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Colleges in New York by Acceptance Rate

119 New York colleges ranked from most to least selective, using the latest federal IPEDS admissions data.

# College State Rate Trend Applicants
1 Circle in the Square Theatre School New York 3.8% 1,114
2 Columbia University in the City of New York New York 4.2% 57,613
3 Barnard College New York 8% 11,803
4 Cornell University New York 8.2% 65,635
5 The Juilliard School New York 9% 2,020
6 New York University New York 9.4% 113,578
7 Hamilton College New York 11.8% 9,643
8 Colgate University New York 12% 21,130
9 United States Military Academy New York 14% 11,430
10 Vassar College New York 17.7% 12,145
11 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York 19.1% 1,790
12 Skidmore College New York 22.9% 12,144
13 American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York 24.7% 6,580
14 Plaza College New York 30% 1,410
15 United States Merchant Marine Academy New York 32.5% 1,392
16 University of Rochester New York 35.9% 21,680
17 Binghamton University New York 37.7% 49,513
18 Manhattan School of Music New York 39.9% 1,432
19 Syracuse University New York 41.7% 42,089
20 Union College New York 43.8% 9,295
21 The King's College New York 45.3% 961
22 Alfred University New York 48.3% 7,761
23 Stony Brook University New York 49% 50,341
24 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York 50.5% 24,867
25 SUNY Cortland New York 50.7% 15,867
26 Bard College New York 52.3% 6,628
27 Pratt Institute-Main New York 53.2% 8,281
28 CUNY Brooklyn College New York 53.7% 27,112
29 CUNY Hunter College New York 54% 31,614
30 CUNY Lehman College New York 55.4% 20,954
31 Fordham University New York 56.3% 43,663
32 CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York 57.2% 17,921
33 Hobart William Smith Colleges New York 57.3% 5,560
34 Fashion Institute of Technology New York 57.6% 4,326
35 CUNY City College New York 58.1% 31,988
36 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York 58.4% 16,283
37 St Lawrence University New York 58.5% 5,367
38 State University of New York at New Paltz New York 58.7% 16,249
39 Sarah Lawrence College New York 58.9% 4,819
40 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences New York 59.1% 2,292
41 CUNY York College New York 59.4% 14,236
42 Joffrey Ballet School New York 60.8% 1,893
43 The New School New York 62.5% 9,148
44 Touro University New York 63% 1,657
45 SUNY College at Geneseo New York 63.5% 13,479
46 Yeshiva University New York 63.7% 1,713
47 Marist College New York 64.7% 10,224
48 Monroe College New York 65.9% 4,989
49 St. John Fisher University New York 67.8% 4,600
50 CUNY Queens College New York 68.5% 20,800
51 Hartwick College New York 68.7% 4,278
52 Medaille University New York 68.8% 1,689
53 Farmingdale State College New York 69.1% 9,455
54 University at Buffalo New York 69.3% 38,210
55 Wells College New York 69.6% 1,532
56 Ithaca College New York 69.9% 12,007
57 SUNY at Albany New York 69.9% 30,740
58 SUNY Oneonta New York 70.2% 13,660
59 Hofstra University New York 70.6% 22,890
60 Siena College New York 70.6% 8,992
61 SUNY Brockport New York 71.3% 10,855
62 Rochester Institute of Technology New York 71.4% 24,269
63 St. Joseph's University-New York New York 71.4% 5,003
64 SUNY at Purchase College New York 72.8% 7,221
65 The College of Saint Rose New York 73.4% 2,827
66 Cazenovia College New York 75.1% 1,490
67 SUNY College at Plattsburgh New York 75.2% 8,410
68 Le Moyne College New York 75.3% 7,535
69 Molloy College New York 75.6% 5,789
70 SUNY Buffalo State University New York 75.9% 15,943
71 Daemen University New York 76.2% 3,041
72 Russell Sage College New York 76.2% 1,655
73 Pace University New York 77.1% 28,469
74 Clarkson University New York 77.2% 7,347
75 Adelphi University New York 77.5% 17,111
76 Roberts Wesleyan University New York 77.8% 1,314
77 New York Institute of Technology New York 78.1% 11,249
78 SUNY Polytechnic Institute New York 78.4% 4,936
79 Manhattan College New York 78.5% 10,432
80 SUNY Maritime College New York 78.5% 1,629
81 Dominican University New York New York 78.8% 2,319
82 Marymount Manhattan College New York 78.9% 8,138
83 SUNY at Fredonia New York 79.2% 5,941
84 Nazareth College New York 79.5% 3,614
85 St. John's University-New York New York 79.7% 25,223
86 State University of New York at Oswego New York 80.4% 14,465
87 CUNY New York City College of Technology New York 80.7% 21,007
88 St Bonaventure University New York 81.5% 4,299
89 SUNY College of Technology at Alfred New York 81.7% 7,839
90 Canisius College New York 81.8% 4,147
91 St. Thomas Aquinas College New York 82.2% 2,251
92 D'Youville University New York 82.4% 2,295
93 Mount Saint Mary College New York 82.5% 2,229
94 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry New York 82.9% 3,541
95 SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill New York 83.3% 3,147
96 CUNY Medgar Evers College New York 83.4% 11,239
97 Wagner College New York 83.5% 2,328
98 St. Francis College New York 84.3% 4,272
99 College of Mount Saint Vincent New York 84.6% 3,775
100 SUNY College at Old Westbury New York 84.6% 6,511
101 Manhattanville College New York 84.7% 3,943
102 Niagara University New York 85.3% 4,148
103 Mercy College New York 85.5% 8,581
104 SUNY College at Potsdam New York 85.5% 3,905
105 Villa Maria College New York 86.7% 593
106 Utica University New York 87.2% 3,826
107 SUNY College of Technology at Delhi New York 88.4% 5,867
108 Long Island University New York 89.8% 12,398
109 Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science New York 90.7% 939
110 Elmira College New York 90.8% 2,109
111 Iona University New York 91.1% 7,289
112 SUNY Morrisville New York 91.2% 5,122
113 School of Visual Arts New York 91.3% 3,458
114 Culinary Institute of America New York 91.8% 2,161
115 Houghton University New York 92.7% 1,068
116 Keuka College New York 93.9% 1,780
117 SUNY College of Technology at Canton New York 96.3% 3,439
118 Hilbert College New York 98% 1,310
119 LIM College New York 98.7% 1,037