100 Best colleges for Geology 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 Geology. A graph of 16.3M citations received by 383K academic papers made by 122 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. Stony Brook University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 49%
 - Average SAT
 - 1405
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Receiving Aid
 - 89%
 
5. University of Rochester
- Acceptance Rate
 - 36%
 - Average SAT
 - 1470
 - Average ACT
 - 33
 - Net Price
 - $40,900
 
6. University at Buffalo
- Acceptance Rate
 - 69%
 - Average SAT
 - 1295
 - Average ACT
 - 30
 - Receiving Aid
 - 86%
 
7. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Acceptance Rate
 - 58%
 - Average SAT
 - 1415
 - Average ACT
 - 32
 - Net Price
 - $35,940
 
8. SUNY at Albany
- Acceptance Rate
 - 70%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 97%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,747
 - Enrollment
 - 16,880
 
9. Syracuse University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 42%
 - Average SAT
 - 1345
 - Average ACT
 - 30
 - Net Price
 - $51,520
 
10. Rockefeller University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 12%
 - Enrollment
 - 286
 - Male:Female
 - 51:49
 - Founded
 - 1901
 
11. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Acceptance Rate
 - 12%
 - Enrollment
 - 1,234
 - Male:Female
 - 39:61
 - Founded
 - 1963
 
12. Binghamton University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 38%
 - Average SAT
 - 1405
 - Average ACT
 - 32
 - Receiving Aid
 - 78%
 
13. CUNY City College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 58%
 - Average SAT
 - 1340
 - Receiving Aid
 - 91%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,236
 
14. CUNY Graduate School and University Center
- Acceptance Rate
 - 39%
 - Enrollment
 - 9,116
 - Male:Female
 - 33:67
 - Founded
 - 1961
 
15. Clarkson University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 77%
 - Average SAT
 - 1294
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $33,192
 
16. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
- Acceptance Rate
 - 83%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 96%
 - Average Aid
 - $8,675
 - Enrollment
 - 2,737
 
17. Ithaca College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 70%
 - Average SAT
 - 1280
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $34,297
 
18. Rochester Institute of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
 - 71%
 - Average SAT
 - 1370
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $39,753
 
19. New York Medical College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 9%
 - Enrollment
 - 1,470
 - Male:Female
 - 41:59
 - Founded
 - 1860
 
20. Fordham University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 56%
 - Average SAT
 - 1410
 - Average ACT
 - 32
 - Net Price
 - $45,368
 
21. SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Acceptance Rate
 - 11%
 - Enrollment
 - 2,204
 - Male:Female
 - 29:71
 - Founded
 - 1860
 
22. Albany Medical College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 11%
 - Enrollment
 - 834
 - Male:Female
 - 38:62
 - Founded
 - 1839
 
23. CUNY Brooklyn College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 54%
 - Average SAT
 - 1280
 - Receiving Aid
 - 89%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,290
 
24. United States Military Academy
- Acceptance Rate
 - 14%
 - Average SAT
 - 1315
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Enrollment
 - 4,508
 
25. Upstate Medical University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 12%
 - Enrollment
 - 1,286
 - Male:Female
 - 37:63
 - Founded
 - 1834
 
26. CUNY Hunter College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 54%
 - Average SAT
 - 1340
 - Receiving Aid
 - 89%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,624
 
27. Yeshiva University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 64%
 - Average SAT
 - 1410
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $38,118
 
28. CUNY Queens College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 69%
 - Average SAT
 - 1210
 - Receiving Aid
 - 83%
 - Average Aid
 - $8,904
 
29. St John's University - New York
- Acceptance Rate
 - 80%
 - Average SAT
 - 1215
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $28,206
 
30. King's College
- Net Price
 - $34,192
 - Receiving Aid
 - 100%
 - Average Aid
 - $24,640
 - Enrollment
 - 442
 
31. Colgate University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 12%
 - Average SAT
 - 1480
 - Average ACT
 - 34
 - Net Price
 - $26,954
 
32. SUNY Buffalo State
- Acceptance Rate
 - 76%
 - Average SAT
 - 1075
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 - Average Aid
 - $8,921
 
33. Hofstra University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 71%
 - Average SAT
 - 1295
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $35,687
 
34. Vassar College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 18%
 - Average SAT
 - 1493
 - Average ACT
 - 34
 - Net Price
 - $29,733
 
35. Long Island University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 90%
 - Average SAT
 - 1245
 - Average ACT
 - 28
 - Net Price
 - $22,620
 
36. SUNY at Purchase College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 73%
 - Average SAT
 - 1271
 - Average ACT
 - 30
 - Receiving Aid
 - 84%
 
37. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Receiving Aid
 - 0%
 - Enrollment
 - 273
 - Male:Female
 - 12:88
 
38. Union College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 44%
 - Average SAT
 - 1395
 - Average ACT
 - 32
 - Net Price
 - $42,884
 
39. Alfred University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 48%
 - Average SAT
 - 1190
 - Average ACT
 - 28
 - Net Price
 - $26,127
 
40. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 50%
 - Average SAT
 - 1310
 - Receiving Aid
 - 88%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,867
 
41. New School
- Acceptance Rate
 - 63%
 - Net Price
 - $62,226
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 - Average Aid
 - $20,504
 
42. Pace University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 77%
 - Average SAT
 - 1229
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $34,299
 
43. SUNY Polytechnic Institute
- Acceptance Rate
 - 78%
 - Average SAT
 - 1240
 - Average ACT
 - 26
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 
44. College of Staten Island CUNY
- Acceptance Rate
 - 100%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 83%
 - Average Aid
 - $8,174
 - Enrollment
 - 10,736
 
45. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Acceptance Rate
 - 57%
 - Average SAT
 - 1125
 - Receiving Aid
 - 92%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,284
 
46. Barnard College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 8%
 - Average SAT
 - 1502
 - Average ACT
 - 33
 - Net Price
 - $27,738
 
47. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
- Acceptance Rate
 - 100%
 - Net Price
 - $37,171
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 - Average Aid
 - $7,718
 
48. Lehman College, CUNY
- Acceptance Rate
 - 55%
 - Average SAT
 - 1040
 - Receiving Aid
 - 93%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,389
 
49. SUNY College at Brockport
- Acceptance Rate
 - 71%
 - Average SAT
 - 1155
 - Average ACT
 - 22
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 
50. Hamilton College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 12%
 - Average SAT
 - 1480
 - Average ACT
 - 34
 - Net Price
 - $26,021
 
51. Manhattan College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 78%
 - Average SAT
 - 1245
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $28,349
 
52. Adelphi University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 78%
 - Average SAT
 - 1225
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $28,671
 
53. SUNY College at Oswego
- Acceptance Rate
 - 80%
 - Average SAT
 - 1165
 - Average ACT
 - 25
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 
54. SUNY at Fredonia
- Acceptance Rate
 - 79%
 - Average SAT
 - 1175
 - Average ACT
 - 25
 - Receiving Aid
 - 98%
 
55. SUNY College at Plattsburgh
- Acceptance Rate
 - 75%
 - Average SAT
 - 1185
 - Receiving Aid
 - 95%
 - Average Aid
 - $11,162
 
56. Skidmore College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 23%
 - Average SAT
 - 1380
 - Average ACT
 - 32
 - Net Price
 - $32,368
 
57. SUNY College of Optometry
- Acceptance Rate
 - 33%
 - Enrollment
 - 394
 - Male:Female
 - 23:77
 - Founded
 - 1971
 
58. State University of New York at New Paltz
- Acceptance Rate
 - 59%
 - Average SAT
 - 1255
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Receiving Aid
 - 84%
 
59. Pratt Institute - Main
- Acceptance Rate
 - 53%
 - Average SAT
 - 1320
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $51,702
 
60. Bard College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 52%
 - Average SAT
 - 1365
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $25,218
 
61. SUNY Cortland
- Acceptance Rate
 - 51%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 88%
 - Average Aid
 - $8,034
 - Enrollment
 - 6,780
 
62. SUNY College at Geneseo
- Acceptance Rate
 - 64%
 - Average SAT
 - 1290
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Receiving Aid
 - 95%
 
63. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- Acceptance Rate
 - 59%
 - Average SAT
 - 1250
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $26,804
 
64. New York Law School
- Acceptance Rate
 - 47%
 - Enrollment
 - 1,056
 - Male:Female
 - 35:65
 - Founded
 - 1891
 
65. SUNY College at Oneonta
- Acceptance Rate
 - 70%
 - Average SAT
 - 1170
 - Average ACT
 - 26
 - Receiving Aid
 - 90%
 
66. Hobart William Smith Colleges
- Acceptance Rate
 - 57%
 - Average SAT
 - 1290
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $33,172
 
67. SUNY College at Potsdam
- Acceptance Rate
 - 85%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 97%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,778
 - Enrollment
 - 2,751
 
68. Iona College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 91%
 - Average SAT
 - 1160
 - Average ACT
 - 24
 - Net Price
 - $28,557
 
69. Canisius College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 82%
 - Net Price
 - $19,321
 - Receiving Aid
 - 100%
 - Average Aid
 - $22,779
 
70. St Lawrence University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 58%
 - Average SAT
 - 1333
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $36,175
 
71. Siena College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 71%
 - Average SAT
 - 1227
 - Average ACT
 - 28
 - Net Price
 - $32,602
 
72. CUNY New York City College of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
 - 81%
 - Average SAT
 - 1040
 - Receiving Aid
 - 89%
 - Average Aid
 - $7,904
 
73. Houghton College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 93%
 - Average SAT
 - 1285
 - Average ACT
 - 26
 - Net Price
 - $22,358
 
74. Niagara University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 85%
 - Average SAT
 - 1135
 - Average ACT
 - 25
 - Net Price
 - $17,495
 
75. New York Chiropractic College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 100%
 - Enrollment
 - 528
 - Male:Female
 - 47:53
 
76. New York College of Podiatric Medicine
- Enrollment
 - 349
 - Male:Female
 - 42:58
 - Founded
 - 1911
 
77. Saint John Fisher College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 68%
 - Average SAT
 - 1200
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $28,969
 
78. Hartwick College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 69%
 - Average SAT
 - 1185
 - Net Price
 - $26,818
 - Receiving Aid
 - 100%
 
79. St Bonaventure University
- Acceptance Rate
 - 82%
 - Average SAT
 - 1155
 - Average ACT
 - 27
 - Net Price
 - $27,659
 
80. SUNY College at Old Westbury
- Acceptance Rate
 - 85%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 84%
 - Average Aid
 - $9,516
 - Enrollment
 - 4,449
 
81. Le Moyne College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 75%
 - Average SAT
 - 1250
 - Average ACT
 - 28
 - Net Price
 - $22,139
 
82. Touro College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 63%
 - Average SAT
 - 1358
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $25,934
 
83. Marist College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 65%
 - Average SAT
 - 1290
 - Average ACT
 - 29
 - Net Price
 - $40,106
 
84. Wagner College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 83%
 - Average SAT
 - 1235
 - Average ACT
 - 25
 - Net Price
 - $28,109
 
85. Webb Institute
- Acceptance Rate
 - 20%
 - Average SAT
 - 1458
 - Net Price
 - $21,488
 - Receiving Aid
 - 100%
 
86. New York College of Health Professions
- Acceptance Rate
 - 100%
 - Net Price
 - $42,908
 - Receiving Aid
 - 50%
 - Average Aid
 - $3,648
 
87. Sarah Lawrence College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 59%
 - Average SAT
 - 1355
 - Average ACT
 - 31
 - Net Price
 - $43,571
 
88. Brooklyn Law School
- Acceptance Rate
 - 35%
 - Enrollment
 - 1,174
 - Male:Female
 - 37:63
 - Founded
 - 1901
 
89. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
- Acceptance Rate
 - 19%
 - Average SAT
 - 1460
 - Average ACT
 - 34
 - Net Price
 - $28,199
 
90. CUNY School of Law
- Acceptance Rate
 - 35%
 - Enrollment
 - 681
 - Male:Female
 - 34:66
 - Founded
 - 1983
 
91. Mercy College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 85%
 - Net Price
 - $16,776
 - Receiving Aid
 - 99%
 - Average Aid
 - $15,611
 
92. Utica College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 87%
 - Average SAT
 - 1120
 - Net Price
 - $22,510
 - Receiving Aid
 - 98%
 
93. CUNY York College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 59%
 - Average SAT
 - 1100
 - Receiving Aid
 - 87%
 - Average Aid
 - $7,896
 
94. Farmingdale State College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 69%
 - Average SAT
 - 1110
 - Average ACT
 - 23
 - Receiving Aid
 - 75%
 
95. Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science
- Acceptance Rate
 - 91%
 - Net Price
 - $26,370
 - Receiving Aid
 - 100%
 - Average Aid
 - $24,536
 
96. D'Youville College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 82%
 - Average SAT
 - 1038
 - Net Price
 - $20,268
 - Receiving Aid
 - 70%
 
97. College of Saint Rose
- Acceptance Rate
 - 73%
 - Net Price
 - $24,618
 - Receiving Aid
 - 100%
 - Average Aid
 - $28,162
 
98. School of Visual Arts
- Acceptance Rate
 - 91%
 - Average SAT
 - 1308
 - Average ACT
 - 26
 - Net Price
 - $59,211
 
99. CUNY Medgar Evers College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 83%
 - Average SAT
 - 890
 - Receiving Aid
 - 90%
 - Average Aid
 - $7,896
 
100. SUNY Empire State College
- Acceptance Rate
 - 100%
 - Receiving Aid
 - 94%
 - Average Aid
 - $7,071
 - Enrollment
 - 9,545
 
Closest to New York states to learn Geology
| State |   Universities  Unis   |    Best university country rank  Best uni    |  
|---|---|---|
| Vermont | 10 | 129 | 
| Connecticut | 20 | 19 | 
| Massachusetts | 63 | 1 | 
| New Hampshire | 11 | 91 | 
| Pennsylvania | 89 | 12 | 
| Rhode Island | 9 | 61 | 
| New Jersey | 23 | 25 | 
| Maryland | 25 | 21 | 
| District of Columbia | 9 | 123 | 
| Maine | 13 | 125 | 
| West Virginia | 15 | 115 | 
| Ohio | 52 | 18 | 
| Virginia | 40 | 46 | 
| Michigan | 29 | 5 | 
| North Carolina | 37 | 34 | 
| Indiana | 30 | 29 | 
| Kentucky | 21 | 67 | 
| South Carolina | 25 | 86 | 
| Wisconsin | 27 | 8 | 
| Illinois | 64 | 10 | 
| Tennessee | 30 | 56 | 
| Georgia | 38 | 40 | 
| Iowa | 22 | 47 | 
| Alabama | 24 | 94 | 
| Minnesota | 25 | 13 | 
| Missouri | 30 | 43 | 
| Mississippi | 13 | 114 | 
| Arkansas | 16 | 131 | 
| Florida | 46 | 16 | 
| Kansas | 12 | 55 | 
| South Dakota | 8 | 190 | 
| Louisiana | 21 | 58 | 
| North Dakota | 6 | 175 | 
| Nebraska | 12 | 63 | 
| Oklahoma | 16 | 64 | 
| Texas | 70 | 15 | 
| Colorado | 18 | 24 | 
| Montana | 8 | 97 | 
| New Mexico | 8 | 81 | 
| Puerto Rico | 13 | 261 | 
| Utah | 10 | 42 | 
| Idaho | 7 | 127 | 
| Arizona | 9 | 20 | 
| Nevada | 7 | 109 | 
| Washington | 29 | 4 | 
| Oregon | 17 | 37 | 
| California | 112 | 2 | 
| Alaska | 4 | 84 | 
| Hawaii | 7 | 71 |