Hardest Colleges to Get Into in New York
New York has 59 colleges in the CollegeCalcAI database, and this page ranks every one of them by acceptance rate. The most selective are Columbia University (4%), Cornell University (9%), and New York University (9%). 8 schools admit a quarter of applicants or fewer, the median New York college admits 68%, and 19 are public against 40 private. At the other end, St. Thomas Aquinas College admits 93%. Open any school for its full admissions profile, or check your own odds free.
Schools
59
Median acceptance
68%
Most selective
Columbia University
4% acceptance
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- Columbia University4%acceptanceMost selectiveNY · SAT 1560
- Cornell University9%acceptanceMost selectiveNY · SAT 1550
- New York University9%acceptanceMost selectiveNY · SAT 1530
- U.S. Military Academy12%acceptanceHighly selectiveNY · SAT 1370
- Colgate University14%acceptanceHighly selectiveNY · SAT 1460
- Hamilton College14%acceptanceHighly selectiveNY · SAT 1500
- Vassar College19%acceptanceHighly selectiveNY · SAT 1490
- Skidmore College21%acceptanceHighly selectiveNY · SAT 1390
- Binghamton University39%acceptanceSelectiveNY · SAT 1430
- University of Rochester40%acceptanceSelectiveNY · SAT 1460
- Union College44%acceptanceSelectiveNY · SAT 1400
- The King's College45%acceptanceSelectiveNY · SAT 1250
- Syracuse University46%acceptanceSelectiveNY · SAT 1400
- Baruch College48%acceptanceSelectiveNY · SAT 1180
- Stony Brook University49%acceptanceSelectiveNY · SAT 1400
- Bard College52%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1230
- St. Lawrence University54%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1230
- Marist University57%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1300
- Brooklyn College58%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1180
- Fordham University59%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1370
- SUNY Cortland60%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1180
- SUNY New Paltz62%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1180
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute63%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1460
- Hobart College64%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1230
- Queens College (NY)64%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1120
- Adelphi University66%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1230
- SUNY Geneseo66%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1180
- St. John Fisher University66%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1230
- Rochester Institute of Technology67%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1380
- Hofstra University68%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1310
- Daemen University68%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1150
- Dominican University (NY)68%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1150
- University at Albany69%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1260
- Ithaca College69%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1280
- SUNY Oneonta70%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1180
- Nyack College70%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1050
- Roberts Wesleyan University71%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1150
- SUNY Brockport71%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1180
- Canisius University72%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1160
- Buffalo State University73%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1180
- University at Buffalo74%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1330
- Alfred University74%acceptanceModerately selectiveNY · SAT 1230
- Pace University76%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1220
- Clarkson University77%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1330
- SUNY Fredonia78%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1180
- SUNY Plattsburgh78%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1180
- SUNY Potsdam78%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1180
- D'Youville University81%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1150
- SUNY Oswego81%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1180
- St. Bonaventure University82%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1200
- Molloy University82%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1150
- St. John's University83%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1280
- Long Island University86%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1120
- Mercy University86%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1150
- Iona University87%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1150
- Wagner College88%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1140
- CUNY Staten Island92%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1100
- Utica University92%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1230
- St. Thomas Aquinas College93%acceptanceAccessibleNY · SAT 1150
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Acceptance rates and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets) and are rounded. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.