100 Best colleges for Sociology 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 Sociology. A graph of 16.2M citations received by 461K academic papers made by 138 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 Sociology

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

2. Cornell University

For Sociology

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

3. New York University

For Sociology

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

4. University of Rochester

For Sociology

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

5. University at Buffalo

For Sociology

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

6. Syracuse University

For Sociology

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

7. Stony Brook University

For Sociology

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

8. SUNY at Albany

For Sociology

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

9. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Sociology

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

10. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Sociology

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

11. Fordham University

For Sociology

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

12. Binghamton University

For Sociology

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

13. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Sociology

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

14. New School

For Sociology

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

15. Rockefeller University

For Sociology

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

16. CUNY Hunter College

For Sociology

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

17. Hofstra University

For Sociology

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

18. St John's University - New York

For Sociology

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

19. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Sociology

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

20. Yeshiva University

For Sociology

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

21. CUNY Queens College

For Sociology

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

22. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Sociology

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

23. King's College

For Sociology

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

24. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Sociology

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

25. CUNY City College

For Sociology

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

26. New York Law School

For Sociology

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

27. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Sociology

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

28. New York Medical College

For Sociology

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

29. Pace University

For Sociology

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

30. Colgate University

For Sociology

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

31. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Sociology

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

32. SUNY Buffalo State

For Sociology

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

33. Adelphi University

For Sociology

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

34. Barnard College

For Sociology

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

36. United States Military Academy

For Sociology

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

37. Upstate Medical University

For Sociology

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

38. Ithaca College

For Sociology

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

39. Long Island University

For Sociology

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

40. Vassar College

For Sociology

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

41. Albany Medical College

For Sociology

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

42. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Sociology

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

43. SUNY College at Brockport

For Sociology

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

44. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Sociology

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

45. SUNY at Purchase College

For Sociology

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

46. Lehman College, CUNY

For Sociology

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

47. Skidmore College

For Sociology

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

48. Union College

For Sociology

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

49. Hamilton College

For Sociology

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

50. Brooklyn Law School

For Sociology

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

51. SUNY Cortland

For Sociology

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

52. Clarkson University

For Sociology

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

53. SUNY College at Oswego

For Sociology

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

54. Canisius College

For Sociology

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

55. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Sociology

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

56. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Sociology

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

57. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Sociology

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

58. Bard College

For Sociology

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

59. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Sociology

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

60. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Sociology

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

61. SUNY at Fredonia

For Sociology

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

62. Wagner College

For Sociology

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

63. Saint John Fisher College

For Sociology

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

64. SUNY Empire State College

For Sociology

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

65. Manhattan College

For Sociology

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

66. Iona College

For Sociology

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

67. New York College of Health Professions

For Sociology

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

68. Touro College

For Sociology

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

69. CUNY School of Law

For Sociology

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

70. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Sociology

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

71. St Bonaventure University

For Sociology

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

72. Sarah Lawrence College

For Sociology

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

73. Marist College

For Sociology

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

74. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Sociology

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

75. St Lawrence University

For Sociology

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

76. Niagara University

For Sociology

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

77. Siena College

For Sociology

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

78. Alfred University

For Sociology

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

79. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Sociology

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

80. Le Moyne College

For Sociology

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

81. Pratt Institute - Main

For Sociology

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

82. Mercy College

For Sociology

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

83. CUNY York College

For Sociology

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

84. SUNY College of Optometry

For Sociology

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

85. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Sociology

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

87. School of Visual Arts

For Sociology

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

88. Hartwick College

For Sociology

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

89. Farmingdale State College

For Sociology

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

90. Bank Street College of Education

For Sociology

Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
597
Male:Female
15:85
Founded
1916

91. D'Youville College

For Sociology

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

92. Nazareth College

For Sociology

Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$31,321

93. College of Saint Rose

For Sociology

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

94. St Francis College

For Sociology

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$22,766
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$18,540

95. Albany Law School

For Sociology

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

96. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Sociology

#1001 in North America
Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$26,804

97. Marymount Manhattan College

For Sociology

#1009 in North America
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1200
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$38,426

98. Manhattanville College

For Sociology

#1031 in North America
Acceptance Rate
85%
Net Price
$25,017
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$28,762

99. Utica College

For Sociology

#1037 in North America
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1120
Net Price
$22,510
Receiving Aid
98%

100. Molloy College

For Sociology

#1067 in North America
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$25,938

Closest to New York states to learn Sociology

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 11 122
Connecticut 21 12
Massachusetts 72 1
New Hampshire 12 94
Pennsylvania 101 10
Rhode Island 9 67
New Jersey 27 27
Delaware 3 104
Maryland 28 5
District of Columbia 11 49
Maine 13 209
West Virginia 17 116
Ohio 62 17
Virginia 42 39
Michigan 42 2
North Carolina 48 14
Indiana 35 42
Kentucky 27 59
South Carolina 29 61
Wisconsin 31 13
Illinois 77 11
Tennessee 36 46
Georgia 49 37
Iowa 31 44
Alabama 25 74
Minnesota 28 15
Missouri 39 38
Mississippi 13 181
Arkansas 17 159
Florida 56 30
Kansas 15 64
South Dakota 8 315
Louisiana 24 92
North Dakota 7 217
Nebraska 13 84
Oklahoma 21 114
Texas 80 23
Colorado 21 55
Montana 8 157
New Mexico 8 89
Puerto Rico 14 518
Utah 11 41
Idaho 7 192
Arizona 10 21
Nevada 6 148
Washington 29 4
Oregon 17 107
California 129 3
Alaska 4 274
Hawaii 6 95