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

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

11	Memorial Hospital School of Radiation Therapy Technology	New York
12	Fordham University	Bronx	46%
13	Binghamton University	Vestal	40%
14	Stony Brook University	Stony Brook	42%
15	The New School	New York	62%
16	Pace University	New York	80%
17	School of Professional Horticulture, New York Botanical Garden	Bronx	100%
18	Rockefeller University	New York
19	Vassar College	Poughkeepsie	24%
20	Hofstra University	Hempstead	64%
21	Teachers College at Columbia University	New York
22	Marist College	Poughkeepsie	43%
23	Weill Cornell Medical College	New York
24	School of Visual Arts	New York	72%
25	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	New York	85%
26	SUNY College at Oswego	Oswego	54%
27	Clarkson University	Potsdam	66%
28	Bard College	Annandale-On-Hudson	58%
29	Ithaca College	Ithaca	71%
30	St John's University - New York	Queens	68%
31	SUNY-System Office	Albany
32	Pratt Institute - Main	Brooklyn	57%
33	CUNY Lehman College	Bronx	35%
34	Long Island University	Brookville	83%
35	Syracuse University	Syracuse	47%
36	Barnard College	New York	15%
37	Fashion Institute of Technology	New York	47%
38	Upstate Medical University	Syracuse	5%
39	CUNY Brooklyn College	Brooklyn	40%
40	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	Syracuse	52%
41	Union College	Schenectady	37%
42	Culinary Institute of America	Hyde Park	97%
43	Skidmore College	Saratoga Springs	25%
44	Colgate University	Hamilton	28%
45	Hamilton College	Clinton	24%
46	Buffalo State College	Buffalo	65%
47	CUNY City College	New York	46%
48	State University of New York at New Paltz	New Paltz	44%
49	Adelphi University	Garden City	73%
50	New York Institute of Technology	Old Westbury	77%

51	CUNY Hunter College	New York	40%
52	United States Military Academy	West Point	10%
53	The Juilliard School	New York	6%
54	Hobart William Smith Colleges	Geneva	64%
55	SUNY Cortland	Cortland	48%
56	Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	New York	13%
57	Albany Medical College	Albany	5%
58	Le Moyne College	Syracuse	64%
59	SUNY Downstate Medical Center	Brooklyn	5%
60	SUNY College at Geneseo	Geneseo	72%
61	SUNY College at Oneonta	Oneonta	45%
62	SUNY College at Brockport	Brockport	53%
63	St Lawrence University	Canton	48%
64	SUNY Empire State College	Saratoga Springs	85%
65	Siena College	Loudonville	78%
66	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	New York	29%
67	New York Medical College	Valhalla
68	SUNY College at Potsdam	Potsdam	67%
69	Canisius College	Buffalo	78%
70	Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion	New York
71	Excelsior College	Albany
72	SUNY College at Plattsburgh	Plattsburgh	53%
73	New York Law School	New York	55%
74	Alfred University	Alfred	63%
75	SUNY at Fredonia	Fredonia	65%
76	Utica College	Utica	84%
77	CUNY Queens College	Queens	43%
78	Brooklyn Law School	Brooklyn	55%
79	Manhattan College	Riverdale	75%
80	SUNY at Purchase College	Purchase	74%
81	St Bonaventure University	Saint Bonaventure	71%
82	Sarah Lawrence College	Bronxville	53%
83	Institute of Culinary Education	New York
84	Niagara University	Niagara University	84%
85	SUNY Polytechnic Institute	Utica	62%
86	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	New York	39%
87	College of Staten Island CUNY	Staten Island	95%
88	Jewish Theological Seminary of America	New York	53%
89	Lehman College, CUNY	The Bronx	25%
90	Bank Street College of Education	New York
91	Monroe Community College	Rochester
92	Saint John Fisher College	Rochester	65%
93	United States Merchant Marine Academy	Kings Point	22%
94	CUNY LaGuardia Community College	Long Island City
95	Nazareth College	Rochester	63%
96	Farmingdale State College	Farmingdale	59%
97	D'Youville College	Buffalo	97%
98	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred	Alfred	68%
99	Mercy College	Dobbs Ferry	79%
100	Manhattan School of Music	New York	43%

101	The College of Saint Rose	Albany	83%
102	Molloy College	Rockville Centre	76%
103	Hartwick College	Oneonta	89%
104	Iona College	New Rochelle	92%
105	Roberts Wesleyan College	Rochester	69%
106	SUNY Morrisville	Morrisville	72%
107	Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science	Paul Smiths	73%
108	New York Chiropractic College	Seneca Falls
109	Wagner College	Staten Island	70%
110	Daemen College	Amherst	49%
111	The International Culinary Center	New York
112	Webb Institute	Glen Cove	35%
113	CUNY Kingsborough Community College	Brooklyn
114	The Sage Colleges	Troy	56%
115	Suffolk County Community College	Selden
116	Elmira College	Elmira	85%
117	Houghton College	Houghton	91%
118	Marymount Manhattan College	New York	80%
119	SUNY Maritime College	Throggs Neck	69%
120	Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing	Rochester
121	Onondaga Community College	Syracuse
122	SUNY Westchester Community College	Valhalla
123	New York Academy of Art	New York	65%
124	Dowling College	Oakdale	75%
125	Manhattanville College	Purchase	82%
126	CUNY New York City College of Technology	Brooklyn	77%
127	Albany Law School	Albany	65%
128	The College of New Rochelle	New Rochelle	68%
129	Nassau Community College	Garden City
130	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	Albany	79%
131	SUNY College of Optometry	New York
132	Mount Saint Mary College	Newburgh	93%
133	CUNY Queensborough Community College	Bayside
134	Dominican College of Blauvelt	Orangeburg	69%
135	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill	Cobleskill	94%
136	Hudson Valley Community College	Troy
137	St. Joseph's College-Long Island	Patchogue	71%
138	SUNY College at Old Westbury	Old Westbury	78%
139	Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York	New York
140	Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY	New York
141	Saint Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary	Yonkers
142	Monroe College	Bronx	52%
143	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi	Delhi	62%
144	St. Thomas Aquinas College	Sparkill	78%
145	LIM College	New York	93%
146	Erie Community College	Buffalo
147	Relay Graduate School of Education	New York
148	Schenectady County Community College	Schenectady
149	SUNY College of Technology at Canton	Canton	79%
150	Bryant & Stratton College-Online	Orchard Park	95%

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

201	Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology	Flushing	75%
202	Jefferson Community College	Watertown
203	Arnot Ogden Medical Center	Elmira	82%
204	Clinton Community College	Plattsburgh
205	CUNY Medgar Evers College	Brooklyn	95%
206	Niagara County Community College	Sanborn
207	ASA College	Brooklyn
208	Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School	Rochester
209	The General Theological Seminary	New York
210	Trocaire College	Buffalo	55%
211	Davis College - New York	Johnson City	43%
212	Joffrey Ballet School	New York	46%
213	Branford Hall Career Institute-Bohemia Campus	Bohemia
214	Sullivan County Community College	Loch Sheldrake
215	The Collective School Of Music	New York
216	SUNY Oneonta	Oneonta	60%
217	Schuyler Steuben Chemung Tioga Allegany BOCES	Elmira
218	Orange Ulster BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Goshen	100%
219	Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater	New York	80%
220	Cattaraugus Allegany BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Olean
221	Christ the King Seminary	East Aurora
222	Long Island Business Institute	Flushing	79%
223	New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants	Long Island City
224	Northeastern Seminary	Rochester
225	Five Towns College	Dix Hills	91%
226	Herkimer County Community College	Herkimer
227	New York College of Health Professions	Syosset
228	Columbia-Greene Community College	Hudson
229	Broome Delaware Tioga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Binghamton	57%
230	Tri-State College of Acupuncture	New York
231	Genesee Valley BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Batavia
232	Southern Westchester BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Harrison	31%
233	Word of Life Bible Institute	Pottersville
234	Circle in the Square Theatre School	New York	52%
235	The College of Westchester	White Plains	98%
236	New York Theological Seminary	New York
237	Boricua College	New York	65%
238	Maria College of Albany	Albany	44%
239	Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics, Skin Care & Makeup	New York
240	Albany BOCES-Adult Practical Nursing Program	Albany
241	Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Angola	100%
242	Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES	Plattsburgh	33%
243	North Country Community College	Saranac Lake
244	New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine	Mineola
245	Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Auburn	77%
246	Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program	Hudson Falls	100%
247	American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service	New York
248	Finger Lakes School of Massage - New York	Ithaca
249	Center for Ultrasound Research & Education	White Plains
250	Elmira Business Institute	Elmira

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