100 Best Law 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 Law. A graph of 11.1M citations received by 452K academic papers made by 136 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. Columbia University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

2. Cornell University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
7%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,060

3. New York University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,499

4. University of Rochester

For Law

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1465
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$39,775

5. University at Buffalo

For Law

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1285
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
86%

6. Syracuse University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,651

7. Stony Brook University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
88%

8. SUNY at Albany

For Law

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

9. Fordham University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$43,943

10. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,253
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1963

11. Binghamton University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
80%

12. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Law

Acceptance Rate
24%
Enrollment
8,733
Male:Female
32:68
Founded
1961

13. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Law

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$39,127

14. New School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
57%
Net Price
$55,480
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$21,504

15. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
50%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$9,423
Enrollment
19,854

16. Hofstra University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$35,036

17. CUNY Hunter College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
48%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$9,325
Enrollment
22,970

18. New York Law School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
1,050
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1891

19. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Law

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$39,600

20. CUNY City College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
67%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$9,822
Enrollment
14,489

21. Pace University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$33,363

22. Yeshiva University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1375
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$35,912

23. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Law

Acceptance Rate
51%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$9,043
Enrollment
13,921

24. CUNY Queens College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
69%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$7,927
Enrollment
17,001

25. King's College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
45%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$34,192

26. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$9,411
Enrollment
14,195

27. United States Military Academy

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Enrollment
4,393

28. St John's University - New York

For Law

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$26,052

29. Colgate University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,074

30. Rockefeller University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
273
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1901

31. Barnard College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1495
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,009

32. Clarkson University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$32,450

33. Adelphi University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$26,953

34. Long Island University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$25,802

35. New York Medical College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,454
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1860

36. SUNY Buffalo State

For Law

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1059
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$10,756

37. Upstate Medical University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,431
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1834

38. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Law

Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
2,185
Male:Female
31:69
Founded
1860

39. Vassar College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1483
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$30,603

40. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Law

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
99%

41. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Law

Acceptance Rate
82%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$9,497
Enrollment
2,842

42. SUNY College at Brockport

For Law

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1155
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
91%

43. Ithaca College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1292
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$35,858

44. Albany Medical College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
837
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1839

45. Brooklyn Law School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
1,210
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1901

46. Union College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$41,136

47. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$8,061
Enrollment
10,248

48. Lehman College, CUNY

For Law

Acceptance Rate
55%
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$10,412
Enrollment
13,015

49. Skidmore College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
26%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$33,389

50. Wagner College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$29,710

51. Hamilton College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,503

52. Iona College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
96%
Average SAT
1120
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$28,827

53. SUNY at Purchase College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
83%

54. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Law

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1305
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$34,259

55. SUNY Cortland

For Law

Acceptance Rate
60%
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$9,369
Enrollment
6,690

56. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Law

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
93%

57. Touro College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1324
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$23,960

58. Canisius College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$19,635

59. Bard College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
46%
Net Price
$25,214
Receiving Aid
85%
Average Aid
$53,584

60. SUNY College at Oswego

For Law

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
99%

62. SUNY at Fredonia

For Law

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
21
Receiving Aid
98%

63. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Law

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1155
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
99%

64. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Law

Acceptance Rate
70%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$8,713
Enrollment
1,976

65. Saint John Fisher College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1175
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$28,312

66. Manhattan College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$29,535

67. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Law

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
89%

68. New York College of Health Professions

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$37,109
Receiving Aid
60%
Average Aid
$3,347

69. Marist College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1289
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$39,364

70. Le Moyne College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$23,309

71. CUNY School of Law

For Law

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
699
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1983

72. Niagara University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$18,165

73. St Bonaventure University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$26,004

74. SUNY Empire State College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
84%
Average Aid
$9,343
Enrollment
9,407

75. St Lawrence University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1325
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$33,283

76. Siena College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1158
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$30,842

77. Alfred University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
51%
Average SAT
1188
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$26,183

78. Pratt Institute - Main

For Law

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$47,326

79. Albany Law School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
643
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1851

80. Mercy College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1125
Average ACT
23
Net Price
$15,879

81. CUNY York College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
59%
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$9,036
Enrollment
6,446

82. Sarah Lawrence College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$42,781

83. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Law

Acceptance Rate
82%
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$8,797
Enrollment
13,087

84. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Law

Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$11,632
Enrollment
2,427

85. New York Chiropractic College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
551
Male:Female
48:52

86. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$34,758
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$6,444

87. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Law

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1108
Receiving Aid
87%
Average Aid
$10,768

88. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Law

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$29,175

89. SUNY College of Optometry

For Law

Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
409
Male:Female
24:76
Founded
1971

90. School of Visual Arts

For Law

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$59,053

91. College of Saint Rose

For Law

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1115
Net Price
$23,294
Receiving Aid
99%

92. Farmingdale State College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1089
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
75%

93. D'Youville College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
23
Net Price
$21,755

94. Daemen College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
80%
Net Price
$20,273
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$21,618

95. Nazareth College

For Law

#1006 in North America
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$31,620

96. Utica College

For Law

#1008 in North America
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1167
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$22,372

97. Excelsior College

For Law

#1009 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
15,833
Male:Female
51:49

98. Hartwick College

For Law

#1017 in North America
Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1115
Average ACT
19
Net Price
$22,396

100. Manhattanville College

For Law

#1062 in North America
Acceptance Rate
84%
Net Price
$24,702
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$27,843

Closest to New York states to learn Law

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 11 129
Connecticut 21 8
Massachusetts 70 1
New Hampshire 12 79
Pennsylvania 99 7
Rhode Island 9 74
New Jersey 28 23
Delaware 3 86
Maryland 27 15
District of Columbia 10 44
Maine 14 222
West Virginia 17 125
Ohio 62 19
Virginia 42 34
Michigan 40 2
North Carolina 47 21
Indiana 34 54
Kentucky 26 61
South Carolina 27 63
Wisconsin 33 16
Illinois 76 11
Tennessee 34 46
Georgia 48 42
Iowa 31 45
Alabama 25 97
Minnesota 28 18
Missouri 39 43
Mississippi 13 181
Arkansas 16 138
Florida 60 33
Kansas 16 69
South Dakota 8 329
Louisiana 25 82
North Dakota 7 211
Nebraska 13 87
Oklahoma 20 92
Texas 79 20
Colorado 21 60
Montana 8 207
New Mexico 7 99
Puerto Rico 12 626
Utah 11 48
Idaho 7 235
Arizona 9 25
Nevada 6 134
Washington 30 5
Oregon 17 103
California 130 3
Alaska 4 323
Hawaii 6 113