54 Best colleges for Virology in New York State

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in New York State ranked based on their research performance in Virology. A graph of 3.91M citations received by 87.3K academic papers made by 54 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.

1. Cornell University

Ithaca

For Virology

#10 in the United States

#10 in North America

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

2. Columbia University

New York City

For Virology

#11 in the United States

#11 in North America

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

3. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York City

For Virology

#16 in the United States

#17 in North America

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

4. New York University

New York City

For Virology

#23 in the United States

#24 in North America

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

5. Rockefeller University

New York City

For Virology

#28 in the United States

#29 in North America

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

6. University of Rochester

Rochester

For Virology

#52 in the United States

#56 in North America

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

7. United States Military Academy

West Point

For Virology

#68 in the United States

#76 in North America

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

8. Stony Brook University

Stony Brook

For Virology

#72 in the United States

#80 in North America

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

9. Upstate Medical University

Syracuse

For Virology

#82 in the United States

#92 in North America

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

10. University at Buffalo

Buffalo

For Virology

#90 in the United States

#102 in North America

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

11. New York Medical College

Valhalla

For Virology

#104 in the United States

#118 in North America

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

12. SUNY at Albany

Albany

For Virology

#123 in the United States

#138 in North America

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

13. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

New York City

For Virology

#129 in the United States

#144 in North America

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

14. Albany Medical College

Albany

For Virology

#139 in the United States

#155 in North America

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

15. Yeshiva University

New York City

For Virology

#149 in the United States

#168 in North America

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

16. Syracuse University

Syracuse

For Virology

#153 in the United States

#172 in North America

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

17. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

New York City

For Virology

#160 in the United States

#180 in North America

Receiving Aid: 0%
Enrollment: 273
Male:Female: 12:88

18. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York City

For Virology

#183 in the United States

#204 in North America

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

19. CUNY Hunter College

New York City

For Virology

#188 in the United States

#209 in North America

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

20. Ithaca College

Ithaca

For Virology

#208 in the United States

#231 in North America

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

21. Fordham University

New York City

For Virology

#217 in the United States

#240 in North America

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

22. Binghamton University

Vestal

For Virology

#222 in the United States

#246 in North America

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

23. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy

For Virology

#238 in the United States

#262 in North America

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

24. St John's University - New York

New York City

For Virology

#245 in the United States

#271 in North America

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

25. Hofstra University

Hempstead

For Virology

#256 in the United States

#282 in North America

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

26. Long Island University

Brookville

For Virology

#262 in the United States

#289 in North America

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

27. King's College

New York City

For Virology

#270 in the United States

#298 in North America

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

28. Houghton College

Houghton

For Virology

#271 in the United States

#299 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1285
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $22,358

29. CUNY City College

New York City

For Virology

#303 in the United States

#333 in North America

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

30. SUNY Buffalo State

Buffalo

For Virology

#309 in the United States

#342 in North America

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

31. Pace University

New York City

For Virology

#310 in the United States

#343 in North America

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

32. CUNY Brooklyn College

New York City

For Virology

#317 in the United States

#350 in North America

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

33. CUNY Queens College

New York City

For Virology

#319 in the United States

#352 in North America

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

34. Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester

For Virology

#321 in the United States

#354 in North America

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

35. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York City

For Virology

#341 in the United States

#374 in North America

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

36. Touro College

New York City

For Virology

#347 in the United States

#380 in North America

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

37. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

New York City

For Virology

#350 in the United States

#384 in North America

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

38. New York College of Health Professions

Syosset

For Virology

#354 in the United States

#388 in North America

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

39. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Albany

For Virology

#355 in the United States

#389 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1250
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $26,804

40. Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson

For Virology

#370 in the United States

#405 in North America

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

41. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse

For Virology

#371 in the United States

#406 in North America

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

42. New School

New York City

For Virology

#403 in the United States

#442 in North America

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

43. Barnard College

New York City

For Virology

#405 in the United States

#444 in North America

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

44. Union College

Schenectady

For Virology

#409 in the United States

#448 in North America

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

45. Pratt Institute - Main

New York City

For Virology

#434 in the United States

#474 in North America

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

46. Clarkson University

Potsdam

For Virology

#439 in the United States

#479 in North America

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

47. Colgate University

Hamilton

For Virology

#441 in the United States

#481 in North America

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

48. SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase

For Virology

#445 in the United States

#485 in North America

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

49. Vassar College

Poughkeepsie

For Virology

#446 in the United States

#486 in North America

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

50. SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport

For Virology

#483 in the United States

#524 in North America

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

51. Adelphi University

Garden City

For Virology

#491 in the United States

#533 in North America

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

52. Hamilton College

Clinton

For Virology

#503 in the United States

#545 in North America

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

53. Lehman College, CUNY

New York City

For Virology

#514 in the United States

#557 in North America

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

54. CUNY School of Law

New York City

For Virology

#550 in the United States

#597 in North America

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

Closest to New York states to learn Virology

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Vermont	3	110
Connecticut	8	7
Massachusetts	28	1
New Hampshire	3	86
Pennsylvania	35	5
Rhode Island	4	55
New Jersey	13	41
Maryland	11	2
District of Columbia	6	61
Maine	4	221
West Virginia	5	135
Ohio	24	29
Virginia	14	44
Michigan	14	19
North Carolina	18	9
Indiana	13	51
Kentucky	6	63
South Carolina	5	111
Wisconsin	9	20
Illinois	21	30
Tennessee	16	47
Georgia	16	8
Iowa	5	37
Alabama	11	18
Minnesota	6	21
Missouri	11	17
Mississippi	6	154
Arkansas	6	107
Florida	23	25
Kansas	6	89
South Dakota	3	150
Louisiana	11	57
North Dakota	3	197
Nebraska	5	76
Oklahoma	6	109
Texas	40	15
Colorado	10	38
New Mexico	3	84
Puerto Rico	6	247
Utah	3	62
Idaho	3	151
Arizona	5	64
Washington	8	4
Oregon	6	49
California	58	3

Closest to New York states to learn Virology

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