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 15.9M citations received by 513K 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
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

2. Cornell University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1520
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,455

3. New York University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1525
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$30,730

4. University of Rochester

For Law

Acceptance Rate
36%
Average SAT
1470
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,900

5. University at Buffalo

For Law

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

6. Syracuse University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
42%
Average SAT
1345
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$51,520

7. Stony Brook University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
89%

8. SUNY at Albany

For Law

Acceptance Rate
70%
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,747
Enrollment
16,880

9. Fordham University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
56%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$45,368

10. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,234
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1963

11. Binghamton University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
38%
Average SAT
1405
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
78%

12. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Law

Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
9,116
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1961

13. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Law

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$35,940

14. New School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
63%
Net Price
$62,226
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$20,504

15. Hofstra University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$35,687

16. New York Law School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
47%
Enrollment
1,056
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1891

17. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
50%
Average SAT
1310
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$9,867

18. CUNY Hunter College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1340
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,624

19. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Law

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1370
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$39,753

20. St John's University - New York

For Law

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$28,206

21. Pace University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1229
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$34,299

22. King's College

For Law

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

23. CUNY City College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1340
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$9,236

24. Yeshiva University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1410
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$38,118

25. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Law

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1125
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$9,284

26. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1280
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,290

27. CUNY Queens College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1210
Receiving Aid
83%
Average Aid
$8,904

28. United States Military Academy

For Law

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1315
Average ACT
31
Enrollment
4,508

29. Colgate University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,954

30. Rockefeller University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
286
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1901

31. SUNY Buffalo State

For Law

Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1075
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$8,921

32. Barnard College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
8%
Average SAT
1502
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,738

33. Adelphi University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1225
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$28,671

34. Long Island University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
90%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$22,620

35. New York Medical College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,470
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1860

36. Clarkson University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1294
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$33,192

37. Upstate Medical University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,286
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1834

38. Brooklyn Law School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
1,174
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1901

39. Vassar College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
18%
Average SAT
1493
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$29,733

40. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Law

Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
2,204
Male:Female
29:71
Founded
1860

41. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Law

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1255
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
84%

42. Ithaca College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$34,297

43. Union College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1395
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$42,884

44. SUNY College at Brockport

For Law

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1155
Average ACT
22
Receiving Aid
94%

45. Albany Medical College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
834
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1839

46. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
83%
Average Aid
$8,174
Enrollment
10,736

47. Lehman College, CUNY

For Law

Acceptance Rate
55%
Average SAT
1040
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$9,389

48. SUNY at Purchase College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1271
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
84%

49. Skidmore College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
23%
Average SAT
1380
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$32,368

50. Hamilton College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
12%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,021

51. Iona College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$28,557

52. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Law

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$33,172

53. SUNY Cortland

For Law

Acceptance Rate
51%
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$8,034
Enrollment
6,780

54. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Law

Acceptance Rate
64%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
95%

55. Canisius College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
82%
Net Price
$19,321
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$22,779

56. Wagner College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1235
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$28,109

57. Bard College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$25,218

59. SUNY College at Oswego

For Law

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
94%

60. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Law

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
94%

61. SUNY at Fredonia

For Law

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1175
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
98%

62. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Law

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1185
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$11,162

63. Saint John Fisher College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1200
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$28,969

64. Touro College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1358
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$25,934

65. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Law

Acceptance Rate
83%
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$8,675
Enrollment
2,737

66. Manhattan College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$28,349

67. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Law

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

68. Marist College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
65%
Average SAT
1290
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$40,106

69. CUNY School of Law

For Law

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
681
Male:Female
34:66
Founded
1983

70. New York College of Health Professions

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$42,908
Receiving Aid
50%
Average Aid
$3,648

71. SUNY Empire State College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$7,071
Enrollment
9,545

72. St Bonaventure University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1155
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$27,659

73. Le Moyne College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$22,139

74. Niagara University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$17,495

75. St Lawrence University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1333
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$36,175

76. Pratt Institute - Main

For Law

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$51,702

77. Siena College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1227
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$32,602

78. Albany Law School

For Law

Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
628
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1851

79. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Law

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1040
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$7,904

80. Alfred University

For Law

Acceptance Rate
48%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$26,127

81. Mercy College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
85%
Net Price
$16,776
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$15,611

82. Sarah Lawrence College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$43,571

83. CUNY York College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1100
Receiving Aid
87%
Average Aid
$7,896

84. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Law

Acceptance Rate
85%
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$9,778
Enrollment
2,751

85. New York Chiropractic College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
528
Male:Female
47:53

86. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Law

Acceptance Rate
85%
Receiving Aid
84%
Average Aid
$9,516
Enrollment
4,449

87. School of Visual Arts

For Law

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1308
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$59,211

88. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Law

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$37,171
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$7,718

89. Farmingdale State College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1110
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
75%

90. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Law

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$26,804

91. College of Saint Rose

For Law

Acceptance Rate
73%
Net Price
$24,618
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$28,162

92. D'Youville College

For Law

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1038
Net Price
$20,268
Receiving Aid
70%

93. SUNY College of Optometry

For Law

Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
394
Male:Female
23:77
Founded
1971

94. Hartwick College

For Law

#1008 in North America
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1185
Net Price
$26,818
Receiving Aid
100%

95. Utica College

For Law

#1009 in North America
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1120
Net Price
$22,510
Receiving Aid
98%

96. Nazareth College

For Law

#1030 in North America
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$31,321

97. Marymount Manhattan College

For Law

#1042 in North America
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1200
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$38,426

99. Manhattanville College

For Law

#1066 in North America
Acceptance Rate
85%
Net Price
$25,017
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$28,762

100. Fashion Institute of Technology

For Law

#1079 in North America
Acceptance Rate
58%
Receiving Aid
73%
Average Aid
$7,940
Enrollment
8,108

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 70
New Jersey 28 22
Delaware 4 86
Maryland 28 13
District of Columbia 11 41
Maine 14 227
West Virginia 17 123
Ohio 62 19
Virginia 42 33
Michigan 41 2
North Carolina 47 20
Indiana 35 39
Kentucky 27 63
South Carolina 28 62
Wisconsin 33 16
Illinois 77 9
Tennessee 37 47
Georgia 49 46
Iowa 31 48
Alabama 25 96
Minnesota 28 18
Missouri 40 43
Mississippi 14 178
Arkansas 16 128
Florida 63 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 8 211
New Mexico 8 104
Puerto Rico 12 631
Utah 11 50
Idaho 7 239
Arizona 10 25
Nevada 6 131
Washington 32 5
Oregon 18 101
California 132 3
Alaska 4 325
Hawaii 7 112