aid
- $8,034
- Enrollment
- 6,780
50. Union College
- Acceptance Rate
- 44%
- Average SAT
- 1395
- Average ACT
- 32
- Net Price
- $42,884
51. School of Visual Arts
- Acceptance Rate
- 91%
- Average SAT
- 1308
- Average ACT
- 26
- Net Price
- $59,211
52. SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Enrollment
- 2,204
- Male:Female
- 29:71
- Founded
- 1860
53. Manhattan College
- Acceptance Rate
- 78%
- Average SAT
- 1245
- Average ACT
- 27
- Net Price
- $28,349
54. Hobart William Smith Colleges
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Average SAT
- 1290
- Average ACT
- 29
- Net Price
- $33,172
55. SUNY at Fredonia
- Acceptance Rate
- 79%
- Average SAT
- 1175
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 98%
56. SUNY at Purchase College
- Acceptance Rate
- 73%
- Average SAT
- 1271
- Average ACT
- 30
- Receiving Aid
- 84%
57. Pratt Institute - Main
- Acceptance Rate
- 53%
- Average SAT
- 1320
- Average ACT
- 29
- Net Price
- $51,702
58. Upstate Medical University
- Acceptance Rate
- 12%
- Enrollment
- 1,286
- Male:Female
- 37:63
- Founded
- 1834
59. SUNY College at Geneseo
- Acceptance Rate
- 64%
- Average SAT
- 1290
- Average ACT
- 29
- Receiving Aid
- 95%
60. SUNY College at Oneonta
- Acceptance Rate
- 70%
- Average SAT
- 1170
- Average ACT
- 26
- Receiving Aid
- 90%
61. SUNY College at Oswego
- Acceptance Rate
- 80%
- Average SAT
- 1165
- Average ACT
- 25
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
62. Le Moyne College
- Acceptance Rate
- 75%
- Average SAT
- 1250
- Average ACT
- 28
- Net Price
- $22,139
63. SUNY College at Plattsburgh
- Acceptance Rate
- 75%
- Average SAT
- 1185
- Receiving Aid
- 95%
- Average Aid
- $11,162
64. Albany Medical College
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Enrollment
- 834
- Male:Female
- 38:62
- Founded
- 1839
65. St Lawrence University
- Acceptance Rate
- 58%
- Average SAT
- 1333
- Average ACT
- 31
- Net Price
- $36,175
66. Marist College
- Acceptance Rate
- 65%
- Average SAT
- 1290
- Average ACT
- 29
- Net Price
- $40,106
67. SUNY Empire State College
- Acceptance Rate
- 100%
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
- Average Aid
- $7,071
- Enrollment
- 9,545
68. Saint John Fisher College
- Acceptance Rate
- 68%
- Average SAT
- 1200
- Average ACT
- 27
- Net Price
- $28,969
69. Iona College
- Acceptance Rate
- 91%
- Average SAT
- 1160
- Average ACT
- 24
- Net Price
- $28,557
70. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- Receiving Aid
- 96%
- Average Aid
- $8,675
- Enrollment
- 2,737
71. Sarah Lawrence College
- Acceptance Rate
- 59%
- Average SAT
- 1355
- Average ACT
- 31
- Net Price
- $43,571
72. CUNY New York City College of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 81%
- Average SAT
- 1040
- Receiving Aid
- 89%
- Average Aid
- $7,904
73. New York College of Podiatric Medicine
- Enrollment
- 349
- Male:Female
- 42:58
- Founded
- 1911
75. SUNY College at Old Westbury
- Acceptance Rate
- 85%
- Receiving Aid
- 84%
- Average Aid
- $9,516
- Enrollment
- 4,449
76. Brooklyn Law School
- Acceptance Rate
- 35%
- Enrollment
- 1,174
- Male:Female
- 37:63
- Founded
- 1901
77. SUNY College at Potsdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 85%
- Receiving Aid
- 97%
- Average Aid
- $9,778
- Enrollment
- 2,751
79. Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Average SAT
- 1500
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $54,588
80. Siena College
- Acceptance Rate
- 71%
- Average SAT
- 1227
- Average ACT
- 28
- Net Price
- $32,602
81. Wagner College
- Acceptance Rate
- 83%
- Average SAT
- 1235
- Average ACT
- 25
- Net Price
- $28,109
82. St Bonaventure University
- Acceptance Rate
- 82%
- Average SAT
- 1155
- Average ACT
- 27
- Net Price
- $27,659
83. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 100%
- Net Price
- $37,171
- Receiving Aid
- 94%
- Average Aid
- $7,718
84. Alfred University
- Acceptance Rate
- 48%
- Average SAT
- 1190
- Average ACT
- 28
- Net Price
- $26,127
85. Niagara University
- Acceptance Rate
- 85%
- Average SAT
- 1135
- Average ACT
- 25
- Net Price
- $17,495
86. Touro College
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Average SAT
- 1358
- Average ACT
- 31
- Net Price
- $25,934
87. Fashion Institute of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 58%
- Receiving Aid
- 73%
- Average Aid
- $7,940
- Enrollment
- 8,108
88. Mercy College
- Acceptance Rate
- 85%
- Net Price
- $16,776
- Receiving Aid
- 99%
- Average Aid
- $15,611
89. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Average SAT
- 1460
- Average ACT
- 34
- Net Price
- $28,199
90. SUNY College of Optometry
- Acceptance Rate
- 33%
- Enrollment
- 394
- Male:Female
- 23:77
- Founded
- 1971
91. New York College of Health Professions
- Acceptance Rate
- 100%
- Net Price
- $42,908
- Receiving Aid
- 50%
- Average Aid
- $3,648
92. Farmingdale State College
- Acceptance Rate
- 69%
- Average SAT
- 1110
- Average ACT
- 23
- Receiving Aid
- 75%
93. Hartwick College
- Acceptance Rate
- 69%
- Average SAT
- 1185
- Net Price
- $26,818
- Receiving Aid
- 100%
94. CUNY School of Law
- Acceptance Rate
- 35%
- Enrollment
- 681
- Male:Female
- 34:66
- Founded
- 1983
95. Marymount Manhattan College
- Acceptance Rate
- 79%
- Average SAT
- 1200
- Average ACT
- 27
- Net Price
- $38,426
96. College of Saint Rose
- Acceptance Rate
- 73%
- Net Price
- $24,618
- Receiving Aid
- 100%
- Average Aid
- $28,162
97. Nazareth College
- Acceptance Rate
- 79%
- Average SAT
- 1250
- Average ACT
- 28
- Net Price
- $31,321
98. Bank Street College of Education
- Acceptance Rate
- 60%
- Enrollment
- 597
- Male:Female
- 15:85
- Founded
- 1916
99. Manhattanville College
- Acceptance Rate
- 85%
- Net Price
- $25,017
- Receiving Aid
- 96%
- Average Aid
- $28,762
100. Utica College
- Acceptance Rate
- 87%
- Average SAT
- 1120
- Net Price
- $22,510
- Receiving Aid
- 98%
Closest to New York states to learn Art & Design
State | Universities Unis | Best university country rank Best uni |
---|---|---|
Vermont | 9 | 145 |
Connecticut | 20 | 20 |
Massachusetts | 65 | 5 |
New Hampshire | 11 | 84 |
Pennsylvania | 95 | 12 |
Rhode Island | 9 | 65 |
New Jersey | 25 | 22 |
Maryland | 25 | 21 |
District of Columbia | 9 | 56 |
Maine | 9 | 173 |
West Virginia | 13 | 125 |
Ohio | 52 | 19 |
Virginia | 38 | 36 |
Michigan | 33 | 4 |
North Carolina | 39 | 11 |
Indiana | 30 | 27 |
Kentucky | 20 | 80 |
South Carolina | 23 | 75 |
Wisconsin | 28 | 9 |
Illinois | 68 | 3 |
Tennessee | 30 | 53 |
Georgia | 40 | 28 |
Iowa | 25 | 45 |
Alabama | 22 | 101 |
Minnesota | 25 | 24 |
Missouri | 34 | 48 |
Mississippi | 10 | 166 |
Arkansas | 15 | 116 |
Florida | 44 | 34 |
Kansas | 12 | 62 |
South Dakota | 8 | 377 |
Louisiana | 20 | 72 |
North Dakota | 5 | 231 |
Nebraska | 10 | 88 |
Oklahoma | 17 | 95 |
Texas | 68 | 13 |
Colorado | 19 | 42 |
Montana | 5 | 182 |
New Mexico | 7 | 96 |
Puerto Rico | 5 | 420 |
Utah | 10 | 44 |
Idaho | 7 | 219 |
Arizona | 7 | 25 |
Nevada | 4 | 137 |
Washington | 20 | 8 |
Oregon | 16 | 86 |
California | 116 | 1 |
Alaska | 4 | 232 |
Hawaii | 6 | 89 |