Top 300 universities in New York State | United States: Rankings & Acceptance rate

Rank 🏆	University name	Acceptance rate Acc. rate	City
1	Cornell University	13%	Ithaca
2	Columbia University in the City of New York	7%	New York
3	New York University	28%	New York
4	CUNY System Office		New York
5	University of Rochester	34%	Rochester
6	University at Buffalo	57%	Buffalo
7	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	43%	Troy
8	Rochester Institute of Technology	57%	Rochester
9	SUNY at Albany	54%	Albany
10	Yeshiva University	63%	New York

11	Memorial Hospital School of Radiation Therapy Technology		New York
12	Fordham University	46%	New York
13	Binghamton University	40%	Vestal
14	Stony Brook University	42%	Stony Brook
15	The New School	62%	New York
16	Pace University	80%	New York
17	School of Professional Horticulture, New York Botanical Garden	100%	New York
18	Rockefeller University		New York
19	Vassar College	24%	Poughkeepsie
20	Hofstra University	64%	Hempstead
21	Teachers College at Columbia University		New York
22	Marist College	43%	Poughkeepsie
23	Weill Cornell Medical College		New York
24	School of Visual Arts	72%	New York
25	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	85%	New York
26	SUNY College at Oswego	54%	Oswego
27	Clarkson University	66%	Potsdam
28	Bard College	58%	Annandale-On-Hudson
29	Ithaca College	71%	Ithaca
30	St John's University - New York	68%	New York
31	SUNY - System Office		Albany
32	Pratt Institute - Main	57%	New York
33	CUNY Lehman College	35%	New York
34	Long Island University	83%	Brookville
35	Syracuse University	47%	Syracuse
36	Barnard College	15%	New York
37	Fashion Institute of Technology	47%	New York
38	Upstate Medical University	5%	Syracuse
39	CUNY Brooklyn College	40%	New York
40	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	52%	Syracuse
41	Union College	37%	Schenectady
42	Culinary Institute of America	97%	Hyde Park
43	Skidmore College	25%	Saratoga Springs
44	Colgate University	28%	Hamilton
45	Hamilton College	24%	Clinton
46	CUNY City College	46%	New York
47	State University of New York at New Paltz	44%	New Paltz
48	Adelphi University	73%	Garden City
49	New York Institute of Technology	77%	Old Westbury
50	CUNY Hunter College	40%	New York

51	United States Military Academy	10%	West Point
52	The Juilliard School	6%	New York
53	Hobart William Smith Colleges	64%	Geneva
54	SUNY Cortland	48%	Cortland
55	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	13%	New York
56	Albany Medical College	5%	Albany
57	Le Moyne College	64%	Syracuse
58	SUNY Downstate Medical Center	5%	New York
59	SUNY College at Geneseo	72%	Geneseo
60	SUNY College at Oneonta	45%	Oneonta
61	SUNY College at Brockport	53%	Brockport
62	St Lawrence University	48%	Canton
63	SUNY Empire State College	85%	Saratoga Springs
64	Siena College	78%	Loudonville
65	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	29%	New York
66	New York Medical College		Valhalla
67	SUNY College at Potsdam	67%	Potsdam
68	Canisius College	78%	Buffalo
69	Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion		New York
70	Excelsior College		Albany
71	SUNY College at Plattsburgh	53%	Plattsburgh
72	New York Law School	55%	New York
73	Alfred University	63%	Alfred
74	SUNY at Fredonia	65%	Fredonia
75	Utica College	84%	Utica
76	CUNY Queens College	43%	New York
77	Brooklyn Law School	55%	New York
78	Manhattan College	75%	New York
79	SUNY at Purchase College	74%	Purchase
80	St Bonaventure University	71%	Saint Bonaventure
81	Sarah Lawrence College	53%	Bronxville
82	Institute of Culinary Education		New York
83	Niagara University	84%	Lewiston
84	SUNY Polytechnic Institute	62%	Utica
85	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	39%	New York
86	College of Staten Island CUNY	95%	New York
87	Jewish Theological Seminary of America	53%	New York
88	Lehman College, CUNY	25%	New York
89	Bank Street College of Education		New York
90	Monroe Community College		Rochester
91	Saint John Fisher College	65%	Rochester
92	United States Merchant Marine Academy	22%	Kings Point
93	CUNY LaGuardia Community College		New York
94	Nazareth College	63%	Rochester
95	Farmingdale State College	59%	Farmingdale
96	D'Youville College	97%	Buffalo
97	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred	68%	Alfred
98	Mercy College	79%	Dobbs Ferry
99	Manhattan School of Music	43%	New York
100	The College of Saint Rose	83%	Albany

101	Molloy College	76%	Rockville Centre
102	Hartwick College	89%	Oneonta
103	Iona College	92%	New Rochelle
104	Roberts Wesleyan College	69%	Rochester
105	SUNY Morrisville	72%	Morrisville
106	Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science	73%	Paul Smiths
107	New York Chiropractic College		Seneca Falls
108	Wagner College	70%	New York
109	Daemen College	49%	Amherst
110	The International Culinary Center		New York
111	Webb Institute	35%	Glen Cove
112	CUNY Kingsborough Community College		New York
113	The Sage Colleges	56%	Troy
114	Suffolk County Community College		Selden
115	Elmira College	85%	Elmira
116	Houghton College	91%	Houghton
117	Marymount Manhattan College	80%	New York
118	SUNY Maritime College	69%	New York
119	Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing		Rochester
120	Onondaga Community College		Syracuse
121	SUNY Westchester Community College		Valhalla
122	New York Academy of Art	65%	New York
123	Dowling College	75%	Oakdale
124	Manhattanville College	82%	Purchase
125	CUNY New York City College of Technology	77%	New York
126	Albany Law School	65%	Albany
127	The College of New Rochelle	68%	New Rochelle
128	Nassau Community College		Garden City
129	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	79%	Albany
130	SUNY College of Optometry		New York
131	Mount Saint Mary College	93%	Newburgh
132	CUNY Queensborough Community College		New York
133	Dominican College of Blauvelt	69%	Orangeburg
134	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill	94%	Cobleskill
135	Hudson Valley Community College		Troy
136	St. Joseph's College - Long Island	71%	Patchogue
137	SUNY College at Old Westbury	78%	Old Westbury
138	Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York		New York
139	Sotheby's Institute of Art - NY		New York
140	Saint Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary		Yonkers
141	Monroe College	52%	New York
142	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi	62%	Delhi
143	St. Thomas Aquinas College	78%	Sparkill
144	LIM College	93%	New York
145	Erie Community College		Buffalo
146	Relay Graduate School of Education		New York
147	Schenectady County Community College		Schenectady
148	SUNY College of Technology at Canton	79%	Canton
149	Bryant & Stratton College - Online	95%	Orchard Park
150	Orange County Community College		Middletown

151	New York School of Interior Design	33%	New York
152	Wells College	80%	Aurora
153	CUNY York College	44%	Jamaica
154	Mohawk Valley Community College		Utica
155	Corning Community College		Corning
156	Genesee Community College		Batavia
157	SUNY Broome Community College		Binghamton
158	Concordia College - New York	76%	Bronxville
159	CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College		New York
160	Keuka College	70%	Keuka Park
161	Dutchess BOCES - Practical Nursing Program	79%	Poughkeepsie
162	Eastern Suffolk BOCES	84%	Brentwood
163	Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing	100%	Troy
164	Christie's Education		New York
165	SUNY Buffalo State	58%	Buffalo
166	Metropolitan College of New York	91%	New York
167	Fulton-Montgomery Community College		Johnstown
168	Finger Lakes Community College		Canandaigua
169	Nyack College	98%	Nyack
170	Rockland Community College		Suffern
171	CVPH Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology		Plattsburgh
172	Tompkins Cortland Community College		Dryden
173	American Musical and Dramatic Academy	21%	New York
174	Medaille College	75%	Buffalo
175	Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES		Liverpool
176	St Francis College	63%	New York
177	Dutchess Community College		Poughkeepsie
178	Hilbert College	87%	Hamburg
179	Villa Maria College	81%	Buffalo
180	The Ailey School	48%	New York
181	Jamestown Community College		Jamestown
182	New York College of Podiatric Medicine		New York
183	New York Automotive and Diesel Institute		Jamaica
184	Cazenovia College	92%	Cazenovia
185	The King's College	41%	New York
186	Ulster County Community College		Stone Ridge
187	Empire Beauty School - Manhattan		New York
188	Cayuga County Community College		Auburn
189	Putnam Westchester BOCES - Practical Nursing Program	22%	Yorktown Heights
190	Aesthetic Science Institute		Latham
191	Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences		New York
192	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	5%	New York
193	CUNY Hostos Community College		New York
194	Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital	64%	Syracuse
195	Adirondack Community College		Queensbury
196	Erie 1 BOCES	24%	West Seneca
197	CUNY Bronx Community College		New York
198	CUNY School of Law	25%	New York
199	College of Mount Saint Vincent	91%	New York
200	Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology	75%	New York

201	Jefferson Community College		Watertown
202	Arnot Ogden Medical Center	82%	Elmira
203	Clinton Community College		Plattsburgh
204	CUNY Medgar Evers College	95%	New York
205	ASA College		New York
206	Niagara County Community College		Sanborn
207	Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School		Rochester
208	The General Theological Seminary		New York
209	Trocaire College	55%	Buffalo
210	Davis College - New York	43%	Johnson City
211	Joffrey Ballet School	46%	New York
212	Branford Hall Career Institute - Bohemia Campus		Bohemia
213	Sullivan County Community College		Loch Sheldrake
214	The Collective School Of Music		New York
215	SUNY Oneonta	60%	Oneonta
216	Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCES		Elmira
217	Orange Ulster BOCES - Practical Nursing Program	100%	Goshen
218	Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater	80%	New York
219	Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES - Practical Nursing Program		Olean
220	Christ the King Seminary		East Aurora
221	Long Island Business Institute	79%	New York
222	New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants		New York
223	Northeastern Seminary		Rochester
224	Five Towns College	91%	Dix Hills
225	Herkimer County Community College		Herkimer
226	New York College of Health Professions		Syosset
227	Columbia - Greene Community College		Hudson
228	Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES - Practical Nursing Program	57%	Binghamton
229	Tri-State College of Acupuncture		New York
230	Genesee Valley BOCES - Practical Nursing Program		Batavia
231	Southern Westchester BOCES - Practical Nursing Program	31%	Harrison
232	Circle in the Square Theatre School	52%	New York
233	Word of Life Bible Institute		Pottersville
234	The College of Westchester	98%	White Plains
235	New York Theological Seminary		New York
236	Boricua College	65%	New York
237	Maria College of Albany	44%	Albany
238	Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup		New York
239	Albany BOCES - Adult Practical Nursing Program		Albany
240	Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES - Practical Nursing Program	100%	Angola
241	Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES	33%	Plattsburgh
242	North Country Community College		Saranac Lake
243	New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine		Mineola
244	Cayuga Onondaga BOCES - Practical Nursing Program	77%	Auburn
245	Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES - Practical Nursing Program	100%	Hudson Falls
246	American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service		New York
247	Finger Lakes School of Massage - New York		Ithaca
248	Center for Ultrasound Research & Education		White Plains
249	Elmira Business Institute		Elmira
250	Stella and Charles Guttman Community College		New York

251	Focus Personal Training Institute		New York
252	Metropolitan Learning Institute		New York
253	Studio Jewelers		New York
254	Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York	100%	Rochester
255	Orleans Niagara BOCES - Practical Nursing Program	23%	Sanborn
256	Center for Instruction Technology & Innovation (CiTi)	86%	Mexico
257	Briarcliffe College	45%	Bethpage
258	Plaza College	30%	New York
259	Jamestown Business College	93%	Jamestown
260	National Tractor Trailer School Inc - Liverpool		Liverpool
261	Rockland County BOCES - Practical Nursing Program		West Nyack
262	Unification Theological Seminary		Barrytown
263	Arrojo Cosmetology School		New York
264	Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing	80%	Hicksville
265	Leon Studio One School of Beauty Knowledge		Williamsville
266	Monroe 2 Orleans BOCES - Center for Workforce Development		Rochester
267	Alliance Computing Solutions		New York
268	Ulster BOCES School of Practical Nursing	46%	Lake Katrine
269	Elim Bible Institute and College	94%	Lima
270	Madison Oneida BOCES - Practical Nursing Program	60%	Verona
271	Western Suffolk BOCES		Northport
272	Onondaga School of Therapeutic Massage - Rochester		Rochester
273	St Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry		Rochester
274	Ace Institute of Technology		New York
275	Associated Beth Rivkah Schools	97%	New York
276	Atelier Esthetique Institute of Esthetics		New York
277	Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz	91%	New York
278	Franklin Career Institute		New York
279	St. Joseph's College of Nursing	20%	Syracuse
280	Digital Film Academy		New York
281	St Paul's School of Nursing - Queens		New York
282	Helene Fuld College of Nursing		New York
283	Jefferson Lewis BOCES - Practical Nursing Program	88%	Watertown
284	Mildred Elley - New York Campus		New York
285	New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts	95%	New York
286	Cochran School of Nursing		Yonkers
287	Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary		Spring Valley
288	Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah	86%	New York
289	Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok	67%	Monsey
290	New Age Training		New York
291	Orlo School of Hair Design and Cosmetology		Albany
292	Rabbinical College of Long Island	100%	Long Beach
293	Yeshivas Maharit D'Satmar		Monroe
294	Bais Medrash Elyon		Monsey
295	Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute	96%	New York
296	Career School of NY		New York
297	Otsego Area BOCES - Practical Nursing Program		Oneonta
298	Center for Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy	40%	Albany
299	Belanger School of Nursing	20%	Schenectady
300	Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College	80%	Lawrence

Closest to New York states

State	Universities Unis	Best university country rank Best uni rank
Vermont	25	121
Connecticut	59	9
Massachusetts	144	1
New Hampshire	37	69
Pennsylvania	291	11
Rhode Island	17	78
New Jersey	110	10
Delaware	13	79
Maryland	72	25
District of Columbia	19	72
Maine	34	135
West Virginia	66	108
Ohio	242	39
Virginia	122	37
Michigan	131	17
North Carolina	149	14
Indiana	82	13
Kentucky	76	58
South Carolina	78	92
Wisconsin	85	19
Illinois	205	28
Tennessee	139	61
Georgia	120	51
Iowa	71	46
Alabama	71	101
Minnesota	94	18
Missouri	143	45
Mississippi	49	148
Arkansas	73	132
Florida	263	27
Kansas	66	87
South Dakota	26	302
Louisiana	91	93
North Dakota	25	191
Nebraska	42	49
Oklahoma	95	98
Texas	279	16
Colorado	80	42
Wyoming	10	158
Montana	29	159
New Mexico	37	86
Puerto Rico	108	273
Virgin Islands	1	1045
Utah	52	53
Idaho	27	145
Arizona	79	35
Nevada	23	125
Washington	87	6
Oregon	66	74
California	562	3
Alaska	10	150
Hawaii	21	57
American Samoa	1	2810
Northern Marianas	1	2701
Federated States of Micronesia	1	2337
Guam	3	775