100 Best Art & Design schools in New York State

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EduRank

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

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

2. Columbia University

For Art & Design

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

3. New York University

For Art & Design

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

4. University of Rochester

For Art & Design

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

5. University at Buffalo

For Art & Design

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

6. Stony Brook University

For Art & Design

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

7. Syracuse University

For Art & Design

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

8. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Art & Design

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

9. SUNY at Albany

For Art & Design

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

10. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Art & Design

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

11. Binghamton University

For Art & Design

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

12. Fordham University

For Art & Design

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

13. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

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

14. New School

For Art & Design

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

15. King's College

For Art & Design

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

16. CUNY Hunter College

For Art & Design

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

17. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Art & Design

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

18. CUNY City College

For Art & Design

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

19. Hofstra University

For Art & Design

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

20. Rockefeller University

For Art & Design

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

21. Barnard College

For Art & Design

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

22. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Art & Design

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

23. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Art & Design

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

24. CUNY Queens College

For Art & Design

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

25. Vassar College

For Art & Design

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

26. St John's University - New York

For Art & Design

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

27. Colgate University

For Art & Design

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

28. Ithaca College

For Art & Design

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

29. Pace University

For Art & Design

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

30. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Art & Design

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

31. Long Island University

For Art & Design

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

32. SUNY Buffalo State

For Art & Design

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

33. Yeshiva University

For Art & Design

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

34. Clarkson University

For Art & Design

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

35. SUNY College at Brockport

For Art & Design

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

36. Canisius College

For Art & Design

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

37. Adelphi University

For Art & Design

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

38. United States Military Academy

For Art & Design

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

39. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Art & Design

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

40. Lehman College, CUNY

For Art & Design

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

41. Bard College

For Art & Design

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

42. Skidmore College

For Art & Design

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

43. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Art & Design

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

44. Hamilton College

For Art & Design

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

46. New York Law School

For Art & Design

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

47. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Art & Design

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

48. New York Medical College

For Art & Design

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

49. SUNY Cortland

For Art & Design

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

50. Union College

For Art & Design

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

51. School of Visual Arts

For Art & Design

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

52. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Art & Design

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

53. Manhattan College

For Art & Design

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

54. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Art & Design

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

55. SUNY at Fredonia

For Art & Design

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

56. SUNY at Purchase College

For Art & Design

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

57. Pratt Institute - Main

For Art & Design

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

58. Upstate Medical University

For Art & Design

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

59. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Art & Design

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

60. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Art & Design

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

61. SUNY College at Oswego

For Art & Design

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

62. Le Moyne College

For Art & Design

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

63. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Art & Design

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

64. Albany Medical College

For Art & Design

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

65. St Lawrence University

For Art & Design

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

66. Marist College

For Art & Design

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

67. SUNY Empire State College

For Art & Design

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

68. Saint John Fisher College

For Art & Design

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

69. Iona College

For Art & Design

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

70. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Art & Design

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

71. Sarah Lawrence College

For Art & Design

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

72. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Art & Design

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

73. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

For Art & Design

Enrollment
349
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1911

75. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Art & Design

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

76. Brooklyn Law School

For Art & Design

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

77. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Art & Design

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

79. Jewish Theological Seminary of America

For Art & Design

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

80. Siena College

For Art & Design

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

81. Wagner College

For Art & Design

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

82. St Bonaventure University

For Art & Design

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

83. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$37,171
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$7,718

84. Alfred University

For Art & Design

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

85. Niagara University

For Art & Design

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

86. Touro College

For Art & Design

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

87. Fashion Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

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

88. Mercy College

For Art & Design

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

89. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

For Art & Design

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

90. SUNY College of Optometry

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
394
Male:Female
23:77
Founded
1971

91. New York College of Health Professions

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$42,908
Receiving Aid
50%
Average Aid
$3,648

92. Farmingdale State College

For Art & Design

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

93. Hartwick College

For Art & Design

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

94. CUNY School of Law

For Art & Design

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

95. Marymount Manhattan College

For Art & Design

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

96. College of Saint Rose

For Art & Design

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

97. Nazareth College

For Art & Design

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

98. Bank Street College of Education

For Art & Design

#1006 in North America
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
597
Male:Female
15:85
Founded
1916

99. Manhattanville College

For Art & Design

#1040 in North America
Acceptance Rate
85%
Net Price
$25,017
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$28,762

100. Utica College

For Art & Design

#1043 in North America
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 United States Flag rank
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