100 Best Mechanical Engineering 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 Mechanical Engineering. A graph of 4.88M citations received by 144K academic papers made by 102 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
- Acceptance Rate
 - 8%
 - Average SAT
 - 1520
 - Average ACT
 - 34
 - Net Price
 - $26,455
 
2. Columbia University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 4%
 - Average SAT
 - 1530
 - Average ACT
 - 35
 - Net Price
 - $20,869
 
3. New York University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 9%
 - Average SAT
 - 1525
 - Average ACT
 - 34
 - Net Price
 - $30,730
 
4. University of Rochester
- Acceptance Rate
 - 36%
 - Average SAT
 - 1470
 - Average ACT
 - 33
 - Net Price
 - $40,900
 
5. University at Buffalo
- Acceptance Rate
 - 69%
 - Average SAT
 - 1295
 - Average ACT
 - 30
 - Receiving Aid
 - 86%
 
6. Stony Brook University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 49%
 - Average SAT
 - 1405
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Receiving Aid
 - 89%
 
7. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Acceptance Rate
 - 58%
 - Average SAT
 - 1415
 - Average ACT
 - 32
 - Net Price
 - $35,940
 
8. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Acceptance Rate
 - 12%
 - Enrollment
 - 1,234
 - Male:Female
 - 39:61
 - Founded
 - 1963
 
9. Syracuse University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 42%
 - Average SAT
 - 1345
 - Average ACT
 - 30
 - Net Price
 - $51,520
 
10. Rochester Institute of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
 - 71%
 - Average SAT
 - 1370
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $39,753
 
11. SUNY at Albany
- Acceptance Rate
 - 70%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 97%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,747
 - Enrollment
 - 16,880
 
12. Binghamton University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 38%
 - Average SAT
 - 1405
 - Average ACT
 - 32
 - Receiving Aid
 - 78%
 
13. Clarkson University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 77%
 - Average SAT
 - 1294
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $33,192
 
14. CUNY City College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 58%
 - Average SAT
 - 1340
 - Receiving Aid
 - 91%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,236
 
15. CUNY Graduate School and University Center
- Acceptance Rate
 - 39%
 - Enrollment
 - 9,116
 - Male:Female
 - 33:67
 - Founded
 - 1961
 
16. Rockefeller University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 12%
 - Enrollment
 - 286
 - Male:Female
 - 51:49
 - Founded
 - 1901
 
17. King's College
- Net Price
 - $34,192
 - Receiving Aid
 - 100%
 - Average Aid
 - $24,640
 - Enrollment
 - 442
 
18. SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Acceptance Rate
 - 11%
 - Enrollment
 - 2,204
 - Male:Female
 - 29:71
 - Founded
 - 1860
 
19. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 50%
 - Average SAT
 - 1310
 - Receiving Aid
 - 88%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,867
 
20. United States Military Academy
- Acceptance Rate
 - 14%
 - Average SAT
 - 1315
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Enrollment
 - 4,508
 
21. Fordham University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 56%
 - Average SAT
 - 1410
 - Average ACT
 - 32
 - Net Price
 - $45,368
 
22. Hofstra University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 71%
 - Average SAT
 - 1295
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $35,687
 
23. Upstate Medical University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 12%
 - Enrollment
 - 1,286
 - Male:Female
 - 37:63
 - Founded
 - 1834
 
24. New York Medical College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 9%
 - Enrollment
 - 1,470
 - Male:Female
 - 41:59
 - Founded
 - 1860
 
25. SUNY Polytechnic Institute
- Acceptance Rate
 - 78%
 - Average SAT
 - 1240
 - Average ACT
 - 26
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 
26. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
- Acceptance Rate
 - 100%
 - Net Price
 - $37,171
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 - Average Aid
 - $7,718
 
27. CUNY Hunter College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 54%
 - Average SAT
 - 1340
 - Receiving Aid
 - 89%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,624
 
28. Yeshiva University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 64%
 - Average SAT
 - 1410
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $38,118
 
29. CUNY Brooklyn College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 54%
 - Average SAT
 - 1280
 - Receiving Aid
 - 89%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,290
 
30. Albany Medical College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 11%
 - Enrollment
 - 834
 - Male:Female
 - 38:62
 - Founded
 - 1839
 
31. St John's University - New York
- Acceptance Rate
 - 80%
 - Average SAT
 - 1215
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $28,206
 
32. Ithaca College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 70%
 - Average SAT
 - 1280
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $34,297
 
33. SUNY Buffalo State
- Acceptance Rate
 - 76%
 - Average SAT
 - 1075
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 - Average Aid
 - $8,921
 
34. New School
- Acceptance Rate
 - 63%
 - Net Price
 - $62,226
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 - Average Aid
 - $20,504
 
35. CUNY Queens College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 69%
 - Average SAT
 - 1210
 - Receiving Aid
 - 83%
 - Average Aid
 - $8,904
 
36. Vassar College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 18%
 - Average SAT
 - 1493
 - Average ACT
 - 34
 - Net Price
 - $29,733
 
37. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Receiving Aid
 - 0%
 - Enrollment
 - 273
 - Male:Female
 - 12:88
 
38. Pace University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 77%
 - Average SAT
 - 1229
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $34,299
 
39. Lehman College, CUNY
- Acceptance Rate
 - 55%
 - Average SAT
 - 1040
 - Receiving Aid
 - 93%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,389
 
40. Manhattan College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 78%
 - Average SAT
 - 1245
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $28,349
 
41. Adelphi University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 78%
 - Average SAT
 - 1225
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $28,671
 
42. Union College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 44%
 - Average SAT
 - 1395
 - Average ACT
 - 32
 - Net Price
 - $42,884
 
43. College of Staten Island CUNY
- Acceptance Rate
 - 100%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 83%
 - Average Aid
 - $8,174
 - Enrollment
 - 10,736
 
44. Colgate University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 12%
 - Average SAT
 - 1480
 - Average ACT
 - 34
 - Net Price
 - $26,954
 
45. Long Island University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 90%
 - Average SAT
 - 1245
 - Average ACT
 - 28
 - Net Price
 - $22,620
 
46. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- Acceptance Rate
 - 83%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 96%
 - Average Aid
 - $8,675
 - Enrollment
 - 2,737
 
47. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Acceptance Rate
 - 57%
 - Average SAT
 - 1125
 - Receiving Aid
 - 92%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,284
 
48. Iona College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 91%
 - Average SAT
 - 1160
 - Average ACT
 - 24
 - Net Price
 - $28,557
 
49. SUNY College at Oswego
- Acceptance Rate
 - 80%
 - Average SAT
 - 1165
 - Average ACT
 - 25
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 
50. SUNY College at Brockport
- Acceptance Rate
 - 71%
 - Average SAT
 - 1155
 - Average ACT
 - 22
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 
51. Barnard College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 8%
 - Average SAT
 - 1502
 - Average ACT
 - 33
 - Net Price
 - $27,738
 
52. Alfred University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 48%
 - Average SAT
 - 1190
 - Average ACT
 - 28
 - Net Price
 - $26,127
 
53. State University of New York at New Paltz
- Acceptance Rate
 - 59%
 - Average SAT
 - 1255
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Receiving Aid
 - 84%
 
54. New York Law School
- Acceptance Rate
 - 47%
 - Enrollment
 - 1,056
 - Male:Female
 - 35:65
 - Founded
 - 1891
 
55. Hamilton College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 12%
 - Average SAT
 - 1480
 - Average ACT
 - 34
 - Net Price
 - $26,021
 
56. Skidmore College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 23%
 - Average SAT
 - 1380
 - Average ACT
 - 32
 - Net Price
 - $32,368
 
57. Pratt Institute - Main
- Acceptance Rate
 - 53%
 - Average SAT
 - 1320
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $51,702
 
58. SUNY at Purchase College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 73%
 - Average SAT
 - 1271
 - Average ACT
 - 30
 - Receiving Aid
 - 84%
 
59. SUNY College at Geneseo
- Acceptance Rate
 - 64%
 - Average SAT
 - 1290
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Receiving Aid
 - 95%
 
60. SUNY at Fredonia
- Acceptance Rate
 - 79%
 - Average SAT
 - 1175
 - Average ACT
 - 25
 - Receiving Aid
 - 98%
 
61. CUNY New York City College of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
 - 81%
 - Average SAT
 - 1040
 - Receiving Aid
 - 89%
 - Average Aid
 - $7,904
 
62. Canisius College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 82%
 - Net Price
 - $19,321
 - Receiving Aid
 - 100%
 - Average Aid
 - $22,779
 
63. SUNY Cortland
- Acceptance Rate
 - 51%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 88%
 - Average Aid
 - $8,034
 - Enrollment
 - 6,780
 
64. Saint John Fisher College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 68%
 - Average SAT
 - 1200
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $28,969
 
65. Marist College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 65%
 - Average SAT
 - 1290
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $40,106
 
66. Niagara University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 85%
 - Average SAT
 - 1135
 - Average ACT
 - 25
 - Net Price
 - $17,495
 
67. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
- Acceptance Rate
 - 19%
 - Average SAT
 - 1460
 - Average ACT
 - 34
 - Net Price
 - $28,199
 
68. Siena College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 71%
 - Average SAT
 - 1227
 - Average ACT
 - 28
 - Net Price
 - $32,602
 
69. New York College of Podiatric Medicine
- Enrollment
 - 349
 - Male:Female
 - 42:58
 - Founded
 - 1911
 
70. Bard College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 52%
 - Average SAT
 - 1365
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $25,218
 
71. St Bonaventure University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 82%
 - Average SAT
 - 1155
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $27,659
 
72. SUNY College at Plattsburgh
- Acceptance Rate
 - 75%
 - Average SAT
 - 1185
 - Receiving Aid
 - 95%
 - Average Aid
 - $11,162
 
73. Houghton College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 93%
 - Average SAT
 - 1285
 - Average ACT
 - 26
 - Net Price
 - $22,358
 
74. Farmingdale State College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 69%
 - Average SAT
 - 1110
 - Average ACT
 - 23
 - Receiving Aid
 - 75%
 
75. New York College of Health Professions
- Acceptance Rate
 - 100%
 - Net Price
 - $42,908
 - Receiving Aid
 - 50%
 - Average Aid
 - $3,648
 
76. Wagner College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 83%
 - Average SAT
 - 1235
 - Average ACT
 - 25
 - Net Price
 - $28,109
 
77. SUNY College of Optometry
- Acceptance Rate
 - 33%
 - Enrollment
 - 394
 - Male:Female
 - 23:77
 - Founded
 - 1971
 
78. Brooklyn Law School
- Acceptance Rate
 - 35%
 - Enrollment
 - 1,174
 - Male:Female
 - 37:63
 - Founded
 - 1901
 
79. Webb Institute
- Acceptance Rate
 - 20%
 - Average SAT
 - 1458
 - Net Price
 - $21,488
 - Receiving Aid
 - 100%
 
80. SUNY College at Old Westbury
- Acceptance Rate
 - 85%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 84%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,516
 - Enrollment
 - 4,449
 
81. St Lawrence University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 58%
 - Average SAT
 - 1333
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $36,175
 
82. Le Moyne College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 75%
 - Average SAT
 - 1250
 - Average ACT
 - 28
 - Net Price
 - $22,139
 
83. Hobart William Smith Colleges
- Acceptance Rate
 - 57%
 - Average SAT
 - 1290
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $33,172
 
84. SUNY College at Oneonta
- Acceptance Rate
 - 70%
 - Average SAT
 - 1170
 - Average ACT
 - 26
 - Receiving Aid
 - 90%
 
85. SUNY Empire State College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 100%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 - Average Aid
 - $7,071
 - Enrollment
 - 9,545
 
86. School of Visual Arts
- Acceptance Rate
 - 91%
 - Average SAT
 - 1308
 - Average ACT
 - 26
 - Net Price
 - $59,211
 
87. Mercy College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 85%
 - Net Price
 - $16,776
 - Receiving Aid
 - 99%
 - Average Aid
 - $15,611
 
88. Utica College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 87%
 - Average SAT
 - 1120
 - Net Price
 - $22,510
 - Receiving Aid
 - 98%
 
89. SUNY College at Potsdam
- Acceptance Rate
 - 85%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 97%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,778
 - Enrollment
 - 2,751
 
90. Fashion Institute of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
 - 58%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 73%
 - Average Aid
 - $7,940
 - Enrollment
 - 8,108
 
91. CUNY School of Law
- Acceptance Rate
 - 35%
 - Enrollment
 - 681
 - Male:Female
 - 34:66
 - Founded
 - 1983
 
92. Hartwick College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 69%
 - Average SAT
 - 1185
 - Net Price
 - $26,818
 - Receiving Aid
 - 100%
 
93. CUNY York College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 59%
 - Average SAT
 - 1100
 - Receiving Aid
 - 87%
 - Average Aid
 - $7,896
 
94. Touro College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 63%
 - Average SAT
 - 1358
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $25,934
 
95. United States Merchant Marine Academy
- Acceptance Rate
 - 32%
 - Average SAT
 - 1220
 - Average ACT
 - 26
 - Receiving Aid
 - 27%
 
96. SUNY College of Technology at Canton
- Acceptance Rate
 - 96%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 93%
 - Average Aid
 - $8,491
 - Enrollment
 - 2,919
 
97. Nazareth College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 79%
 - Average SAT
 - 1250
 - Average ACT
 - 28
 - Net Price
 - $31,321
 
98. Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
- Enrollment
 - 220
 - Male:Female
 - 40:60
 
99. SUNY Maritime College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 79%
 - Average SAT
 - 1188
 - Average ACT
 - 24
 - Receiving Aid
 - 81%
 
100. Albany Law School
- Acceptance Rate
 - 70%
 - Enrollment
 - 628
 - Male:Female
 - 42:58
 - Founded
 - 1851
 
Closest to New York states to learn Mechanical Engineering
| State |   Universities  Unis   |    Best university country rank  Best uni    |  
|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 4 | 150 | 
| Connecticut | 19 | 28 | 
| Massachusetts | 48 | 1 | 
| New Hampshire | 8 | 108 | 
| Pennsylvania | 72 | 12 | 
| Rhode Island | 7 | 65 | 
| New Jersey | 20 | 22 | 
| Maryland | 22 | 13 | 
| District of Columbia | 8 | 107 | 
| Maine | 8 | 191 | 
| West Virginia | 9 | 105 | 
| Ohio | 38 | 14 | 
| Virginia | 28 | 32 | 
| Michigan | 24 | 5 | 
| North Carolina | 27 | 38 | 
| Indiana | 24 | 11 | 
| Kentucky | 15 | 58 | 
| South Carolina | 16 | 74 | 
| Wisconsin | 23 | 10 | 
| Illinois | 45 | 6 | 
| Tennessee | 24 | 52 | 
| Georgia | 29 | 8 | 
| Iowa | 10 | 40 | 
| Alabama | 17 | 90 | 
| Minnesota | 20 | 19 | 
| Missouri | 21 | 51 | 
| Mississippi | 7 | 123 | 
| Arkansas | 11 | 136 | 
| Florida | 33 | 26 | 
| Kansas | 9 | 101 | 
| South Dakota | 6 | 304 | 
| Louisiana | 16 | 62 | 
| North Dakota | 4 | 193 | 
| Nebraska | 7 | 81 | 
| Oklahoma | 11 | 93 | 
| Texas | 58 | 15 | 
| Colorado | 15 | 47 | 
| Montana | 3 | 187 | 
| New Mexico | 5 | 98 | 
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 284 | 
| Utah | 7 | 44 | 
| Idaho | 4 | 163 | 
| Arizona | 5 | 41 | 
| Washington | 19 | 7 | 
| Oregon | 15 | 84 | 
| California | 87 | 2 | 
| Alaska | 3 | 219 | 
| Hawaii | 4 | 127 |