100 Best Computer Science 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 Computer Science. A graph of 57.5M citations received by 1.73M academic papers made by 132 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. Columbia University

For Computer Science

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

2. Cornell University

For Computer Science

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

3. New York University

For Computer Science

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

4. University of Rochester

For Computer Science

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

5. Stony Brook University

For Computer Science

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

6. University at Buffalo

For Computer Science

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

7. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Computer Science

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

8. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Computer Science

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

9. Rockefeller University

For Computer Science

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

10. Syracuse University

For Computer Science

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

11. Binghamton University

For Computer Science

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

12. SUNY at Albany

For Computer Science

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

13. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Computer Science

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

14. CUNY City College

For Computer Science

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

15. United States Military Academy

For Computer Science

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

16. Fordham University

For Computer Science

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

17. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Computer Science

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

18. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Computer Science

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

19. Clarkson University

For Computer Science

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

20. CUNY Hunter College

For Computer Science

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

21. New York Medical College

For Computer Science

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

22. Albany Medical College

For Computer Science

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

23. Yeshiva University

For Computer Science

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

24. Upstate Medical University

For Computer Science

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

25. CUNY Queens College

For Computer Science

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

26. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Computer Science

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

27. King's College

For Computer Science

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

28. Hofstra University

For Computer Science

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

29. Iona College

For Computer Science

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

30. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Computer Science

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

31. SUNY Buffalo State

For Computer Science

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

32. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Computer Science

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

33. Vassar College

For Computer Science

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

34. Pace University

For Computer Science

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

35. New School

For Computer Science

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

36. St John's University - New York

For Computer Science

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

37. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Computer Science

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

38. Ithaca College

For Computer Science

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

39. Long Island University

For Computer Science

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

40. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

For Computer Science

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

41. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Computer Science

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

42. Lehman College, CUNY

For Computer Science

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

43. SUNY College of Optometry

For Computer Science

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

44. Adelphi University

For Computer Science

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

45. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Computer Science

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

46. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Computer Science

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

47. Barnard College

For Computer Science

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

48. Colgate University

For Computer Science

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

49. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Computer Science

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

50. New York College of Health Professions

For Computer Science

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

51. Union College

For Computer Science

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

52. SUNY College at Brockport

For Computer Science

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

53. SUNY at Purchase College

For Computer Science

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

54. Canisius College

For Computer Science

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

55. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Computer Science

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

56. SUNY College at Oswego

For Computer Science

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

57. Skidmore College

For Computer Science

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

58. Hamilton College

For Computer Science

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

59. Manhattan College

For Computer Science

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

60. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Computer Science

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

61. SUNY Cortland

For Computer Science

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

62. New York Law School

For Computer Science

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

63. Pratt Institute - Main

For Computer Science

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

64. SUNY at Fredonia

For Computer Science

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

65. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Computer Science

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

66. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Computer Science

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

67. Alfred University

For Computer Science

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

68. Saint John Fisher College

For Computer Science

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

69. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
72%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$26,961

70. Marist College

For Computer Science

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

71. St Bonaventure University

For Computer Science

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

72. St Lawrence University

For Computer Science

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

73. Bard College

For Computer Science

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

74. Niagara University

For Computer Science

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

75. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Computer Science

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

76. Le Moyne College

For Computer Science

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

77. Touro College

For Computer Science

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

78. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Computer Science

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

79. Siena College

For Computer Science

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

80. Wagner College

For Computer Science

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

81. CUNY York College

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
67%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$8,517
Enrollment
7,027

82. Mercy College

For Computer Science

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

83. Brooklyn Law School

For Computer Science

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

84. SUNY Empire State College

For Computer Science

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

85. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Computer Science

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

86. Farmingdale State College

For Computer Science

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

87. CUNY School of Law

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
699
Male:Female
34:66
Founded
1983

88. Sarah Lawrence College

For Computer Science

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

89. College of Saint Rose

For Computer Science

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

90. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

For Computer Science

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

91. D'Youville College

For Computer Science

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1128
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$22,541

92. Utica College

For Computer Science

#1005 in North America
Acceptance Rate
89%
Net Price
$22,335
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$12,719

93. Houghton College

For Computer Science

#1041 in North America
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$24,502

94. School of Visual Arts

For Computer Science

#1045 in North America
Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1252
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$51,634

95. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

For Computer Science

#1069 in North America
Enrollment
338
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1911

96. New York Chiropractic College

For Computer Science

#1082 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
569
Male:Female
49:51

97. Daemen College

For Computer Science

#1105 in North America
Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$20,180
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$21,444

98. Bank Street College of Education

For Computer Science

#1107 in North America
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
635
Male:Female
11:89
Founded
1916

99. Manhattanville College

For Computer Science

#1118 in North America
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1125
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$21,969

100. CUNY Medgar Evers College

For Computer Science

#1121 in North America
Acceptance Rate
86%
Receiving Aid
75%
Average Aid
$7,850
Enrollment
4,134

Closest to New York states to learn Computer Science

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 11 134
Connecticut 20 13
Massachusetts 68 2
New Hampshire 12 85
Pennsylvania 99 8
Rhode Island 9 59
New Jersey 27 25
Delaware 3 83
Maryland 27 14
District of Columbia 9 98
Maine 12 221
West Virginia 17 118
Ohio 57 22
Virginia 41 44
Michigan 34 5
North Carolina 40 33
Indiana 31 42
Kentucky 25 62
South Carolina 24 93
Wisconsin 32 15
Illinois 66 9
Tennessee 33 50
Georgia 44 19
Iowa 28 48
Alabama 25 76
Minnesota 27 23
Missouri 34 31
Mississippi 14 155
Arkansas 17 162
Florida 53 30
Kansas 13 88
South Dakota 8 317
Louisiana 24 99
North Dakota 7 160
Nebraska 13 104
Oklahoma 19 111
Texas 73 18
Colorado 21 49
Montana 7 188
New Mexico 8 94
Puerto Rico 15 366
Utah 10 47
Idaho 7 192
Arizona 8 34
Nevada 6 149
Washington 28 6
Oregon 18 79
California 126 1
Alaska 4 277
Hawaii 7 128