100 Best colleges for Psychology 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 Psychology. A graph of 31.4M citations received by 697K academic papers made by 132 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 Psychology

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

2. Cornell University

For Psychology

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

3. New York University

For Psychology

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

4. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Psychology

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

5. University of Rochester

For Psychology

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

6. University at Buffalo

For Psychology

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

7. Stony Brook University

For Psychology

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

8. Rockefeller University

For Psychology

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

9. SUNY at Albany

For Psychology

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

10. Syracuse University

For Psychology

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

11. New York Medical College

For Psychology

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

12. Binghamton University

For Psychology

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

13. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Psychology

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

14. Upstate Medical University

For Psychology

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

15. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Psychology

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

16. Albany Medical College

For Psychology

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

17. Fordham University

For Psychology

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

18. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Psychology

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

19. Yeshiva University

For Psychology

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

20. Hofstra University

For Psychology

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

21. CUNY Hunter College

For Psychology

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

23. St John's University - New York

For Psychology

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

24. CUNY City College

For Psychology

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

25. United States Military Academy

For Psychology

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

26. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Psychology

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

27. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Psychology

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

28. SUNY Buffalo State

For Psychology

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

29. CUNY Queens College

For Psychology

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

30. King's College

For Psychology

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

31. New School

For Psychology

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

32. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Psychology

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

33. Adelphi University

For Psychology

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

34. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Psychology

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

35. Long Island University

For Psychology

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

36. Pace University

For Psychology

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

37. Clarkson University

For Psychology

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

38. Colgate University

For Psychology

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

39. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Psychology

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

40. Ithaca College

For Psychology

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

41. Barnard College

For Psychology

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

42. SUNY College of Optometry

For Psychology

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

43. Vassar College

For Psychology

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

44. New York College of Health Professions

For Psychology

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

45. Lehman College, CUNY

For Psychology

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

46. SUNY College at Brockport

For Psychology

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

47. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Psychology

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

48. Skidmore College

For Psychology

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

49. Union College

For Psychology

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

50. SUNY Cortland

For Psychology

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

51. New York Law School

For Psychology

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

52. Canisius College

For Psychology

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

53. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Psychology

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

54. Hamilton College

For Psychology

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

55. SUNY at Purchase College

For Psychology

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

56. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Psychology

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

57. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Psychology

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

58. SUNY College at Oswego

For Psychology

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

59. Touro College

For Psychology

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

60. Saint John Fisher College

For Psychology

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

61. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Psychology

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

62. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Psychology

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

63. New York Chiropractic College

For Psychology

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

64. SUNY at Fredonia

For Psychology

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

65. Iona College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1205
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$29,978

66. Wagner College

For Psychology

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

67. Niagara University

For Psychology

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

68. St Bonaventure University

For Psychology

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

69. Manhattan College

For Psychology

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

70. Mercy College

For Psychology

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

71. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
93%

72. Bard College

For Psychology

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

73. SUNY Empire State College

For Psychology

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

74. Marist College

For Psychology

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

75. CUNY York College

For Psychology

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

76. Alfred University

For Psychology

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

77. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
84%
Receiving Aid
83%
Average Aid
$10,200
Enrollment
4,709

78. Brooklyn Law School

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
1,125
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1901

79. CUNY School of Law

For Psychology

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

80. Siena College

For Psychology

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

81. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
63%
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$8,699
Enrollment
2,757

82. St Lawrence University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
54%
Average SAT
1338
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$33,216

83. Pratt Institute - Main

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$54,150

84. D'Youville College

For Psychology

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

85. Le Moyne College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1245
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$23,702

86. College of Saint Rose

For Psychology

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

87. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
78%
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$11,147
Enrollment
2,832

88. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Psychology

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

89. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

For Psychology

Enrollment
339
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1911

90. Sarah Lawrence College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
62%
Average SAT
1335
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,629

91. Utica College

For Psychology

#1002 in North America
Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1120
Net Price
$20,295
Receiving Aid
99%

92. Bank Street College of Education

For Psychology

#1008 in North America
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
719
Male:Female
20:80
Founded
1916

93. Manhattanville College

For Psychology

#1021 in North America
Acceptance Rate
87%
Net Price
$21,690
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$31,809

94. Nazareth College

For Psychology

#1044 in North America
Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$30,785

95. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Psychology

#1066 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$40,301
Receiving Aid
88%
Average Aid
$7,604

96. Farmingdale State College

For Psychology

#1067 in North America
Acceptance Rate
63%
Average SAT
1140
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
76%

97. Daemen College

For Psychology

#1079 in North America
Acceptance Rate
68%
Net Price
$19,102
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$25,905

98. School of Visual Arts

For Psychology

#1100 in North America
Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1339
Net Price
$61,337
Receiving Aid
67%

99. Molloy College

For Psychology

#1110 in North America
Acceptance Rate
82%
Average SAT
1189
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$24,405

100. Hartwick College

For Psychology

#1115 in North America
Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1180
Net Price
$31,712
Receiving Aid
100%

Closest to New York states to learn Psychology

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 11 97
Connecticut 21 7
Massachusetts 68 1
New Hampshire 13 95
Pennsylvania 101 6
Rhode Island 9 51
New Jersey 27 32
Maryland 28 2
District of Columbia 10 71
Maine 13 253
West Virginia 17 100
Ohio 60 23
Virginia 43 39
Michigan 37 3
North Carolina 44 14
Indiana 35 57
Kentucky 26 56
South Carolina 25 73
Wisconsin 32 17
Illinois 71 20
Tennessee 37 42
Georgia 46 21
Iowa 31 31
Alabama 26 52
Minnesota 28 16
Missouri 35 18
Mississippi 14 158
Arkansas 17 125
Florida 58 27
Kansas 14 75
South Dakota 8 260
Louisiana 25 90
North Dakota 7 209
Nebraska 13 111
Oklahoma 20 129
Texas 77 33
Colorado 21 58
Montana 7 231
New Mexico 8 89
Puerto Rico 16 421
Utah 11 43
Idaho 7 269
Arizona 11 40
Nevada 7 149
Washington 30 5
Oregon 18 55
California 130 4
Alaska 4 387
Hawaii 6 139