Colleges in New York
Solyo has full profiles for 45 colleges in New York: 19 public, 26 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $28,690 a year after grant aid, $7,125 above the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 60% of applicants. They sit across 31 cities, concentrated in New York, Brooklyn, Buffalo.
What New York costs
Published in-state tuition at the median New York public university is $8,626 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at Stony Brook University, where an out-of-state family pays $21,810 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $2,984 at CUNY Hunter College to $58,741 at Parsons School of Design at The New School. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in New York.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective New York schools are
Columbia University in the City of New York admits 4% of applicants and Long Island University admits 86%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in New York is 1553 at Columbia University in the City of New York.
Every New York college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York · Private nonprofit4% acceptance · $21,590 net price · 1553 avg SAT
- Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York · Private nonprofit9% acceptance · $28,690 net price · 1535 avg SAT
- Barnard CollegeNew York, New York · Private nonprofit9% acceptance · $28,800 net price · 1520 avg SAT
- The Juilliard SchoolNew York, New York · Private nonprofit9% acceptance · $43,571 net price
- New York UniversityNew York, New York · Private nonprofit9% acceptance · $37,050 net price · 1520 avg SAT
- Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York · Private nonprofit14% acceptance · $28,985 net price · 1506 avg SAT
- Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York · Private nonprofit14% acceptance · $28,786 net price · 1508 avg SAT
- Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York · Private nonprofit19% acceptance · $39,343 net price · 1494 avg SAT
- The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York, New York · Private nonprofit21% acceptance · $13,269 net price · 1410 avg SAT
- Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York · Private nonprofit21% acceptance · $32,297 net price · 1405 avg SAT
- Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York · Public39% acceptance · $21,620 net price · 1415 avg SAT
- University of RochesterRochester, New York · Private nonprofit40% acceptance · $29,278 net price · 1488 avg SAT
- Union CollegeSchenectady, New York · Private nonprofit44% acceptance · $34,561 net price · 1395 avg SAT
- Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York · Private nonprofit46% acceptance · $38,793 net price · 1375 avg SAT
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York · Public48% acceptance · $3,033 net price · 1280 avg SAT
- Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York · Public49% acceptance · $18,784 net price · 1419 avg SAT
- CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York · Public54% acceptance · $2,984 net price · 1280 avg SAT
- St Lawrence UniversityCanton, New York · Private nonprofit54% acceptance · $28,651 net price · 1371 avg SAT
- Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, New York · Private nonprofit57% acceptance · $41,544 net price · 1295 avg SAT
- CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York · Public58% acceptance · $3,103 net price · 1140 avg SAT
- Fordham UniversityBronx, New York · Private nonprofit59% acceptance · $44,338 net price · 1418 avg SAT
- State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York · Public60% acceptance · $22,345 net price
- CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York · Public60% acceptance · $3,776 net price · 1260 avg SAT
- Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, New York · Public60% acceptance · $19,095 net price
- State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, New York · Public62% acceptance · $18,809 net price · 1265 avg SAT
- Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxville, New York · Private nonprofit62% acceptance · $41,437 net price · 1366 avg SAT
- Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York · Public63% acceptance · $10,867 net price · 1147 avg SAT
- Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York · Private nonprofit63% acceptance · $36,228 net price · 1456 avg SAT
- Parsons School of Design at The New SchoolNew York, New York · Private nonprofit63% acceptance · $58,741 net price
- Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, New York · Private nonprofit64% acceptance · $31,563 net price · 1319 avg SAT
- CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York · Public64% acceptance · $4,195 net price · 1120 avg SAT
- SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, New York · Public66% acceptance · $18,211 net price · 1286 avg SAT
- Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York · Private nonprofit67% acceptance · $34,906 net price · 1383 avg SAT
- Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York · Private nonprofit68% acceptance · $34,176 net price · 1319 avg SAT
- Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York · Private nonprofit69% acceptance · $33,926 net price · 1312 avg SAT
- SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York · Public70% acceptance · $19,158 net price · 1230 avg SAT
- SUNY BrockportBrockport, New York · Public71% acceptance · $16,353 net price · 1193 avg SAT
- SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York · Public73% acceptance · $11,346 net price · 1070 avg SAT
- Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, New York · Private nonprofit73% acceptance · $52,659 net price · 1290 avg SAT
- SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, New York · Public74% acceptance · $18,913 net price · 1312 avg SAT
- University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York · Public74% acceptance · $20,995 net price · 1295 avg SAT
- Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York · Private nonprofit77% acceptance · $30,305 net price · 1304 avg SAT
- State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York · Public81% acceptance · $16,236 net price · 1187 avg SAT
- SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York · Public84% acceptance · $11,282 net price
- Long Island UniversityBrookville, New York · Private nonprofit86% acceptance · $33,062 net price · 1224 avg SAT
Other Northeast states
On median net price New York is the 5th most affordable of the 9 Northeast states in this directory, and the 6th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
- Pennsylvania (30)
- Massachusetts (24)
- New Jersey (10)
- Connecticut (9)
- Rhode Island (6)
- Maine (5)
- New Hampshire (3)
- Vermont (3)
Where to go next
- College search filter New York and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
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