Colleges in New York: A Parent's Guide

Below are colleges across New York with acceptance rates, SAT/ACT ranges, and net price data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Schools are listed by admission selectivity, most selective first.

• Columbia University in the City of New York
  4% acceptance · $69,045 in-state tuition
• Cornell University
  8% acceptance · $66,014 in-state tuition
• New York University
  9% acceptance · $60,438 in-state tuition
• Hamilton College
  12% acceptance · $65,740 in-state tuition
• Barnard College
  18% acceptance · $67,805 in-state tuition
• University of Rochester
  36% acceptance · $64,348 in-state tuition
• Stony Brook University
  38% acceptance · $10,363 in-state tuition
• CUNY City College
  39% acceptance · $7,410 in-state tuition
• St Lawrence University
  42% acceptance · $63,061 in-state tuition
• University at Buffalo
  49% acceptance · $10,560 in-state tuition
• City University of New York
  50% acceptance · $7,464 in-state tuition
• Union College
  51% acceptance · $8,815 in-state tuition
• Hobart William Smith Colleges
  53% acceptance · $59,683 in-state tuition
• CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
  54% acceptance · $7,452 in-state tuition
• CUNY Hunter College
  54% acceptance · $7,382 in-state tuition
• Syracuse University
  56% acceptance · $61,992 in-state tuition
• CUNY Brooklyn College
  58% acceptance · $7,340 in-state tuition
• SUNY at Albany
  58% acceptance · $61,884 in-state tuition
• Suffolk County Community College
  59% acceptance · $8,524 in-state tuition
• Nassau Community College
  63% acceptance · $56,386 in-state tuition
• Parsons School of Design at The New School
  63% acceptance · $56,386 in-state tuition
• Fordham University
  69% acceptance · $7,538 in-state tuition
• SUNY at Binghamton
  69% acceptance · $10,782 in-state tuition
• Pratt Institute-Main
  70% acceptance · $50,510 in-state tuition
• Colgate University
  71% acceptance · $55,450 in-state tuition
• Skidmore College
  71% acceptance · $55,450 in-state tuition
• Sarah Lawrence College
  75% acceptance · $38,970 in-state tuition
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  77% acceptance · $51,424 in-state tuition
• Westchester Community College
  78% acceptance · $44,360 in-state tuition
• The Juilliard School
  79% acceptance · $40,260 in-state tuition
• Fashion Institute of Technology
  82% acceptance · $8,862 in-state tuition
• Vassar College
  87% acceptance · $24,308 in-state tuition
• Marist College
  91% acceptance · $45,880 in-state tuition