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: 1535
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $22,058

2. Cornell University

Ithaca

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#7 in the United States

#8 in North America

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

3. New York University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#17 in the United States

#19 in North America

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

4. University of Rochester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#50 in the United States

#60 in North America

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

5. University at Buffalo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#65 in the United States

#78 in North America

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

6. Stony Brook University

Stony Brook

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#81 in the United States

#95 in North America

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

7. Syracuse University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#89 in the United States

#104 in North America

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

8. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#106 in the United States

#124 in North America

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

9. SUNY at Albany

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#109 in the United States

#128 in North America

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

10. Fordham University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#132 in the United States

#153 in North America

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

11. Binghamton University

Vestal

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#133 in the United States

#155 in North America

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

12. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#134 in the United States

#156 in North America

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

13. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#150 in the United States

#174 in North America

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

14. Rockefeller University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#173 in the United States

#197 in North America

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

15. New School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#197 in the United States

#225 in North America

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

16. CUNY Hunter College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#202 in the United States

#230 in North America

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

17. CUNY City College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#209 in the United States

#240 in North America

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

18. Hofstra University

Hempstead

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#215 in the United States

#247 in North America

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

19. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#217 in the United States

#249 in North America

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

20. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#220 in the United States

#252 in North America

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

21. King's College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#236 in the United States

#268 in North America

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

22. CUNY Queens College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#237 in the United States

#269 in North America

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

23. New York Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#241 in the United States

#273 in North America

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

24. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#251 in the United States

#284 in North America

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

25. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#270 in the United States

#305 in North America

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

26. New York Medical College

Valhalla

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#271 in the United States

#306 in North America

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

27. Yeshiva University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#272 in the United States

#307 in North America

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

28. Pace University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#290 in the United States

#326 in North America

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

29. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#293 in the United States

#329 in North America

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

30. Upstate Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#294 in the United States

#331 in North America

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

31. United States Military Academy

West Point

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#295 in the United States

#332 in North America

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

32. St John's University - New York

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#298 in the United States

#336 in North America

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

33. Barnard College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#301 in the United States

#339 in North America

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

34. Colgate University

Hamilton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#303 in the United States

#341 in North America

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

35. Vassar College

Poughkeepsie

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#315 in the United States

#354 in North America

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

36. Clarkson University

Potsdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#330 in the United States

#369 in North America

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

37. Albany Medical College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#338 in the United States

#377 in North America

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

38. Long Island University

Brookville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#342 in the United States

#381 in North America

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

39. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#344 in the United States

#383 in North America

Receiving Aid: 0%
Enrollment: 329
Male:Female: 13:87

40. Ithaca College

Ithaca

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#345 in the United States

#384 in North America

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

41. SUNY Buffalo State

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#346 in the United States

#385 in North America

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

42. Adelphi University

Garden City

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#350 in the United States

#391 in North America

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

43. Iona College

New Rochelle

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#360 in the United States

#404 in North America

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

44. Lehman College, CUNY

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#367 in the United States

#412 in North America

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

45. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#381 in the United States

#428 in North America

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

46. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#382 in the United States

#429 in North America

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

47. SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#387 in the United States

#434 in North America

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

48. State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#390 in the United States

#437 in North America

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

49. Union College

Schenectady

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#400 in the United States

#447 in North America

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

50. Canisius College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#413 in the United States

#461 in North America

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

51. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#420 in the United States

#468 in North America

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

52. Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#428 in the United States

#477 in North America

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

53. Hamilton College

Clinton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#432 in the United States

#481 in North America

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

54. SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#442 in the United States

#491 in North America

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

55. Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#472 in the United States

#523 in North America

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

56. SUNY Cortland

Cortland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#483 in the United States

#534 in North America

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

57. Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#485 in the United States

#536 in North America

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

58. Brooklyn Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#493 in the United States

#544 in North America

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

59. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#500 in the United States

#551 in North America

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

60. Wagner College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#503 in the United States

#554 in North America

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

61. SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#507 in the United States

#558 in North America

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

62. SUNY College at Oswego

Oswego

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#509 in the United States

#560 in North America

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

63. SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#516 in the United States

#567 in North America

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

64. St Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#535 in the United States

#590 in North America

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

65. Touro College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#545 in the United States

#600 in North America

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

66. Manhattan College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#595 in the United States

#652 in North America

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

67. Saint John Fisher College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#612 in the United States

#670 in North America

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

68. SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#613 in the United States

#671 in North America

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

69. New York College of Health Professions

Syosset

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#615 in the United States

#673 in North America

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

70. Le Moyne College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#645 in the United States

#706 in North America

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

71. Marist College

Poughkeepsie

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#683 in the United States

#748 in North America

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

72. St Lawrence University

Canton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#685 in the United States

#750 in North America

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

73. Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#693 in the United States

#758 in North America

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

74. Niagara University

Lewiston

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#701 in the United States

#766 in North America

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

75. CUNY School of Law

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#716 in the United States

#781 in North America

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

76. Alfred University

Alfred

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#725 in the United States

#790 in North America

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

77. Siena College

Loudonville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#728 in the United States

#793 in North America

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

78. SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#733 in the United States

#798 in North America

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

79. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#749 in the United States

#815 in North America

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

80. Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#753 in the United States

#819 in North America

Enrollment: 229
Male:Female: 41:59

81. Pratt Institute - Main

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#772 in the United States

#840 in North America

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

82. SUNY College of Optometry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#781 in the United States

#849 in North America

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

83. CUNY York College

Jamaica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#785 in the United States

#853 in North America

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

84. Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#789 in the United States

#857 in North America

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

85. SUNY College at Potsdam

Potsdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#796 in the United States

#865 in North America

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

86. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#808 in the United States

#877 in North America

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

87. School of Visual Arts

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#819 in the United States

#888 in North America

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

88. SUNY College at Old Westbury

Old Westbury

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#820 in the United States

#889 in North America

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

89. Hartwick College

Oneonta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#868 in the United States

#939 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1115
Average ACT: 19
Net Price: $22,396

90. New York Chiropractic College

Seneca Falls

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#878 in the United States

#949 in North America

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

91. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#906 in the United States

#977 in North America

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

92. Albany Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#911 in the United States

#983 in North America

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

93. College of Saint Rose

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#940 in the United States

#1012 in North America

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

94. Webb Institute

Glen Cove

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#960 in the United States

#1032 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Average SAT: 1455
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $19,744

95. St Francis College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#961 in the United States

#1033 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Net Price: $18,602
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $17,294

96. D'Youville College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#963 in the United States

#1035 in North America

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

97. Nazareth College