100 Best colleges for Liberal Arts &amp; Social Sciences in New York State

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#6 in the United States

#7 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 4%
Average SAT: 1530
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $20,869

2. Cornell University

Ithaca

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#7 in the United States

#8 in North America

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

3. New York University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#16 in the United States

#18 in North America

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

4. University of Rochester

Rochester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#49 in the United States

#59 in North America

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

5. University at Buffalo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#67 in the United States

#81 in North America

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

6. Stony Brook University

Stony Brook

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#81 in the United States

#96 in North America

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

7. Syracuse University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#88 in the United States

#104 in North America

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

8. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#102 in the United States

#121 in North America

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

9. SUNY at Albany

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#109 in the United States

#128 in North America

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

10. Fordham University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#129 in the United States

#151 in North America

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

11. Binghamton University

Vestal

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#133 in the United States

#155 in North America

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

12. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#134 in the United States

#156 in North America

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

13. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#156 in the United States

#181 in North America

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

14. Rockefeller University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#179 in the United States

#206 in North America

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

15. New School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#187 in the United States

#215 in North America

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

16. CUNY Hunter College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#208 in the United States

#238 in North America

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

17. Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#213 in the United States

#244 in North America

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

18. St John's University - New York

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#218 in the United States

#249 in North America

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

19. Hofstra University

Hempstead

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#219 in the United States

#250 in North America

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

20. CUNY City College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#221 in the United States

#252 in North America

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

21. King's College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#227 in the United States

#259 in North America

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

22. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#232 in the United States

#265 in North America

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

23. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#235 in the United States

#268 in North America

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

24. New York Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#236 in the United States

#269 in North America

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

25. CUNY Queens College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#251 in the United States

#284 in North America

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

26. Yeshiva University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#261 in the United States

#294 in North America

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

27. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#268 in the United States

#301 in North America

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

28. Pace University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#281 in the United States

#316 in North America

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

29. New York Medical College

Valhalla

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#283 in the United States

#318 in North America

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

30. United States Military Academy

West Point

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#295 in the United States

#333 in North America

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

31. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#296 in the United States

#334 in North America

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

32. Colgate University

Hamilton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#298 in the United States

#336 in North America

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

33. Upstate Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#303 in the United States

#342 in North America

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

34. Barnard College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#306 in the United States

#345 in North America

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

35. Vassar College

Poughkeepsie

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#321 in the United States

#362 in North America

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

36. SUNY Buffalo State

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#322 in the United States

#363 in North America

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

37. Ithaca College

Ithaca

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#332 in the United States

#373 in North America

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

38. Adelphi University

Garden City

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#342 in the United States

#383 in North America

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

39. Long Island University

Brookville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#351 in the United States

#393 in North America

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

40. Albany Medical College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#352 in the United States

#395 in North America

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

41. Clarkson University

Potsdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#355 in the United States

#398 in North America

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

42. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#360 in the United States

#403 in North America

Receiving Aid: 0%
Enrollment: 273
Male:Female: 12:88

43. Lehman College, CUNY

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#375 in the United States

#421 in North America

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

44. Iona College

New Rochelle

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#377 in the United States

#423 in North America

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

45. State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#380 in the United States

#426 in North America

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

46. Union College

Schenectady

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#381 in the United States

#427 in North America

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

47. SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#384 in the United States

#431 in North America

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

48. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#396 in the United States

#444 in North America

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

49. Canisius College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#419 in the United States

#467 in North America

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

50. SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#427 in the United States

#477 in North America

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

51. Hamilton College

Clinton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#440 in the United States

#491 in North America

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

52. Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#447 in the United States

#498 in North America

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

53. Brooklyn Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#449 in the United States

#500 in North America

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

54. Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#465 in the United States

#516 in North America

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

55. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#469 in the United States

#520 in North America

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

56. St Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#490 in the United States

#542 in North America

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

57. Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#502 in the United States

#554 in North America

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

58. SUNY Cortland

Cortland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#510 in the United States

#563 in North America

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

59. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#513 in the United States

#566 in North America

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

60. SUNY College at Oswego

Oswego

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#527 in the United States

#581 in North America

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

61. SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#537 in the United States

#591 in North America

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

62. SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#539 in the United States

#594 in North America

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

63. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#545 in the United States

#600 in North America

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

64. SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#584 in the United States

#640 in North America

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

65. Manhattan College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#603 in the United States

#660 in North America

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

66. Wagner College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#611 in the United States

#668 in North America

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

67. New York College of Health Professions

Syosset

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#634 in the United States

#695 in North America

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

68. Saint John Fisher College

Rochester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#635 in the United States

#696 in North America

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

69. Touro College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#656 in the United States

#719 in North America

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

70. CUNY School of Law

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#666 in the United States

#731 in North America

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

71. Le Moyne College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#691 in the United States

#757 in North America

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

72. Marist College

Poughkeepsie

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#693 in the United States

#759 in North America

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

73. Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#708 in the United States

#774 in North America

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

74. St Lawrence University

Canton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#713 in the United States

#779 in North America

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

75. Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#720 in the United States

#786 in North America

Enrollment: 220
Male:Female: 40:60

76. Niagara University

Lewiston

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#723 in the United States

#789 in North America

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

77. Alfred University

Alfred

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#732 in the United States

#798 in North America

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

78. Siena College

Loudonville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#740 in the United States

#806 in North America

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

79. SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#751 in the United States

#817 in North America

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

80. Pratt Institute - Main

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#759 in the United States

#827 in North America

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

81. School of Visual Arts

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#765 in the United States

#834 in North America

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

82. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#767 in the United States

#836 in North America

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

83. SUNY College at Potsdam

Potsdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#800 in the United States

#869 in North America

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

84. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#816 in the United States

#886 in North America

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

85. Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#833 in the United States

#903 in North America

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

86. CUNY York College

Jamaica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#835 in the United States

#905 in North America

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

87. SUNY College of Optometry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#843 in the United States

#913 in North America

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

88. SUNY College at Old Westbury

Old Westbury

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#858 in the United States

#928 in North America

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

89. Manhattanville College

Purchase

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#864 in the United States

#934 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Net Price: $25,017
Receiving Aid: 96%
Average Aid: $28,762

90. Hartwick College

Oneonta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#882 in the United States

#952 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Average SAT: 1185
Net Price: $26,818
Receiving Aid: 100%

91. Albany Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#896 in the United States

#968 in North America

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

92. New York Chiropractic College

Seneca Falls

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#925 in the United States

#997 in North America

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

93. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#947 in the United States

#1019 in North America

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

94. College of Saint Rose

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#953 in the United States

#1025 in North America

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

95. D'Youville College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#963 in the United States

#1035 in North America

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

96. Webb Institute

Glen Cove

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#972 in the United States

#1044 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Average SAT: 1458
Net Price: $21,488
Receiving Aid: 100%

97. Jewish Theological Seminary of America

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#979 in the United States

#1051 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Average SAT: 1500
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $54,588

98. Utica College

Utica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#981 in the United States

#1053 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Average SAT: 1120
Net Price: $22,510
Receiving Aid: 98%

99. Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#984 in the United States

#1056 in North America

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

100. St Francis College