100 Best colleges for Economics 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 Economics. A graph of 10.3M citations received by 285K academic papers made by 123 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 Economics

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

2. New York University

For Economics

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

3. Cornell University

For Economics

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

4. University of Rochester

For Economics

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

5. Syracuse University

For Economics

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

6. University at Buffalo

For Economics

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

7. Stony Brook University

For Economics

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

8. SUNY at Albany

For Economics

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

9. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Economics

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

10. Fordham University

For Economics

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

11. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Economics

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

12. Binghamton University

For Economics

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

13. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Economics

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

14. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Economics

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

15. New School

For Economics

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

16. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Economics

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

17. CUNY Hunter College

For Economics

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

18. Hofstra University

For Economics

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

19. Pace University

For Economics

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

20. New York Law School

For Economics

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

21. CUNY City College

For Economics

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

22. St John's University - New York

For Economics

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

23. King's College

For Economics

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

24. CUNY Queens College

For Economics

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

25. Yeshiva University

For Economics

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

26. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Economics

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

27. Adelphi University

For Economics

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

28. Colgate University

For Economics

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

29. United States Military Academy

For Economics

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

30. Clarkson University

For Economics

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

31. Rockefeller University

For Economics

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

32. Long Island University

For Economics

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

33. Barnard College

For Economics

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

34. Upstate Medical University

For Economics

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

35. Union College

For Economics

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

36. Lehman College, CUNY

For Economics

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

37. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Economics

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

38. SUNY Buffalo State

For Economics

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

39. Ithaca College

For Economics

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

40. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Economics

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

41. New York Medical College

For Economics

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

42. Brooklyn Law School

For Economics

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

43. Vassar College

For Economics

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

44. Hamilton College

For Economics

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

45. SUNY College at Brockport

For Economics

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

46. Wagner College

For Economics

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

47. Iona College

For Economics

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

48. Albany Medical College

For Economics

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

49. Skidmore College

For Economics

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

50. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Economics

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

51. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Economics

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

53. Bard College

For Economics

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

54. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Economics

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

55. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Economics

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

56. Canisius College

For Economics

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

57. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Economics

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

58. SUNY College at Oswego

For Economics

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

59. SUNY at Purchase College

For Economics

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

60. Saint John Fisher College

For Economics

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

61. SUNY Cortland

For Economics

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

62. St Bonaventure University

For Economics

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

63. Manhattan College

For Economics

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

64. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Economics

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

65. SUNY at Fredonia

For Economics

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

66. Marist College

For Economics

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

67. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Economics

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

68. Touro College

For Economics

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

69. St Lawrence University

For Economics

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

70. New York College of Health Professions

For Economics

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

71. Niagara University

For Economics

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

72. SUNY Empire State College

For Economics

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

73. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Economics

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

74. Le Moyne College

For Economics

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

75. Siena College

For Economics

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

76. CUNY School of Law

For Economics

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

77. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Economics

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

78. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Economics

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

79. Alfred University

For Economics

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

80. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Economics

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

81. Pratt Institute - Main

For Economics

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

82. Farmingdale State College

For Economics

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

83. Mercy College

For Economics

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

84. Albany Law School

For Economics

Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
628
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1851

85. CUNY York College

For Economics

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1100
Receiving Aid
87%
Average Aid
$7,896

86. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Economics

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

87. D'Youville College

For Economics

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1038
Net Price
$20,268
Receiving Aid
70%

88. Manhattanville College

For Economics

Acceptance Rate
85%
Net Price
$25,017
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$28,762

89. Nazareth College

For Economics

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

90. Utica College

For Economics

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1120
Net Price
$22,510
Receiving Aid
98%

91. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Economics

#1002 in North America
Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$26,804

92. Sarah Lawrence College

For Economics

#1008 in North America
Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$43,571

93. SUNY College of Optometry

For Economics

#1025 in North America
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
394
Male:Female
23:77
Founded
1971

94. Bank Street College of Education

For Economics

#1045 in North America
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
597
Male:Female
15:85
Founded
1916

95. Daemen College

For Economics

#1071 in North America
Acceptance Rate
76%
Net Price
$18,944
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$25,136

96. Hartwick College

For Economics

#1076 in North America
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1185
Net Price
$26,818
Receiving Aid
100%

97. Excelsior College

For Economics

#1082 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
14,477
Male:Female
50:50

98. College of Saint Rose

For Economics

#1084 in North America
Acceptance Rate
73%
Net Price
$24,618
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$28,162

99. CUNY Medgar Evers College

For Economics

#1085 in North America
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
890
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$7,896

100. Fashion Institute of Technology

For Economics

#1122 in North America
Acceptance Rate
58%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$7,940
Enrollment
8,108

Closest to New York states to learn Economics

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 8 134
Connecticut 20 10
Massachusetts 63 1
New Hampshire 11 56
Pennsylvania 96 6
Rhode Island 9 58
New Jersey 24 16
Maryland 25 14
District of Columbia 9 44
Maine 9 240
West Virginia 14 116
Ohio 54 19
Virginia 39 38
Michigan 33 3
North Carolina 38 17
Indiana 29 39
Kentucky 22 68
South Carolina 23 67
Wisconsin 30 15
Illinois 58 5
Tennessee 28 47
Georgia 36 43
Iowa 24 49
Alabama 22 90
Minnesota 27 18
Missouri 31 42
Mississippi 12 172
Arkansas 16 133
Florida 48 30
Kansas 11 79
South Dakota 8 322
Louisiana 23 83
North Dakota 5 211
Nebraska 12 94
Oklahoma 15 100
Texas 69 25
Colorado 18 62
Montana 5 201
New Mexico 7 102
Puerto Rico 10 574
Utah 10 52
Idaho 7 230
Arizona 7 29
Nevada 5 153
Washington 23 8
Oregon 17 98
California 107 2
Alaska 4 282
Hawaii 6 122