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: 1520
Average ACT: 35
Net Price: $12,411

2. Cornell University

Ithaca

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#13 in the United States

#14 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Average SAT: 1505
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $24,262

3. New York University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#17 in the United States

#19 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Average SAT: 1510
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $50,991

4. University of Rochester

Rochester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#50 in the United States

#59 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Average SAT: 1445
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $40,125

5. Stony Brook University

Stony Brook

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#76 in the United States

#90 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 31
Receiving Aid: 82%

6. University at Buffalo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#82 in the United States

#96 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 84%

7. Syracuse University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#85 in the United States

#100 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $43,545

8. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#106 in the United States

#125 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 1,249
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1963

9. SUNY at Albany

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#125 in the United States

#146 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 92%

10. Binghamton University

Vestal

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#126 in the United States

#147 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 32
Receiving Aid: 76%

11. Fordham University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#132 in the United States

#153 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1390
Average ACT: 32
Net Price: $37,583

12. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#148 in the United States

#172 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Average SAT: 1440
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $40,070

13. Rockefeller University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#165 in the United States

#189 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 268
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1901

14. New School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#194 in the United States

#222 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Net Price: $43,547
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $20,330

15. CUNY Hunter College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#205 in the United States

#235 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $8,519
Enrollment: 24,099

16. Hofstra University

Hempstead

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#209 in the United States

#239 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1275
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $33,234

17. CUNY City College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#212 in the United States

#242 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 64%
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $9,267
Enrollment: 15,031

18. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#213 in the United States

#243 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Receiving Aid: 91%
Average Aid: $8,717
Enrollment: 19,969

19. Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#216 in the United States

#246 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $35,012

20. CUNY Queens College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#231 in the United States

#263 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 61%
Receiving Aid: 87%
Average Aid: $7,627
Enrollment: 18,772

21. Yeshiva University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#241 in the United States

#273 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Net Price: $36,807
Receiving Aid: 90%
Average Aid: $29,093

22. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#245 in the United States

#277 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $8,711
Enrollment: 15,938

23. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#252 in the United States

#284 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 9,017
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1961

24. King's College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#262 in the United States

#297 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Average SAT: 1265
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $33,968

25. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#267 in the United States

#302 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Receiving Aid: 95%
Average Aid: $8,365
Enrollment: 15,210

26. New York Medical College

Valhalla

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#276 in the United States

#312 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 1,561
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1860

27. Pace University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#278 in the United States

#314 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 88%
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $30,632

28. New York Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#285 in the United States

#323 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 1,130
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1891

29. Colgate University

Hamilton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#288 in the United States

#326 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Average SAT: 1425
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $24,500

30. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#292 in the United States

#331 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 2,117
Male:Female: 33:67
Founded: 1860

31. Barnard College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#303 in the United States

#342 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1488
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $28,366

32. United States Military Academy

West Point

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#304 in the United States

#343 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Average SAT: 1320
Average ACT: 31
Enrollment: 4,594

33. Vassar College

Poughkeepsie

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#307 in the United States

#346 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Average SAT: 1480
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $27,249

34. St John's University - New York

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#310 in the United States

#349 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1205
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $26,655

35. Upstate Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#321 in the United States

#361 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 1,545
Male:Female: 35:65
Founded: 1834

36. SUNY Buffalo State

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#333 in the United States

#373 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1045
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $9,663

37. Adelphi University

Garden City

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#338 in the United States

#378 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1195
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $28,261

38. Clarkson University

Potsdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#339 in the United States

#379 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $31,413

39. Long Island University

Brookville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#340 in the United States

#380 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1210
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $22,620

40. Ithaca College

Ithaca

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#344 in the United States

#385 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Net Price: $35,327
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $29,954

41. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#355 in the United States

#397 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Receiving Aid: 0%
Enrollment: 290
Male:Female: 11:89

42. Iona College

New Rochelle

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#359 in the United States

#401 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 93%
Average SAT: 1160
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $28,596

43. Albany Medical College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#360 in the United States

#402 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 839
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1839

44. Lehman College, CUNY

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#381 in the United States

#427 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $9,322
Enrollment: 14,392

45. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#389 in the United States

#437 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $6,933
Enrollment: 11,793

46. SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#392 in the United States

#440 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Average SAT: 1135
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 90%

47. State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#395 in the United States

#443 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Average SAT: 1234
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 78%

48. Union College

Schenectady

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#412 in the United States

#460 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Average SAT: 1360
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $39,101

49. Hamilton College

Clinton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#422 in the United States

#470 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Average SAT: 1475
Average ACT: 34
Net Price: $26,803

50. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#428 in the United States

#477 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 94%

51. Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#433 in the United States

#483 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Average SAT: 1355
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $31,553

52. Canisius College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#439 in the United States

#489 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Average SAT: 1150
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $18,486

53. SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#442 in the United States

#492 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Average SAT: 1220
Average ACT: 29
Receiving Aid: 84%

54. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#445 in the United States

#495 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Receiving Aid: 92%
Average Aid: $7,331
Enrollment: 2,012

55. Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#471 in the United States

#523 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1270
Average ACT: 29
Net Price: $34,239

56. SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#480 in the United States

#532 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 74%
Average SAT: 1240
Average ACT: 28
Receiving Aid: 95%

57. SUNY Cortland

Cortland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#488 in the United States

#540 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1165
Average ACT: 25
Receiving Aid: 86%

58. Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#491 in the United States

#543 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Net Price: $24,318
Receiving Aid: 81%
Average Aid: $50,598

59. Brooklyn Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#502 in the United States

#556 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 48%
Enrollment: 1,184
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1901

60. SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#505 in the United States

#559 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 97%

61. SUNY College at Oswego

Oswego

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#513 in the United States

#569 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 27
Receiving Aid: 96%

62. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#517 in the United States

#573 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1145
Average ACT: 26
Receiving Aid: 93%

63. Touro College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#546 in the United States

#602 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Net Price: $23,038
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $9,787

64. Wagner College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#550 in the United States

#606 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Net Price: $28,365
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $32,222

65. St Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#576 in the United States

#634 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Average SAT: 1170
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $25,533

66. SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#606 in the United States

#665 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Receiving Aid: 84%
Average Aid: $9,134
Enrollment: 5,918

67. Manhattan College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#612 in the United States

#671 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Net Price: $27,651
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $29,475

68. Saint John Fisher College

Rochester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#613 in the United States

#672 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1190
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $27,325

69. Le Moyne College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#616 in the United States

#676 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Average SAT: 1215
Average ACT: 27
Net Price: $24,618

70. New York College of Health Professions

Syosset

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#664 in the United States

#727 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $41,708
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $2,339

71. Marist College

Poughkeepsie

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#668 in the United States

#731 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Average SAT: 1278
Average ACT: 28
Net Price: $37,868

72. Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#671 in the United States

#734 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Average SAT: 1365
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $34,091

73. St Lawrence University

Canton

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#676 in the United States

#739 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Average SAT: 1310
Average ACT: 31
Net Price: $31,744

74. Niagara University

Lewiston

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#680 in the United States

#744 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1147
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $18,118

75. SUNY Empire State College

Saratoga Springs

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#704 in the United States

#769 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Receiving Aid: 86%
Average Aid: $7,031
Enrollment: 9,462

76. Alfred University

Alfred

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#738 in the United States

#803 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Average SAT: 1185
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $25,377

77. Siena College

Loudonville

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#739 in the United States

#804 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Net Price: $32,810
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $27,019

78. CUNY School of Law

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#743 in the United States

#808 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 699
Male:Female: 34:66
Founded: 1983

79. Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#761 in the United States

#827 in North America

Enrollment: 222
Male:Female: 40:60

80. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#764 in the United States

#830 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Net Price: $37,811
Receiving Aid: 93%
Average Aid: $8,094

81. SUNY College at Potsdam

Potsdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#777 in the United States

#844 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Receiving Aid: 97%
Average Aid: $10,014
Enrollment: 2,607

82. Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#781 in the United States

#848 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Average SAT: 1050
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $15,027

83. Pratt Institute - Main

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#790 in the United States

#858 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Average SAT: 1300
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $46,486

84. CUNY York College

Jamaica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#795 in the United States

#863 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Receiving Aid: 89%
Average Aid: $8,517
Enrollment: 7,027

85. SUNY College of Optometry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#802 in the United States

#870 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 407
Male:Female: 27:73
Founded: 1971

86. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#814 in the United States

#882 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Receiving Aid: 85%
Average Aid: $8,417
Enrollment: 14,277

87. Hartwick College

Oneonta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#817 in the United States

#885 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Average SAT: 1110
Average ACT: 25
Net Price: $22,523

88. SUNY College at Old Westbury

Old Westbury

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#819 in the United States

#887 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Average SAT: 1165
Receiving Aid: 78%
Average Aid: $9,760

89. School of Visual Arts

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#854 in the United States

#923 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Average SAT: 1252
Average ACT: 26
Net Price: $51,634

90. College of Saint Rose

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#919 in the United States

#990 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Net Price: $23,474
Receiving Aid: 99%
Average Aid: $25,845

91. Albany Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#920 in the United States

#991 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 597
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1851

92. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#928 in the United States

#1000 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Average SAT: 1280
Average ACT: 30
Net Price: $26,961

93. St Francis College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#934 in the United States

#1006 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Average SAT: 1115
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $15,481

94. New York Chiropractic College

Seneca Falls

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#940 in the United States

#1012 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 100%
Enrollment: 569
Male:Female: 49:51

95. D'Youville College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#948 in the United States

#1020 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Average SAT: 1128
Average ACT: 24
Net Price: $22,541

96. Webb Institute

Glen Cove

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#969 in the United States

#1041 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Average SAT: 1450
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $19,231

97. Jewish Theological Seminary of America

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#979 in the United States

#1051 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Average SAT: 1417
Average ACT: 33
Net Price: $50,279

98. Daemen College

Amherst

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#982 in the United States

#1054 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Net Price: $20,180
Receiving Aid: 100%
Average Aid: $21,444

99. Utica College

Utica

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#985 in the United States

#1057 in North America

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Net Price: $22,335
Receiving Aid: 98%
Average Aid: $12,719

100. Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion