100 Best colleges for Psychology in New York State

Below is a list of best universities in New York State ranked based on their research performance in Psychology. A graph of 57.5M citations received by 1.73M academic papers made by 125 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
1520
Average ACT
35
Net Price
$12,411

2. New York University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
13%
Average SAT
1510
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$50,991

3. Cornell University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Average SAT
1505
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$24,262

4. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
1,249
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1963

5. University of Rochester

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
41%
Average SAT
1445
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,125

6. Stony Brook University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
48%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
31
Receiving Aid
82%

7. University at Buffalo

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
70%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
84%

8. Rockefeller University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
268
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1901

9. Syracuse University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
59%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$43,545

10. SUNY at Albany

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
92%

11. New York Medical College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
1,561
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1860

12. Binghamton University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Receiving Aid
76%

13. SUNY Downstate Medical Center

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
2,117
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1860

14. Albany Medical College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
11%
Enrollment
839
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1839

15. Upstate Medical University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
1,545
Male:Female
35:65
Founded
1834

16. Fordham University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1390
Average ACT
32
Net Price
$37,583

17. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
53%
Average SAT
1440
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$40,070

18. Yeshiva University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
63%
Net Price
$36,807
Receiving Aid
90%
Average Aid
$29,093

19. CUNY Hunter College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
46%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$8,519
Enrollment
24,099

20. Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
67%
Receiving Aid
0%
Enrollment
290
Male:Female
11:89

21. Hofstra University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1275
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$33,234

22. CUNY City College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
64%
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$9,267
Enrollment
15,031

23. United States Military Academy

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1320
Average ACT
31
Enrollment
4,594

24. Rochester Institute of Technology

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$35,012

25. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
45%
Receiving Aid
95%
Average Aid
$8,365
Enrollment
15,210

26. SUNY Buffalo State

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1045
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$9,663

27. CUNY Queens College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
61%
Receiving Aid
87%
Average Aid
$7,627
Enrollment
18,772

28. St John's University - New York

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
85%
Average SAT
1205
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$26,655

29. CUNY Brooklyn College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
51%
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$8,711
Enrollment
15,938

30. New School

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
66%
Net Price
$43,547
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$20,330

31. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
51%
Receiving Aid
91%
Average Aid
$8,717
Enrollment
19,969

32. Adelphi University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1195
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$28,261

33. King's College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
44%
Average SAT
1265
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$33,968

34. CUNY Graduate School and University Center

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
9,017
Male:Female
33:67
Founded
1961

35. Long Island University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1210
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$22,620

36. Pace University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
88%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$30,632

37. Colgate University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
17%
Average SAT
1425
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$24,500

38. Clarkson University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$31,413

39. College of Staten Island CUNY

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$6,933
Enrollment
11,793

40. Barnard College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
11%
Average SAT
1488
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$28,366

41. SUNY College of Optometry

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
407
Male:Female
27:73
Founded
1971

42. New York College of Health Professions

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$41,708
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$2,339

43. Ithaca College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$35,327
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$29,954

44. Vassar College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
20%
Average SAT
1480
Average ACT
33
Net Price
$27,249

45. Lehman College, CUNY

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
58%
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$9,322
Enrollment
14,392

46. State University of New York at New Paltz

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
46%
Average SAT
1234
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
78%

47. SUNY College at Brockport

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
76%
Average SAT
1135
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
90%

48. Skidmore College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
31%
Average SAT
1355
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$31,553

49. SUNY Cortland

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1165
Average ACT
25
Receiving Aid
86%

50. Union College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
47%
Average SAT
1360
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$39,101

51. SUNY College at Geneseo

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
74%
Average SAT
1240
Average ACT
28
Receiving Aid
95%

52. SUNY College at Oswego

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
80%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
96%

53. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
72%
Average SAT
1280
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$26,961

54. Hamilton College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
14%
Average SAT
1475
Average ACT
34
Net Price
$26,803

55. Canisius College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
81%
Average SAT
1150
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$18,486

56. SUNY College at Plattsburgh

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1145
Average ACT
26
Receiving Aid
93%

57. SUNY at Purchase College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
75%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
29
Receiving Aid
84%

58. SUNY Polytechnic Institute

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1220
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
94%

59. Iona College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
93%
Average SAT
1160
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$28,596

60. Saint John Fisher College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
71%
Average SAT
1190
Average ACT
26
Net Price
$27,325

61. Hobart William Smith Colleges

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1270
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$34,239

62. SUNY at Fredonia

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
91%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
27
Receiving Aid
97%

63. Touro College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
77%
Net Price
$23,038
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$9,787

64. Niagara University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1147
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$18,118

65. New York Law School

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
1,130
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1891

66. New York Chiropractic College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
100%
Enrollment
569
Male:Female
49:51

67. Wagner College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
82%
Net Price
$28,365
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$32,222

68. St Bonaventure University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
78%
Average SAT
1170
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$25,533

69. Mercy College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
86%
Average SAT
1050
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$15,027

70. SUNY Empire State College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
100%
Receiving Aid
86%
Average Aid
$7,031
Enrollment
9,462

71. SUNY College at Oneonta

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
70%
Receiving Aid
84%
Average Aid
$9,134
Enrollment
5,918

72. Bard College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
60%
Net Price
$24,318
Receiving Aid
81%
Average Aid
$50,598

73. Alfred University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
67%
Average SAT
1185
Average ACT
25
Net Price
$25,377

74. Manhattan College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
75%
Net Price
$27,651
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$29,475

75. CUNY York College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
67%
Receiving Aid
89%
Average Aid
$8,517
Enrollment
7,027

76. SUNY College at Old Westbury

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
77%
Average SAT
1165
Receiving Aid
78%
Average Aid
$9,760

77. Marist College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
60%
Average SAT
1278
Average ACT
28
Net Price
$37,868

78. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
65%
Receiving Aid
92%
Average Aid
$7,331
Enrollment
2,012

79. St Lawrence University

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
57%
Average SAT
1310
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$31,744

80. Bank Street College of Education

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
635
Male:Female
11:89
Founded
1916

81. Siena College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
83%
Net Price
$32,810
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$27,019

82. Le Moyne College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$24,618

83. College of Saint Rose

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
76%
Net Price
$23,474
Receiving Aid
99%
Average Aid
$25,845

84. SUNY College at Potsdam

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
81%
Receiving Aid
97%
Average Aid
$10,014
Enrollment
2,607

85. Brooklyn Law School

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
48%
Enrollment
1,184
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1901

86. D'Youville College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
92%
Average SAT
1128
Average ACT
24
Net Price
$22,541

87. CUNY School of Law

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
699
Male:Female
34:66
Founded
1983

88. Manhattanville College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
83%
Average SAT
1125
Average ACT
27
Net Price
$21,969

89. Pratt Institute - Main

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
68%
Average SAT
1300
Average ACT
30
Net Price
$46,486

90. Sarah Lawrence College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
58%
Average SAT
1365
Average ACT
31
Net Price
$34,091

91. CUNY New York City College of Technology

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
82%
Receiving Aid
85%
Average Aid
$8,417
Enrollment
14,277

92. Utica College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
89%
Net Price
$22,335
Receiving Aid
98%
Average Aid
$12,719

93. New York College of Podiatric Medicine

For Psychology

Enrollment
338
Male:Female
50:50
Founded
1911

94. Nazareth College

For Psychology

Acceptance Rate
86%
Net Price
$30,557
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$21,505

95. College of Westchester

For Psychology

#1024 in North America
Acceptance Rate
98%
Net Price
$11,148
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$18,330

96. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology

For Psychology

#1036 in North America
Acceptance Rate
100%
Net Price
$37,811
Receiving Aid
93%
Average Aid
$8,094

97. Daemen College

For Psychology

#1073 in North America
Acceptance Rate
78%
Net Price
$20,180
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$21,444

98. Sage Colleges

For Psychology

#1082 in North America
Acceptance Rate
73%
Net Price
$22,713
Receiving Aid
100%
Average Aid
$25,711

99. Farmingdale State College

For Psychology

#1099 in North America
Acceptance Rate
73%
Average SAT
1100
Average ACT
24
Receiving Aid
74%

100. Molloy College

For Psychology

#1101 in North America
Acceptance Rate
79%
Average SAT
1215
Average ACT
29
Net Price
$25,540

Closest to New York states to learn Psychology

State
Universities
Unis
Best university country rank
Best uni United States Flag rank
Vermont 10 91
Connecticut 20 5
Massachusetts 65 1
New Hampshire 12 103
Pennsylvania 98 7
Rhode Island 9 55
New Jersey 26 34
Maryland 27 6
District of Columbia 10 77
Maine 12 245
West Virginia 16 105
Ohio 59 23
Virginia 40 41
Michigan 32 2
North Carolina 41 15
Indiana 28 43
Kentucky 25 51
South Carolina 22 71
Wisconsin 30 14
Illinois 66 24
Tennessee 32 38
Georgia 43 21
Iowa 29 29
Alabama 23 50
Minnesota 28 19
Missouri 34 17
Mississippi 13 157
Arkansas 17 120
Florida 50 27
Kansas 12 74
South Dakota 8 251
Louisiana 23 87
North Dakota 5 138
Nebraska 13 110
Oklahoma 17 128
Texas 73 32
Colorado 20 80
Montana 7 218
New Mexico 7 84
Puerto Rico 15 441
Utah 10 42
Idaho 7 280
Arizona 9 39
Nevada 6 149
Washington 27 4
Oregon 18 53
California 121 3
Alaska 4 390
Hawaii 6 133