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 29.9M citations received by 678K 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
1530
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$20,869

2. Cornell University

For Psychology

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

3. New York University

For Psychology

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

4. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Psychology

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

5. University of Rochester

For Psychology

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

6. University at Buffalo

For Psychology

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

7. Stony Brook University

For Psychology

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

8. Rockefeller University

For Psychology

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

9. SUNY at Albany

For Psychology

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

10. Syracuse University

For Psychology

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

11. New York Medical College

For Psychology

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

12. Binghamton University

For Psychology

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

13. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Psychology

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

14. Upstate Medical University

For Psychology

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

15. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Psychology

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

16. Albany Medical College

For Psychology

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

17. Fordham University

For Psychology

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

18. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Psychology

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

19. Yeshiva University

For Psychology

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

20. Hofstra University

For Psychology

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

22. CUNY Hunter College

For Psychology

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

23. St John's University - New York

For Psychology

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

24. United States Military Academy

For Psychology

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

25. CUNY City College

For Psychology

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

26. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Psychology

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

27. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Psychology

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

28. SUNY Buffalo State

For Psychology

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

29. CUNY Queens College

For Psychology

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

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
$62,226
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$20,504

32. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Psychology

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

33. Adelphi University

For Psychology

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

34. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Psychology

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

35. Long Island University

For Psychology

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

36. Pace University

For Psychology

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

37. Clarkson University

For Psychology

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

38. Colgate University

For Psychology

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

39. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Psychology

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

40. Ithaca College

For Psychology

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

41. Barnard College

For Psychology

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

42. SUNY College of Optometry

For Psychology

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

43. Vassar College

For Psychology

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

44. New York College of Health Professions

For Psychology

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

45. Lehman College, CUNY

For Psychology

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

46. SUNY College at Brockport

For Psychology

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

47. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Psychology

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

48. Skidmore College

For Psychology

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

49. Union College

For Psychology

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

50. SUNY Cortland

For Psychology

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

51. New York Law School

For Psychology

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

52. Canisius College

For Psychology

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

53. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Psychology

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

54. Hamilton College

For Psychology

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

55. SUNY at Purchase College

For Psychology

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

56. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Psychology

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

57. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Psychology

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

58. SUNY College at Oswego

For Psychology

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

59. Touro College

For Psychology

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

60. Saint John Fisher College

For Psychology

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

61. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Psychology

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

62. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Psychology

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

63. New York Chiropractic College

For Psychology

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

64. SUNY at Fredonia

For Psychology

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

65. Iona College

For Psychology

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

66. Wagner College

For Psychology

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

67. Niagara University

For Psychology

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

68. St Bonaventure University

For Psychology

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

69. Manhattan College

For Psychology

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

70. Mercy College

For Psychology

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

71. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Psychology

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

72. Bard College

For Psychology

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

73. SUNY Empire State College

For Psychology

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

74. Marist College

For Psychology

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

75. Alfred University

For Psychology

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

76. CUNY York College

For Psychology

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

77. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Psychology

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

78. Brooklyn Law School

For Psychology

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

79. CUNY School of Law

For Psychology

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

80. Siena College

For Psychology

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

81. St Lawrence University

For Psychology

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

82. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Psychology

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

83. Pratt Institute - Main

For Psychology

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

84. D'Youville College

For Psychology

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

85. Le Moyne College

For Psychology

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

86. College of Saint Rose

For Psychology

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

87. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Psychology

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

88. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Psychology

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

89. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

For Psychology

Enrollment
349
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1911

90. Sarah Lawrence College

For Psychology

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

91. Bank Street College of Education

For Psychology

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

92. Utica College

For Psychology

#1010 in North America
Acceptance Rate
87%
Average SAT
1120
Net Price
$22,510
Receiving Aid
98%

93. Manhattanville College

For Psychology

#1015 in North America
Acceptance Rate
85%
Net Price
$25,017
Receiving Aid
96%
Average Aid
$28,762

94. Nazareth College

For Psychology

#1033 in North America
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1250
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$31,321

95. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Psychology

#1069 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$37,171
Receiving Aid
94%
Average Aid
$7,718

96. Farmingdale State College

For Psychology

#1075 in North America
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1110
Average ACT
23
Receiving Aid
75%

97. Daemen College

For Psychology

#1078 in North America
Acceptance Rate
76%
Net Price
$18,944
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$25,136

98. School of Visual Arts

For Psychology

#1097 in North America
Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1308
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$59,211

99. Hartwick College

For Psychology

#1115 in North America
Acceptance Rate
69%
Average SAT
1185
Net Price
$26,818
Receiving Aid
100%

100. Molloy College

For Psychology

#1119 in North America
Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$25,938

Closest to New York states to learn Psychology

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 11 96
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 70
Maine 13 254
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 45 21
Iowa 31 31
Alabama 25 52
Minnesota 28 16
Missouri 35 18
Mississippi 14 158
Arkansas 17 124
Florida 58 27
Kansas 14 75
South Dakota 8 261
Louisiana 25 90
North Dakota 7 209
Nebraska 13 111
Oklahoma 20 129
Texas 77 34
Colorado 21 58
Montana 7 231
New Mexico 8 89
Puerto Rico 16 429
Utah 11 43
Idaho 7 271
Arizona 11 40
Nevada 7 149
Washington 30 5
Oregon 18 55
California 130 4
Alaska 4 387
Hawaii 6 139