List of 100 best universities in New York State

Top 100 universities in New York State ranked by EduRank based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence. The rankings are determined by analyzing 61.8M citations received by 1.23M academic publications made by 221 universities from New York State, the popularity of 16,066 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.

1. Columbia University

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

2. Cornell University

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

3. New York University

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

4. University of Rochester

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

5. University at Buffalo

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
84%

6. Stony Brook University

Acceptance Rate
48%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
82%

7. Syracuse University

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,545

8. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,070

9. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,249
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1963

10. Rockefeller University

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
268
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1901

11. SUNY at Albany

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
92%

12. Fordham University

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$37,583

13. Rochester Institute of Technology

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$35,012

14. Binghamton University

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
76%

15. Yeshiva University

Acceptance Rate
63%
Net Price
$36,807
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$29,093

16. St John's University - New York

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1205
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$26,655

17. New School

Acceptance Rate
66%
Net Price
$43,547
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$20,330

18. Hofstra University

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$33,234

19. United States Military Academy

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
31
Enrollment
4,594

20. Pace University

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$30,632

21. Clarkson University

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$31,413

22. Upstate Medical University

Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
1,545
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1834

23. Vassar College

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,249

24. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
2,117
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1860

25. Ithaca College

Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$35,327
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$29,954

26. New York Medical College

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,561
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1860

27. Albany Medical College

Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
839
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1839

28. Colgate University

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,500

29. CUNY Hunter College

Acceptance Rate
46%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$8,519
Enrollment
24,099

30. Long Island University

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$22,620

31. Adelphi University

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$28,261

32. Barnard College

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,366

33. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Acceptance Rate
67%
Receiving Aid
0%
Enrollment
290
Male:Female
11:89

34. Union College

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$39,101

35. Bard College

Acceptance Rate
60%
Net Price
$24,318
Receiving Aid
81%
Average Aid
$50,598

36. Hamilton College

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,803

37. Skidmore College

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$31,553

38. New York Institute of Technology

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$22,739

39. SUNY at Purchase College

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
84%

40. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Acceptance Rate
65%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$7,331
Enrollment
2,012

41. SUNY College at Oswego

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

42. Marist College

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1278
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$37,868

43. SUNY Buffalo State

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1045
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$9,663

44. Hobart William Smith Colleges

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$34,239

45. State University of New York at New Paltz

Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1234
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
78%

46. Alfred University

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$25,377

47. Pratt Institute - Main

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$46,486

48. SUNY College at Brockport

Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

49. Manhattan College

Acceptance Rate
75%
Net Price
$27,651
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$29,475

50. Siena College

Acceptance Rate
83%
Net Price
$32,810
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$27,019

51. Lehman College, CUNY

Acceptance Rate
58%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$9,322
Enrollment
14,392

52. St Lawrence University

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$31,744

53. Canisius College

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$18,486

54. SUNY Cortland

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
86%

55. SUNY College at Geneseo

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
95%

56. CUNY City College

Acceptance Rate
64%
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$9,267
Enrollment
15,031

57. CUNY Queens College

Acceptance Rate
61%
Receiving Aid
87%
Average Aid
$7,627
Enrollment
18,772

58. Saint John Fisher College

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$27,325

59. Brooklyn Law School

Acceptance Rate
48%
Enrollment
1,184
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1901

60. Iona College

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$28,596

61. Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Acceptance Rate
15%
Net Price
$20,757
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$38,212

62. SUNY College at Oneonta

Acceptance Rate
70%
Receiving Aid
84%
Average Aid
$9,134
Enrollment
5,918

63. St Bonaventure University

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$25,533

64. Touro College

Acceptance Rate
77%
Net Price
$23,038
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,787

65. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
93%

66. SUNY at Fredonia

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

67. Le Moyne College

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$24,618

68. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
9,017
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1961

69. Sarah Lawrence College

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$34,091

70. Niagara University

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1147
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$18,118

71. School of Visual Arts

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1252
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$51,634

72. New York Law School

Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
1,130
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1891

73. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

Acceptance Rate
51%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$8,717
Enrollment
19,969

74. SUNY Empire State College

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
86%
Average Aid
$7,031
Enrollment
9,462

75. SUNY College at Potsdam

Acceptance Rate
81%
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$10,014
Enrollment
2,607

76. CUNY Brooklyn College

Acceptance Rate
51%
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$8,711
Enrollment
15,938

77. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
94%

78. Utica College

Acceptance Rate
89%
Net Price
$22,335
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$12,719

79. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Acceptance Rate
45%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$8,365
Enrollment
15,210

80. Weill Cornell Medical College

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,371
Male:Female
43:57

81. Fashion Institute of Technology

Acceptance Rate
52%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$8,521
Enrollment
8,150

82. Mercy College

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1050
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$15,027

83. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Acceptance Rate
72%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$26,961

84. Bank Street College of Education

Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
635
Male:Female
11:89
Founded
1916

85. D'Youville College

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1128
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$22,541

86. United States Merchant Marine Academy

Acceptance Rate
25%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
30%

88. Wagner College

#1004 in North America
Acceptance Rate
82%
Net Price
$28,365
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,222

89. Farmingdale State College

#1006 in North America
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1100
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
74%

90. College of Saint Rose

#1011 in North America
Acceptance Rate
76%
Net Price
$23,474
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$25,845

91. Hartwick College

#1030 in North America
Acceptance Rate
96%
Average SAT
1110
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$22,523

92. Excelsior College

#1033 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
17,166
Male:Female
52:48

93. College of Staten Island CUNY

#1036 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$6,933
Enrollment
11,793

94. Nazareth College

#1045 in North America
Acceptance Rate
86%
Net Price
$30,557
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$21,505

95. Marymount Manhattan College

#1051 in North America
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1152
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$31,750

96. Manhattanville College

#1066 in North America
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1125
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$21,969

97. Albany Law School

#1083 in North America
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
597
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1851

98. SUNY College at Old Westbury

#1092 in North America
Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1165
Receiving Aid
78%
Average Aid
$9,760

99. Jewish Theological Seminary of America

#1093 in North America
Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1417
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$50,279

100. St Francis College

#1102 in North America
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1115
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$15,481

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State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 17 106
Connecticut 28 10
Massachusetts 88 1
New Hampshire 16 74
Pennsylvania 155 11
Rhode Island 12 52
New Jersey 47 16
Delaware 5 91
Maryland 34 12
District of Columbia 15 66
Maine 19 158
West Virginia 26 109
Ohio 90 20
Virginia 63 42
Michigan 62 3
North Carolina 65 18
Indiana 55 33
Kentucky 38 61
South Carolina 37 88
Wisconsin 47 13
Illinois 100 15
Tennessee 56 51
Georgia 63 48
Iowa 39 49
Alabama 33 87
Minnesota 48 14
Missouri 67 36
Mississippi 18 136
Arkansas 24 126
Florida 109 27
Kansas 32 65
South Dakota 15 242
Louisiana 27 80
North Dakota 14 187
Nebraska 23 70
Oklahoma 31 94
Texas 119 21
Colorado 38 45
Wyoming 1 141
Montana 12 151
New Mexico 12 76
Puerto Rico 52 407
US Virgin Islands 1 808
Utah 20 44
Idaho 10 160
Arizona 25 31
Nevada 10 132
Washington 57 7
Oregon 31 68
California 249 2
Alaska 6 178
Hawaii 10 190
American Samoa 1 1666
Northern Mariana Islands 1 1633
Guam 2 590