IPEDS 2023 completions · bachelor's degrees · New York

Psychology colleges in New York, ranked by graduates

54 colleges in New York awarded at least 10 bachelor's degrees in psychology in 2023: 6,747 degrees, 8.3% of all bachelor's degrees at those colleges (7.3% across every college CollegeCalcAI tracks). Queens College (NY) graduated the most (560, 21.6% of its class). 18 of the 54 are public universities. The median acceptance rate among them is 68%; the most selective is Columbia University at 4%.

Colleges

in New York, 10+ degrees

Degrees awarded

6,747

2023, bachelor's

Share of degrees

8.3%

at these colleges

Median acceptance

68%

18 public, 36 private

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Psychology colleges in New York

Every New York college awarding at least 10 bachelor's degrees in psychology, ranked by 2023 graduates. Click a college for its psychology page.

#	College	Type	Degrees (2023)	Share of grads	Acceptance rate	SAT 75th
1	Queens College (NY)	Public	560	21.6%	64%	1120
2	Stony Brook University	Public	546	12.2%	49%	1400
3	New York University	Private	508	6.4%	9%	1530
4	University at Buffalo	Public	477	10%	74%	1330
5	Brooklyn College	Public	412	16.9%	58%	1180
6	Binghamton University	Public	357	9.7%	39%	1430
7	University at Albany	Public	285	10.1%	69%	1260
8	CUNY Staten Island	Public	254	19.3%	92%	1100
9	Syracuse University	Private	220	6.6%	46%	1400
10	Fordham University	Private	177	8.4%	59%	1370
11	Baruch College	Public	169	4.9%	48%	1180
12	University of Rochester	Private	162	9.3%	40%	1460
13	SUNY New Paltz	Public	145	10%	62%	1180
14	Mercy University	Private	138	11.1%	86%	1150
15	Pace University	Private	137	8.1%	76%	1220
16	SUNY Oneonta	Public	137	11.4%	70%	1180
17	St. John's University	Private	131	7.3%	83%	1280
18	Cornell University	Private	125	3.2%	9%	1550
19	Marist University	Private	121	11.2%	57%	1300
20	Columbia University	Private	116	4.8%	4%	1560
21	SUNY Brockport	Public	104	8.2%	71%	1180
22	Hofstra University	Private	96	7.9%	68%	1310
23	Adelphi University	Private	96	8.8%	66%	1230
24	SUNY Oswego	Public	93	6.5%	81%	1180
25	SUNY Geneseo	Public	84	9.1%	66%	1180
26	Skidmore College	Private	83	13%	21%	1390
27	Iona University	Private	66	11.8%	87%	1150
28	SUNY Plattsburgh	Public	65	7.4%	78%	1180
29	Colgate University	Private	62	8.5%	14%	1460
30	Buffalo State University	Public	61	5.6%	73%	1180
31	Utica University	Private	57	8.1%	92%	1230
32	U.S. Military Academy	Public	53	4.9%	12%	1370
33	SUNY Fredonia	Public	50	7.6%	78%	1180
34	St. Lawrence University	Private	50	10.2%	54%	1230
35	Ithaca College	Private	49	5.2%	69%	1280
36	St. John Fisher University	Private	46	6.9%	66%	1230
37	SUNY Potsdam	Public	45	10.3%	78%	1180
38	Union College	Private	40	8.8%	44%	1400
39	Canisius University	Private	38	10.1%	72%	1160
40	Vassar College	Private	35	6%	19%	1490
41	Long Island University	Private	34	2.4%	86%	1120
42	Rochester Institute of Technology	Private	31	1.2%	67%	1380
43	Hobart College	Private	28	7.9%	64%	1230
44	St. Bonaventure University	Private	27	6.8%	82%	1200
45	Molloy University	Private	24	3.2%	82%	1150
46	St. Thomas Aquinas College	Private	24	10.1%	93%	1150
47	Alfred University	Private	23	8.9%	74%	1230
48	Hamilton College	Private	21	4.3%	14%	1500
49	Clarkson University	Private	20	3.2%	77%	1330
50	Wagner College	Private	18	5%	88%	1140
51	Roberts Wesleyan University	Private	14	5%	71%	1150
52	Daemen University	Private	12	2.9%	68%	1150
53	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Private	11	0.9%	63%	1460
54	D'Youville University	Private	10	3.1%	81%	1150

Questions about psychology colleges in New York

What is the best college for psychology in New York?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in 2023, the largest psychology programs in New York are Queens College (NY) (560), Stony Brook University (546), New York University (508). "Best" depends on your profile: this page ranks every New York college in the field by output and shows each one's acceptance rate and admitted SAT so you can match it to your own numbers.

How many colleges in New York offer psychology?

54 four-year colleges in New York awarded 10 or more bachelor's degrees in psychology in 2023, 18 public and 36 private, for 6,747 graduates in total.

Is in-state status an advantage for psychology in New York?

At the 18 public universities on this list, New York residents are usually admitted at a higher rate than out-of-state applicants and pay in-state tuition. CollegeCalcAI applies the residency effect when you set your home state, and the per-major adjustment when you set the major.

Psychology elsewhere

The same field in other states, and the national ranking.

All psychology colleges, nationally →TX · 46 AL · 20 MS · 11 NC · 31 AZ · 5 AR · 16 TN · 29 IN · 34 KY · 20 FL · 32 ID · 5 MA · 29 OH · 34 IL · 35 UT · 7 RI · 7 PA · 59 CA · 55 MI · 24 SC · 26 All colleges in New York →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 Completions (bachelor's degrees, first majors, CIP 2-digit series), joined to CollegeCalcAI's admissions dataset. Built 2026-09-19. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are not predictions or guarantees.