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Colleges in New York

143 four-year colleges

New York is home to over 100 four-year colleges spanning world-renowned research universities in Manhattan to respected liberal arts colleges in the Finger Lakes and Adirondacks. From the Ivy League to the CUNY and SUNY systems, the state offers unmatched breadth.

Academy for Jewish Religion

Yonkers, NY · Suburban · Private

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY · Suburban · Private

78% accept1224 SAT$28,348 net

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Albany, NY · Urban · Private

59% accept1280 SAT$26,027 net

Albany Medical College

Albany, NY · Urban · Private

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Bronx, NY · Urban · Private

Alfred University

Alfred, NY · Rural · Private

48% accept1205 SAT$22,701 net

Bank Street College of Education

New York, NY · Urban · Private

Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson, NY · Rural · Private

52% accept1387 SAT$31,771 net

Barnard College

New York, NY · Urban · Private

8% accept1500 SAT$39,253 net

Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid

Far Rockaway, NY · Urban · Private

70% accept$7,125 net

Berkeley College-New York

New York, NY · Urban · Private

$25,133 net

Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah

Brooklyn, NY · Urban · Private

65% accept$4,382 net

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY · Suburban · Public

38% accept1415 SAT$21,364 net

Boricua College

New York, NY · Urban · Private

$14,187 net

Canisius University

Buffalo, NY · Urban · Private

82% accept$18,322 net

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY · Town · Private

77% accept1307 SAT$31,955 net

Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

Rochester, NY · Urban · Private

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY · Rural · Private

12% accept1480 SAT$29,107 net

College of Staten Island CUNY

Staten Island, NY · Urban · Public

$5,115 net

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Urban · Private

4% accept1547 SAT$20,148 net

Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander

Brooklyn, NY · Urban · Private

$8,602 net

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Urban · Private

8% accept1520 SAT$32,337 net

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY · Urban · Public

50% accept1310 SAT$2,978 net

CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY · Urban · Public

54% accept1310 SAT$2,943 net

CUNY City College

New York, NY · Urban · Public

58% accept1340 SAT$3,486 net

CUNY Hunter College

New York, NY · Urban · Public

54% accept1350 SAT$2,446 net

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

New York, NY · Urban · Public

57% accept1140 SAT$3,046 net

CUNY Lehman College

Bronx, NY · Urban · Public

55% accept1010 SAT$3,482 net

CUNY Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, NY · Urban · Public

83% accept980 SAT$5,881 net

CUNY New York City College of Technology

Brooklyn, NY · Urban · Public

81% accept1040 SAT$4,783 net

CUNY Queens College

Queens, NY · Urban · Public

69% accept1210 SAT$3,830 net

CUNY York College

Jamaica, NY · Urban · Public

59% accept1100 SAT$4,734 net

D'Youville University

Buffalo, NY · Urban · Private

82% accept1040 SAT$19,585 net

Daemen University

Amherst, NY · Suburban · Private

76% accept$18,244 net

Davis College

Pottersville, NY · Rural · Private

33% accept$14,320 net

Dominican University New York

Orangeburg, NY · Suburban · Private

79% accept1160 SAT$26,187 net

Elim Bible Institute and College

Lima, NY · Rural · Private

100% accept$9,641 net

Elmira College

Elmira, NY · Urban · Private

91% accept1239 SAT$23,735 net

Empire State University

Saratoga Springs, NY · Suburban · Public

$11,147 net

Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, NY · Suburban · Public

69% accept1104 SAT$9,173 net

Five Towns College

Dix Hills, NY · Suburban · Private

72% accept$20,799 net

Fordham University

Bronx, NY · Urban · Private

56% accept1412 SAT$42,581 net

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY · Suburban · Private

12% accept1487 SAT$28,314 net

Hartwick College

Oneonta, NY · Town · Private

69% accept1170 SAT$29,800 net

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

New York, NY · Urban · Private

Hilbert College

Hamburg, NY · Suburban · Private

98% accept1060 SAT$22,100 net

Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY · Town · Private

57% accept1296 SAT$31,057 net

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY · Suburban · Private

71% accept1294 SAT$35,129 net

Houghton University

Houghton, NY · Rural · Private

93% accept1297 SAT$21,148 net

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, NY · Urban · Private

IE New York College

New York, NY · Urban · Private

Iona University

New Rochelle, NY · Suburban · Private

91% accept1167 SAT$27,951 net

Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY · Suburban · Private

70% accept1285 SAT$32,965 net

Keuka College

Keuka Park, NY · Town · Private

94% accept1090 SAT$25,989 net

Le Moyne College

Syracuse, NY · Suburban · Private

75% accept1260 SAT$21,547 net

LIM College

New York, NY · Urban · Private

99% accept1090 SAT$37,514 net

Long Island University

Brookville, NY · Suburban · Private

90% accept1259 SAT$23,901 net

Manhattan School of Music

New York, NY · Urban · Private

40% accept$47,599 net

Manhattan University

Riverdale, NY · Urban · Private

78% accept1254 SAT$26,881 net

Manhattanville University

Purchase, NY · Suburban · Private

85% accept$25,842 net

Marist University

Poughkeepsie, NY · Suburban · Private

65% accept1285 SAT$39,660 net

Marymount Manhattan College

New York, NY · Urban · Private

79% accept1226 SAT$37,037 net

Mechon L'hoyroa

Monsey, NY · Suburban · Private

Mercy University

Dobbs Ferry, NY · Suburban · Private

85% accept$15,770 net

Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America

New York, NY · Urban · Private

61% accept$10,373 net

Metropolitan College of New York

New York, NY · Urban · Private

77% accept$25,180 net

Molloy University

Rockville Centre, NY · Suburban · Private

76% accept1193 SAT$26,870 net

Monroe University

Bronx, NY · Urban · Private

66% accept$10,376 net

Mount Saint Mary College

Newburgh, NY · Urban · Private

82% accept1160 SAT$23,736 net

Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing

New York, NY · Urban · Private

Nazareth University

Rochester, NY · Suburban · Private

80% accept1256 SAT$30,521 net

New York Academy of Art

New York, NY · Urban · Private

New York College of Health Professions

Syosset, NY · Suburban · Private

$42,908 net

New York College of Podiatric Medicine

New York, NY · Urban · Private

New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Mineola, NY · Suburban · Private

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, NY · Rural · Private

78% accept1290 SAT$20,709 net

New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY · Suburban · Private

New York University

New York, NY · Urban · Private

9% accept1527 SAT$35,035 net

Niagara University

Niagara University, NY · Suburban · Private

85% accept1155 SAT$18,740 net

Northeast College of Health Sciences

Seneca Falls, NY · Rural · Private

Pace University

New York, NY · Urban · Private

77% accept1232 SAT$31,046 net

Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

Paul Smiths, NY · Rural · Private

91% accept$24,583 net

Pratt Institute-Main

Brooklyn, NY · Urban · Private

53% accept1339 SAT$50,647 net

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · Urban · Private

58% accept1415 SAT$33,139 net

Roberts Wesleyan University

Rochester, NY · Suburban · Private

78% accept1205 SAT$23,461 net

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY · Suburban · Private

71% accept1378 SAT$29,694 net

Russell Sage College

Troy, NY · Urban · Private

76% accept$23,027 net

Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville, NY · Suburban · Private

59% accept1374 SAT$21,132 net

School of Visual Arts

New York, NY · Urban · Private

91% accept1337 SAT$58,628 net

Siena College

Loudonville, NY · Suburban · Private

71% accept1238 SAT$32,697 net

Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY · Suburban · Private

23% accept1388 SAT$34,581 net

Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY

New York, NY · Urban · Private

St Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry

Rochester, NY · Suburban · Private

St Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure, NY · Town · Private

82% accept1181 SAT$27,151 net

St Lawrence University

Canton, NY · Town · Private

58% accept1343 SAT$30,561 net

St. Francis College

Brooklyn, NY · Urban · Private

$21,614 net

St. John Fisher University

Rochester, NY · Suburban · Private

68% accept1207 SAT$28,150 net

St. John's University-New York

Queens, NY · Urban · Private

80% accept1215 SAT$26,985 net

St. Joseph's University-New York

Brooklyn, NY · Urban · Private

71% accept1170 SAT$17,622 net

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill, NY · Suburban · Private

82% accept$21,344 net

State University of New York at Cortland

Cortland, NY · Town · Public

51% accept$19,951 net

State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz, NY · Town · Public

59% accept1267 SAT$18,481 net

State University of New York at Oswego

Oswego, NY · Town · Public

80% accept1177 SAT$17,231 net

State University of New York at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, NY · Town · Public

75% accept1180 SAT$16,547 net

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY · Suburban · Public

49% accept1410 SAT$18,430 net

SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia, NY · Town · Public

79% accept1213 SAT$15,644 net

SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase, NY · Suburban · Public

73% accept1277 SAT$19,067 net

SUNY Brockport

Brockport, NY · Town · Public

71% accept1147 SAT$15,844 net

SUNY Buffalo State University

Buffalo, NY · Urban · Public

76% accept1080 SAT$14,229 net

SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo, NY · Town · Public

64% accept1296 SAT$18,021 net

SUNY College at Potsdam

Potsdam, NY · Town · Public

85% accept$14,295 net

SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill

Cobleskill, NY · Town · Public

83% accept1060 SAT$17,980 net

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY · Urban · Public

83% accept$18,730 net

SUNY College of Technology at Canton

Canton, NY · Town · Public

96% accept$15,001 net

SUNY College of Technology at Delhi

Delhi, NY · Rural · Public

88% accept$17,387 net

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Brooklyn, NY · Urban · Public

SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY · Urban · Public

79% accept1199 SAT$21,781 net

SUNY Old Westbury

Old Westbury, NY · Suburban · Public

85% accept$9,900 net

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, NY · Town · Public

70% accept1181 SAT$18,833 net

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica, NY · Suburban · Public

78% accept1248 SAT$13,882 net

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · Urban · Private

42% accept1351 SAT$41,026 net

Teachers College at Columbia University

New York, NY · Urban · Private

The College of Saint Rose

Albany, NY · Urban · Private

73% accept$23,819 net

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

New York, NY · Urban · Private

19% accept1480 SAT$16,478 net

The Juilliard School

New York, NY · Urban · Private

9% accept$37,903 net

The New School

New York, NY · Urban · Private

63% accept$55,359 net

The Rockefeller University

New York, NY · Urban · Private

Touro University

New York, NY · Urban · Private

63% accept1365 SAT$26,556 net

Union College

Schenectady, NY · Urban · Private

44% accept1410 SAT$36,000 net

United States Merchant Marine Academy

Kings Point, NY · Suburban · Public

32% accept1226 SAT$7,506 net

United States Military Academy

West Point, NY · Town · Public

14% accept1355 SAT

University at Albany

Albany, NY · Urban · Public

70% accept$18,486 net

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY · Suburban · Public

69% accept1298 SAT$20,470 net

University of Mount Saint Vincent

Bronx, NY · Urban · Private

85% accept1110 SAT$19,920 net

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · Urban · Private

36% accept1480 SAT$30,248 net

Upstate Medical University

Syracuse, NY · Urban · Public

Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel

Monroe, NY · Urban · Private

$5,023 net

Utica University

Utica, NY · Urban · Private

87% accept1130 SAT$21,869 net

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY · Suburban · Private

18% accept1513 SAT$38,182 net

Villa Maria College

Buffalo, NY · Urban · Private

87% accept$13,980 net

Wagner College

Staten Island, NY · Urban · Private

83% accept1234 SAT$27,733 net

Webb Institute

Glen Cove, NY · Suburban · Private

20% accept1480 SAT$19,077 net

Wells College

Aurora, NY · Rural · Private

70% accept$22,921 net