100 Best Art & Design schools in New York State

Below is a list of best universities in New York State ranked based on their research performance in Art & Design. A graph of 57.5M citations received by 1.73M academic papers made by 116 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. Columbia University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

2. Cornell University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

3. New York University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

4. University of Rochester

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

5. Stony Brook University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
48%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
82%

6. Syracuse University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,545

7. University at Buffalo

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
84%

8. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,070

9. Binghamton University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
76%

10. Fordham University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$37,583

11. SUNY at Albany

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
92%

12. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$35,012

13. New School

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
66%
Net Price
$43,547
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$20,330

14. CUNY City College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
64%
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$9,267
Enrollment
15,031

15. CUNY Hunter College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
46%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$8,519
Enrollment
24,099

16. Rockefeller University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
268
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1901

17. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,249
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1963

18. Hofstra University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$33,234

19. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
9,017
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1961

20. Barnard College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,366

21. King's College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$33,968

22. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
51%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$8,717
Enrollment
19,969

23. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
51%
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$8,711
Enrollment
15,938

24. CUNY Queens College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
61%
Receiving Aid
87%
Average Aid
$7,627
Enrollment
18,772

25. Pace University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$30,632

26. Colgate University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,500

27. Vassar College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,249

28. Ithaca College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$35,327
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$29,954

29. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
45%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$8,365
Enrollment
15,210

30. Long Island University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$22,620

31. Yeshiva University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
63%
Net Price
$36,807
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$29,093

32. Clarkson University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$31,413

33. St John's University - New York

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1205
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$26,655

34. SUNY College at Brockport

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

35. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1234
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
78%

36. SUNY Buffalo State

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1045
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$9,663

37. Adelphi University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$28,261

38. United States Military Academy

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
31
Enrollment
4,594

39. Lehman College, CUNY

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
58%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$9,322
Enrollment
14,392

40. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$6,933
Enrollment
11,793

41. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
94%

42. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
67%
Receiving Aid
0%
Enrollment
290
Male:Female
11:89

43. SUNY Cortland

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
86%

44. New York Medical College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,561
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1860

45. Canisius College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$18,486

46. Union College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$39,101

47. Skidmore College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$31,553

48. Hamilton College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,803

49. Bard College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
60%
Net Price
$24,318
Receiving Aid
81%
Average Aid
$50,598

50. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
2,117
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1860

51. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
95%

52. Manhattan College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
75%
Net Price
$27,651
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$29,475

53. SUNY at Purchase College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
84%

54. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$34,239

55. SUNY at Fredonia

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

56. SUNY College at Oswego

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

57. School of Visual Arts

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1252
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$51,634

58. Pratt Institute - Main

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$46,486

59. Le Moyne College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$24,618

60. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
93%

61. Upstate Medical University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
1,545
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1834

62. New York Law School

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
1,130
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1891

63. Marist College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1278
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$37,868

64. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
70%
Receiving Aid
84%
Average Aid
$9,134
Enrollment
5,918

65. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

For Art & Design

Enrollment
338
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1911

66. SUNY Empire State College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
86%
Average Aid
$7,031
Enrollment
9,462

67. Saint John Fisher College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$27,325

68. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
65%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$7,331
Enrollment
2,012

69. Albany Medical College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
839
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1839

70. St Lawrence University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$31,744

72. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
81%
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$10,014
Enrollment
2,607

73. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1165
Receiving Aid
78%
Average Aid
$9,760

74. Sarah Lawrence College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$34,091

75. Alfred University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$25,377

76. Wagner College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
82%
Net Price
$28,365
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,222

77. Iona College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$28,596

79. Siena College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
83%
Net Price
$32,810
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$27,019

80. St Bonaventure University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$25,533

81. Jewish Theological Seminary of America

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1417
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$50,279

82. Mercy College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1050
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$15,027

83. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$37,811
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$8,094

84. Niagara University

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1147
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$18,118

85. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
82%
Receiving Aid
85%
Average Aid
$8,417
Enrollment
14,277

86. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
15%
Net Price
$20,757
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$38,212

87. Touro College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
77%
Net Price
$23,038
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,787

88. New York College of Health Professions

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$41,708
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,339

89. Brooklyn Law School

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
48%
Enrollment
1,184
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1901

90. Fashion Institute of Technology

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
52%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,521
Enrollment
8,150

91. Bank Street College of Education

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
635
Male:Female
11:89
Founded
1916

92. SUNY College of Optometry

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
407
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1971

93. Nazareth College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
86%
Net Price
$30,557
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$21,505

94. College of Saint Rose

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
76%
Net Price
$23,474
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$25,845

95. Farmingdale State College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1100
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
74%

96. Hartwick College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
96%
Average SAT
1110
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$22,523

97. Marymount Manhattan College

For Art & Design

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1152
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$31,750

98. Manhattanville College

For Art & Design

#1004 in North America
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1125
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$21,969

99. CUNY York College

For Art & Design

#1008 in North America
Acceptance Rate
67%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$8,517
Enrollment
7,027

100. Daemen College

For Art & Design

#1020 in North America
Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$20,180
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$21,444

Closest to New York states to learn Art & Design

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 7 143
Connecticut 20 22
Massachusetts 62 5
New Hampshire 11 82
Pennsylvania 87 10
Rhode Island 9 68
New Jersey 23 24
Maryland 23 21
District of Columbia 9 69
Maine 8 190
West Virginia 9 120
Ohio 52 15
Virginia 37 36
Michigan 29 4
North Carolina 36 16
Indiana 26 46
Kentucky 20 71
South Carolina 20 73
Wisconsin 27 8
Illinois 61 3
Tennessee 27 55
Georgia 33 25
Iowa 19 40
Alabama 18 105
Minnesota 25 26
Missouri 23 51
Mississippi 10 157
Arkansas 15 122
Florida 39 33
Kansas 9 59
South Dakota 7 366
Louisiana 19 81
North Dakota 5 164
Nebraska 9 78
Oklahoma 14 99
Texas 62 13
Colorado 18 45
Montana 5 167
New Mexico 6 95
Puerto Rico 5 380
Utah 9 32
Idaho 5 206
Arizona 7 20
Nevada 3 134
Washington 18 7
Oregon 15 84
California 105 1
Alaska 4 240
Hawaii 5 96