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: 1545
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,520

2. Cornell University

Ithaca

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#7 in the United States

#8 in North America

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

3. New York University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#15 in the United States

#17 in North America

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

4. University of Rochester

Rochester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#50 in the United States

#60 in North America

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

5. University at Buffalo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#67 in the United States

#81 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
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: 1415
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 99%

7. Syracuse University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#89 in the United States

#105 in North America

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

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: 1,261
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1963

9. SUNY at Albany

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#111 in the United States

#130 in North America

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

10. Fordham University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#129 in the United States

#151 in North America

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

11. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#133 in the United States

#155 in North America

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

12. Binghamton University

Vestal

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#134 in the United States

#156 in North America

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

13. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#155 in the United States

#180 in North America

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

14. Rockefeller University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#184 in the United States

#212 in North America

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

15. New School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#188 in the United States

#216 in North America

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

16. CUNY Hunter College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#207 in the United States

#237 in North America

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

17. Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#212 in the United States

#243 in North America

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

18. Hofstra University

Hempstead

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#218 in the United States

#249 in North America

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

19. St John's University - New York

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#220 in the United States

#251 in North America

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

20. CUNY City College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#222 in the United States

#253 in North America

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

21. King's College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#231 in the United States

#264 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

#234 in the United States

#267 in North America

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

23. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#237 in the United States

#270 in North America

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

24. New York Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#238 in the United States

#271 in North America

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

25. CUNY Queens College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#257 in the United States

#290 in North America

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

26. Yeshiva University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#261 in the United States

#294 in North America

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

27. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#265 in the United States

#298 in North America

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

28. Pace University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#282 in the United States

#317 in North America

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

29. New York Medical College

Valhalla

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#283 in the United States

#318 in North America

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

30. United States Military Academy

West Point

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#296 in the United States

#334 in North America

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

31. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#297 in the United States

#335 in North America

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

32. Colgate University

Hamilton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#301 in the United States

#339 in North America

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

33. Upstate Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#304 in the United States

#343 in North America

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

34. Barnard College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#306 in the United States

#345 in North America

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

35. Vassar College

Poughkeepsie

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#323 in the United States

#364 in North America

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

36. SUNY Buffalo State

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#325 in the United States

#366 in North America

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

37. Ithaca College

Ithaca

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#335 in the United States

#376 in North America

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

38. Adelphi University

Garden City

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#341 in the United States

#382 in North America

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

39. Long Island University

Brookville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#350 in the United States

#393 in North America

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

40. Albany Medical College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#351 in the United States

#394 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 814
Male:Female: 37:63
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: 1295
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $32,406

42. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#363 in the United States

#408 in North America

Receiving Aid: 0%
Enrollment: 311
Male:Female: 12:88

43. Lehman College, CUNY

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#376 in the United States

#422 in North America

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

44. State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#377 in the United States

#423 in North America

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

45. Union College

Schenectady

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#380 in the United States

#427 in North America

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

46. Iona College

New Rochelle

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#381 in the United States

#429 in North America

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

47. SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#386 in the United States

#434 in North America

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

48. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#394 in the United States

#442 in North America

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

49. Canisius College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#421 in the United States

#470 in North America

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

50. SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#430 in the United States

#480 in North America

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

51. Hamilton College

Clinton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#440 in the United States

#491 in North America

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

52. Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#443 in the United States

#494 in North America

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

53. Brooklyn Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#449 in the United States

#500 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 1,125
Male:Female: 38:62
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: 1360
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $29,320

55. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#468 in the United States

#519 in North America

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

56. St Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#493 in the United States

#546 in North America

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

57. Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#509 in the United States

#563 in North America

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

58. SUNY Cortland

Cortland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#510 in the United States

#564 in North America

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

59. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#515 in the United States

#569 in North America

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

60. SUNY College at Oswego

Oswego

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#528 in the United States

#583 in North America

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

61. SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#544 in the United States

#599 in North America

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

62. SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#545 in the United States

#600 in North America

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

63. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#548 in the United States

#603 in North America

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

64. SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#583 in the United States

#639 in North America

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

65. Manhattan College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#605 in the United States

#662 in North America

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

66. Wagner College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#607 in the United States

#665 in North America

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

67. New York College of Health Professions

Syosset

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#635 in the United States

#697 in North America

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

68. Saint John Fisher College

Rochester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#636 in the United States

#698 in North America

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

69. Touro College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#652 in the United States

#717 in North America

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

70. CUNY School of Law

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#667 in the United States

#732 in North America

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

71. Le Moyne College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#691 in the United States

#757 in North America

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

72. Marist College

Poughkeepsie

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#692 in the United States

#758 in North America

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

73. Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#707 in the United States

#773 in North America

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

74. St Lawrence University

Canton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#716 in the United States

#782 in North America

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

75. Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#723 in the United States

#789 in North America

Enrollment: 234
Male:Female: 37:63

76. Niagara University

Lewiston

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#725 in the United States

#791 in North America

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

77. Siena College

Loudonville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#729 in the United States

#795 in North America

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

78. Alfred University

Alfred

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#739 in the United States

#806 in North America

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

79. SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#745 in the United States

#812 in North America

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

80. Pratt Institute - Main

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#755 in the United States

#823 in North America

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

81. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#763 in the United States

#832 in North America

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

82. School of Visual Arts

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#766 in the United States

#835 in North America

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

83. SUNY College at Potsdam

Potsdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#808 in the United States

#878 in North America

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

84. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#818 in the United States

#888 in North America

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

85. CUNY York College

Jamaica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#834 in the United States

#904 in North America

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

86. Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#838 in the United States

#908 in North America

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

87. SUNY College at Old Westbury

Old Westbury

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#852 in the United States

#922 in North America

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

88. SUNY College of Optometry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#855 in the United States

#925 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 400
Male:Female: 23:77
Founded: 1971

89. Manhattanville College

Purchase

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#870 in the United States

#940 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Net Price: $21,690
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $31,809

90. Hartwick College

Oneonta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#885 in the United States

#956 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1180
Net Price: $31,712
Receiving Aid: 100%

91. Albany Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#898 in the United States

#970 in North America

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

92. New York Chiropractic College

Seneca Falls

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#913 in the United States

#985 in North America

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

93. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#950 in the United States

#1022 in North America

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

94. College of Saint Rose

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#955 in the United States

#1027 in North America

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

95. D'Youville College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#962 in the United States

#1034 in North America

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

96. Webb Institute

Glen Cove

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#976 in the United States

#1048 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1480
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $21,966

97. Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#979 in the United States

#1051 in North America

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

98. Jewish Theological Seminary of America

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#981 in the United States

#1053 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 49%
Average SAT: 1510
Net Price: $58,152
Receiving Aid: 62%

99. Utica College

Utica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#982 in the United States

#1054 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1120
Net Price: $20,295
Receiving Aid: 99%

100. St Francis College