99 Best Nursing schools 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 Nursing. A graph of 4.87M citations received by 125K academic papers made by 99 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 Nursing

Acceptance Rate
4%
Average SAT
1545
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$22,520

2. Cornell University

For Nursing

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

3. New York University

For Nursing

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

4. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,261
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1963

5. University of Rochester

For Nursing

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

6. University at Buffalo

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
30
Receiving Aid
86%

7. Stony Brook University

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
49%
Average SAT
1415
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
99%

8. SUNY at Albany

For Nursing

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

9. Syracuse University

For Nursing

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

10. Upstate Medical University

For Nursing

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

11. CUNY Hunter College

For Nursing

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

12. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Nursing

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

13. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Nursing

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

14. Fordham University

For Nursing

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

15. New York Medical College

For Nursing

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

16. Hofstra University

For Nursing

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

17. Albany Medical College

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
814
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1839

18. St John's University - New York

For Nursing

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

19. Yeshiva University

For Nursing

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

21. Binghamton University

For Nursing

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

22. King's College

For Nursing

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

23. Rockefeller University

For Nursing

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

24. United States Military Academy

For Nursing

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

25. Adelphi University

For Nursing

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

26. Long Island University

For Nursing

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

27. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Nursing

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

28. Pace University

For Nursing

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

29. CUNY Queens College

For Nursing

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

30. CUNY City College

For Nursing

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

31. SUNY Buffalo State

For Nursing

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

32. New York College of Health Professions

For Nursing

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

33. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Nursing

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

34. New School

For Nursing

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

35. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Nursing

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

36. Lehman College, CUNY

For Nursing

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

37. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Nursing

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

38. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Nursing

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

39. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Nursing

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

40. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Nursing

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

41. Ithaca College

For Nursing

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

42. SUNY College at Brockport

For Nursing

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

43. Wagner College

For Nursing

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

44. Saint John Fisher College

For Nursing

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

45. New York Chiropractic College

For Nursing

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

46. Mercy College

For Nursing

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

47. D'Youville College

For Nursing

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

48. Molloy College

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1189
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$24,405

49. Touro College

For Nursing

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

50. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Nursing

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

51. SUNY College of Optometry

For Nursing

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

52. Clarkson University

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1295
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$32,406

53. CUNY School of Law

For Nursing

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

54. New York Law School

For Nursing

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

55. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Nursing

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

56. Union College

For Nursing

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

57. Barnard College

For Nursing

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

58. Skidmore College

For Nursing

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

59. Canisius College

For Nursing

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

60. Vassar College

For Nursing

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

61. Colgate University

For Nursing

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

62. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Nursing

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

63. SUNY at Purchase College

For Nursing

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

64. Excelsior College

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
12,941
Male:Female
48:52

65. Daemen College

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
68%
Net Price
$19,102
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$25,905

66. CUNY York College

For Nursing

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

67. Nazareth College

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$30,785

68. Marist College

For Nursing

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

69. Niagara University

For Nursing

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

70. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Nursing

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

71. SUNY Cortland

For Nursing

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

72. College of Saint Rose

For Nursing

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

73. Manhattan College

For Nursing

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

74. Utica College

For Nursing

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

75. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Nursing

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

76. Farmingdale State College

For Nursing

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

77. Hamilton College

For Nursing

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

78. SUNY College at Oswego

For Nursing

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

79. SUNY at Fredonia

For Nursing

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

80. St Bonaventure University

For Nursing

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

81. Bard College

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
52%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$29,320

82. SUNY Empire State College

For Nursing

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

83. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Nursing

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

84. Siena College

For Nursing

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

85. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

For Nursing

Enrollment
339
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1911

86. Sage Colleges

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
53%
Net Price
$21,046
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$29,295

87. Alfred University

For Nursing

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

88. College of Mount Saint Vincent

For Nursing

#1004 in North America
Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1095
Net Price
$22,808
Receiving Aid
93%

89. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Nursing

#1010 in North America
Acceptance Rate
84%
Receiving Aid
83%
Average Aid
$10,200
Enrollment
4,709

90. St Lawrence University

For Nursing

#1011 in North America
Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1338
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$33,216

91. Brooklyn Law School

For Nursing

#1022 in North America
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
1,125
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1901

92. Iona College

For Nursing

#1033 in North America
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1205
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$29,978

93. Sarah Lawrence College

For Nursing

#1034 in North America
Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,629

94. Monroe College

For Nursing

#1045 in North America
Acceptance Rate
68%
Net Price
$13,291
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$15,550

95. Le Moyne College

For Nursing

#1050 in North America
Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$23,702

96. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Nursing

#1052 in North America
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
93%

97. Pratt Institute - Main

For Nursing

#1056 in North America
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$54,150

98. St Francis College

For Nursing

#1057 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$17,698
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$20,003

99. Albany Law School

For Nursing

#1074 in North America
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
670
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1851

Closest to New York states to learn Nursing

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 3 97
Connecticut 19 7
Massachusetts 52 1
New Hampshire 9 82
Pennsylvania 69 6
Rhode Island 8 23
New Jersey 20 32
Maryland 20 2
District of Columbia 8 45
Maine 7 293
West Virginia 7 81
Ohio 39 27
Virginia 26 51
Michigan 20 4
North Carolina 28 8
Indiana 21 33
Kentucky 14 49
South Carolina 16 56
Wisconsin 19 17
Illinois 44 18
Tennessee 23 35
Georgia 26 14
Iowa 10 36
Alabama 17 34
Minnesota 23 13
Missouri 22 28
Mississippi 8 150
Arkansas 10 86
Florida 29 29
Kansas 9 66
South Dakota 5 244
Louisiana 17 83
North Dakota 3 201
Nebraska 9 98
Oklahoma 9 137
Texas 57 42
Colorado 15 24
Montana 3 199
Puerto Rico 9 338
Utah 8 39
Idaho 3 250
Arizona 6 46
Nevada 4 122
Washington 16 3
Oregon 15 40
California 87 5
Hawaii 4 115