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 16.9M citations received by 524K 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
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

2. Cornell University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,361

3. New York University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$30,325

4. University of Rochester

For Law

Acceptance Rate
40%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,462

5. University at Buffalo

For Law

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

6. Syracuse University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$48,215

7. Stony Brook University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
99%

8. SUNY at Albany

For Law

Acceptance Rate
69%
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$11,210
Enrollment
17,560

9. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,261
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1963

10. Fordham University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1400
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$48,190

11. Binghamton University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
39%
Average SAT
1420
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
79%

12. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Law

Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
9,536
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1961

13. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Law

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1443
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$38,887

14. New School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
63%
Net Price
$67,224
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$22,174

15. Hofstra University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$35,792

16. New York Law School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
1,062
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1891

17. CUNY Hunter College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1260
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,755

18. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
48%
Average SAT
1250
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$10,114

19. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Law

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$39,534

20. St John's University - New York

For Law

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$29,656

21. Pace University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1260
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$34,791

22. CUNY City College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1250
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$9,763

23. King's College

For Law

Net Price
$34,192
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$24,640
Enrollment
442

24. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Law

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1075
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$9,966

25. Yeshiva University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$39,681

26. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1145
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,482

27. CUNY Queens College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1150
Receiving Aid
83%
Average Aid
$9,057

28. United States Military Academy

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
30
Enrollment
4,473

29. Colgate University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1485
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,736

30. Barnard College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1515
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$26,407

31. SUNY Buffalo State

For Law

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1110
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$11,697

32. Rockefeller University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
281
Male:Female
47:53
Founded
1901

33. Adelphi University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$31,303

34. Long Island University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$24,867

35. New York Medical College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,471
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1860

36. Clarkson University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$32,406

37. Upstate Medical University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,341
Male:Female
36:64
Founded
1834

38. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Law

Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
2,220
Male:Female
28:72
Founded
1860

39. Brooklyn Law School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
1,125
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1901

40. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Law

Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
85%

41. Vassar College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
19%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,981

42. Ithaca College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$35,253

43. Union College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$42,137

44. SUNY College at Brockport

For Law

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
94%

45. Albany Medical College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
814
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1839

46. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Law

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1070
Receiving Aid
83%
Average Aid
$8,526

47. Lehman College, CUNY

For Law

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1000
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$10,151

48. SUNY at Purchase College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1283
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
84%

49. Skidmore College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
21%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$31,187

50. Hamilton College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1500
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$28,719

51. Iona College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1205
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$29,978

52. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Law

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1288
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$34,170

53. SUNY Cortland

For Law

Acceptance Rate
60%
Receiving Aid
87%
Average Aid
$8,254
Enrollment
6,938

54. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Law

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
98%

55. Wagner College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$28,033

56. Bard College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$29,320

57. Canisius College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
72%
Net Price
$19,666
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$24,972

58. SUNY College at Oswego

For Law

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
93%

60. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Law

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1198
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
100%

61. SUNY at Fredonia

For Law

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
97%

62. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Law

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
93%

63. Saint John Fisher College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
66%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$30,540

64. Touro College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
61%
Average SAT
1336
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$29,179

65. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Law

Acceptance Rate
63%
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$8,699
Enrollment
2,757

66. Manhattan College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1269
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$29,717

67. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Law

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
93%

68. Marist College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$42,508

69. CUNY School of Law

For Law

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
669
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1983

70. New York College of Health Professions

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$42,908
Receiving Aid
0%
Average Aid
$3,648

71. SUNY Empire State College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$8,243
Enrollment
10,469

72. St Bonaventure University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1178
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$27,373

73. Le Moyne College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$23,702

74. Niagara University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1148
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$16,613

75. St Lawrence University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1338
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$33,216

76. Siena College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$32,955

77. Pratt Institute - Main

For Law

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$54,150

78. Albany Law School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
670
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1851

79. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Law

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1020
Receiving Aid
86%
Average Aid
$8,206

80. Alfred University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1203
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$26,470

81. Mercy College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
86%
Net Price
$15,200
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$17,664

82. Sarah Lawrence College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,629

83. CUNY York College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
875
Receiving Aid
84%
Average Aid
$9,154

84. New York Chiropractic College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
94%
Enrollment
564
Male:Female
40:60

85. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Law

Acceptance Rate
78%
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$11,147
Enrollment
2,832

86. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Law

Acceptance Rate
84%
Receiving Aid
83%
Average Aid
$10,200
Enrollment
4,709

87. School of Visual Arts

For Law

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1339
Net Price
$61,337
Receiving Aid
67%

88. Farmingdale State College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1140
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
76%

89. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$40,301
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$7,604

90. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Law

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$30,232

91. College of Saint Rose

For Law

Acceptance Rate
86%
Net Price
$24,618
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$28,162

92. D'Youville College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1108
Net Price
$20,690
Receiving Aid
100%

93. Utica College

For Law

#1007 in North America
Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1120
Net Price
$20,295
Receiving Aid
99%

94. SUNY College of Optometry

For Law

#1008 in North America
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
400
Male:Female
23:77
Founded
1971

95. Hartwick College

For Law

#1009 in North America
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1180
Net Price
$31,712
Receiving Aid
100%

96. Nazareth College

For Law

#1028 in North America
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$30,785

97. Marymount Manhattan College

For Law

#1048 in North America
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1214
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$38,376

98. Manhattanville College

For Law

#1065 in North America
Acceptance Rate
87%
Net Price
$21,690
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$31,809

100. Fashion Institute of Technology

For Law

#1076 in North America
Acceptance Rate
60%
Receiving Aid
69%
Average Aid
$8,304
Enrollment
8,206

Closest to New York states to learn Law

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 11 127
Connecticut 21 7
Massachusetts 71 1
New Hampshire 12 75
Pennsylvania 99 8
Rhode Island 9 69
New Jersey 28 22
Delaware 4 86
Maryland 28 13
District of Columbia 11 41
Maine 14 230
West Virginia 17 123
Ohio 63 19
Virginia 42 33
Michigan 41 2
North Carolina 47 20
Indiana 35 39
Kentucky 28 63
South Carolina 28 62
Wisconsin 33 16
Illinois 78 9
Tennessee 37 47
Georgia 49 45
Iowa 31 48
Alabama 26 96
Minnesota 28 18
Missouri 40 43
Mississippi 14 175
Arkansas 17 128
Florida 64 34
Kansas 16 67
South Dakota 8 334
Louisiana 26 83
North Dakota 7 223
Nebraska 13 87
Oklahoma 20 92
Texas 82 21
Colorado 21 57
Montana 8 208
New Mexico 8 107
Puerto Rico 12 627
Utah 11 50
Idaho 7 234
Arizona 10 24
Nevada 6 131
Washington 32 6
Oregon 18 102
California 132 3
Alaska 4 325
Hawaii 7 111