100 Best colleges for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences 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 Liberal Arts & Social Sciences. A graph of 25.8M citations received by 928K academic papers made by 144 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 Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1535
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,058

2. Cornell University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

3. New York University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

4. University of Rochester

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

5. University at Buffalo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

6. Stony Brook University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

7. Syracuse University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

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

9. SUNY at Albany

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

10. Fordham University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

11. Binghamton University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

12. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

13. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

14. Rockefeller University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

15. New School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

16. CUNY Hunter College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

17. CUNY City College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

18. Hofstra University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

19. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

20. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

21. King's College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

22. CUNY Queens College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

23. New York Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

24. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

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

26. New York Medical College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

27. Yeshiva University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

28. Pace University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

29. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

30. Upstate Medical University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

31. United States Military Academy

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

32. St John's University - New York

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

33. Barnard College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

34. Colgate University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

35. Vassar College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

36. Clarkson University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

37. Albany Medical College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

38. Long Island University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

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

40. Ithaca College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

41. SUNY Buffalo State

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

42. Adelphi University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

43. Iona College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

44. Lehman College, CUNY

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

45. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

46. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

47. SUNY College at Brockport

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

48. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

49. Union College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

50. Canisius College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

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

52. Skidmore College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

53. Hamilton College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

54. SUNY at Purchase College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

55. Bard College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

56. SUNY Cortland

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

57. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

58. Brooklyn Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

59. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

60. Wagner College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

61. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

62. SUNY College at Oswego

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

63. SUNY at Fredonia

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

64. St Bonaventure University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

65. Touro College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

66. Manhattan College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

67. Saint John Fisher College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

68. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

69. New York College of Health Professions

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

70. Le Moyne College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

71. Marist College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

72. St Lawrence University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

73. Sarah Lawrence College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

74. Niagara University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

75. CUNY School of Law

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

76. Alfred University

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

77. Siena College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

78. SUNY Empire State College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

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

Enrollment
229
Male:Female
41:59

81. Pratt Institute - Main

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

82. SUNY College of Optometry

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

83. CUNY York College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

84. Mercy College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

85. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

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

87. School of Visual Arts

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

88. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

89. Hartwick College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

90. New York Chiropractic College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

91. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

92. Albany Law School

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

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

93. College of Saint Rose

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1012 in North America
Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1115
Net Price
$23,294
Receiving Aid
99%

94. Webb Institute

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#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

#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

#1035 in North America
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
23
Net Price
$21,755

97. Nazareth College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1041 in North America
Acceptance Rate
84%
Average SAT
1230
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$31,620

98. Utica College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1054 in North America
Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1167
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$22,372

99. Daemen College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1059 in North America
Acceptance Rate
80%
Net Price
$20,273
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$21,618

100. Manhattanville College

For Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

#1070 in North America
Acceptance Rate
84%
Net Price
$24,702
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$27,843

Closest to New York states to learn Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 12 123
Connecticut 22 10
Massachusetts 74 1
New Hampshire 13 90
Pennsylvania 113 11
Rhode Island 9 60
New Jersey 29 24
Delaware 4 97
Maryland 27 9
District of Columbia 13 52
Maine 16 200
West Virginia 20 121
Ohio 66 19
Virginia 42 38
Michigan 45 4
North Carolina 49 21
Indiana 36 54
Kentucky 29 57
South Carolina 32 66
Wisconsin 35 13
Illinois 79 14
Tennessee 39 45
Georgia 51 41
Iowa 33 43
Alabama 28 82
Minnesota 30 18
Missouri 41 39
Mississippi 15 180
Arkansas 18 143
Florida 69 29
Kansas 20 75
South Dakota 10 324
Louisiana 26 76
North Dakota 9 211
Nebraska 14 88
Oklahoma 22 108
Texas 85 20
Colorado 24 53
Montana 9 165
New Mexico 9 95
Puerto Rico 15 406
Utah 11 44
Idaho 7 192
Arizona 10 28
Nevada 8 148
Washington 37 5
Oregon 20 96
California 143 2
Alaska 4 227
Hawaii 7 107