97 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 4.56M citations received by 121K academic papers made by 97 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
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

2. Cornell University

For Nursing

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

3. New York University

For Nursing

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

4. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Nursing

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

5. University of Rochester

For Nursing

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

6. University at Buffalo

For Nursing

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

7. Stony Brook University

For Nursing

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

8. SUNY at Albany

For Nursing

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

9. Syracuse University

For Nursing

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

10. Upstate Medical University

For Nursing

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

11. CUNY Hunter College

For Nursing

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

12. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Nursing

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

13. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Nursing

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

14. Fordham University

For Nursing

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

15. New York Medical College

For Nursing

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

16. Hofstra University

For Nursing

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

17. Albany Medical College

For Nursing

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

18. St John's University - New York

For Nursing

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

19. Yeshiva University

For Nursing

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

21. Binghamton University

For Nursing

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

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
286
Male:Female
51:49
Founded
1901

24. United States Military Academy

For Nursing

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

25. Adelphi University

For Nursing

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

26. Long Island University

For Nursing

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

27. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Nursing

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

28. Pace University

For Nursing

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

29. CUNY Queens College

For Nursing

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

30. CUNY City College

For Nursing

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

31. SUNY Buffalo State

For Nursing

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

32. New York College of Health Professions

For Nursing

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

33. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Nursing

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

34. New School

For Nursing

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

35. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Nursing

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

36. Lehman College, CUNY

For Nursing

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

37. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Nursing

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

38. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Nursing

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

39. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$26,804

40. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Nursing

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

41. Ithaca College

For Nursing

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

42. SUNY College at Brockport

For Nursing

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

43. Wagner College

For Nursing

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

44. Saint John Fisher College

For Nursing

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

45. Mercy College

For Nursing

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

46. New York Chiropractic College

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
528
Male:Female
47:53

47. D'Youville College

For Nursing

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

48. Molloy College

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$25,938

49. SUNY College of Optometry

For Nursing

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

50. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Nursing

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

51. Touro College

For Nursing

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

52. Clarkson University

For Nursing

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

53. New York Law School

For Nursing

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

54. CUNY School of Law

For Nursing

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

55. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Nursing

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

56. Barnard College

For Nursing

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

57. Union College

For Nursing

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

58. Skidmore College

For Nursing

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

59. Canisius College

For Nursing

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

60. Vassar College

For Nursing

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

61. Colgate University

For Nursing

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

62. SUNY at Purchase College

For Nursing

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

63. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Nursing

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

64. Excelsior College

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
14,477
Male:Female
50:50

65. CUNY York College

For Nursing

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

66. Daemen College

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
76%
Net Price
$18,944
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$25,136

67. Nazareth College

For Nursing

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

68. Marist College

For Nursing

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

69. Niagara University

For Nursing

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

70. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Nursing

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

71. College of Saint Rose

For Nursing

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

72. SUNY Cortland

For Nursing

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

73. Manhattan College

For Nursing

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

74. Utica College

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1120
Net Price
$22,510
Receiving Aid
98%

75. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Nursing

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

76. Hamilton College

For Nursing

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

77. SUNY College at Oswego

For Nursing

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

78. SUNY at Fredonia

For Nursing

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

79. Farmingdale State College

For Nursing

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

80. St Bonaventure University

For Nursing

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

81. Bard College

For Nursing

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

82. SUNY Empire State College

For Nursing

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

83. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Nursing

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

84. Siena College

For Nursing

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

85. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

For Nursing

Enrollment
349
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1911

86. Sage Colleges

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
76%
Net Price
$23,588
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$27,394

87. Alfred University

For Nursing

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

88. College of Mount Saint Vincent

For Nursing

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1060
Net Price
$21,844
Receiving Aid
93%

89. St Lawrence University

For Nursing

#1002 in North America
Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1333
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$36,175

90. Brooklyn Law School

For Nursing

#1003 in North America
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
1,174
Male:Female
37:63
Founded
1901

91. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Nursing

#1016 in North America
Acceptance Rate
85%
Receiving Aid
84%
Average Aid
$9,516
Enrollment
4,449

92. Iona College

For Nursing

#1024 in North America
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$28,557

93. Sarah Lawrence College

For Nursing

#1025 in North America
Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$43,571

94. Monroe College

For Nursing

#1038 in North America
Acceptance Rate
66%
Net Price
$11,476
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$15,735

95. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Nursing

#1042 in North America
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

96. Pratt Institute - Main

For Nursing

#1047 in North America
Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$51,702

97. Albany Law School

For Nursing

#1061 in North America
Acceptance Rate
70%
Enrollment
628
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 96
Connecticut 19 7
Massachusetts 52 1
New Hampshire 7 82
Pennsylvania 67 6
Rhode Island 8 23
New Jersey 20 32
Maryland 19 2
District of Columbia 8 47
Maine 7 295
West Virginia 7 81
Ohio 39 27
Virginia 25 51
Michigan 20 3
North Carolina 28 8
Indiana 20 33
Kentucky 14 49
South Carolina 16 56
Wisconsin 18 16
Illinois 44 18
Tennessee 23 34
Georgia 26 14
Iowa 10 36
Alabama 17 35
Minnesota 23 13
Missouri 22 28
Mississippi 8 149
Arkansas 9 86
Florida 30 29
Kansas 9 66
South Dakota 5 243
Louisiana 17 83
North Dakota 3 202
Nebraska 8 98
Oklahoma 9 137
Texas 56 43
Colorado 15 24
Montana 3 203
Puerto Rico 9 344
Utah 8 40
Idaho 3 254
Arizona 6 45
Nevada 4 123
Washington 16 4
Oregon 15 39
California 87 5
Hawaii 4 113