Best New York State Schools

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Top New York State Programs Comparison

The next table lists the top 11 New York State Programs for academic year 2022-2023. Barnard College ranked top in the Best New York State Schools and Colgate University and Columbia University in the City of New York follows it. The 2023 average tuition & fees is $63,994 for undergraduate programs $46,752 for graduate programs. The average SAT score of the top New York State Programs is 1,475 and the acceptance rate is 17.76%. The average students to faculty ratio is 8.36 to 1 for top New York State Programs. You can sort the schools by clicking column name that you want to sort.
2022-2023 Top New York State Programs Comparison
Rank*NameTuition & FeesAverage Financial AidPopulationAcceptance RateTest ScoresStudents to Faculty Ratio
24 Barnard College
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Private, 4-yearsNew York, NY
$66,246 $49,484 3,4429% 1,505 SAT
33 ACT
10 to 1
67 Colgate University
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Private, 4-yearsHamilton, NY
$67,024 $53,353 3,14112% 1,480 SAT
33 ACT
9 to 1
6 Columbia University in the City of New York
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Private, 4-yearsNew York, NY
$69,045 $49,638 34,7824% 1,530 SAT
35 ACT
6 to 1
1 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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Private, 4-yearsNew York, NY
$46,820 $38,816 95822% 1,470 SAT
33 ACT
9 to 1
17 Cornell University
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Private, 4-yearsIthaca, NY
$66,014 $54,352 25,8987% 1,530 SAT
34 ACT
9 to 1
60 Hamilton College
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Private, 4-yearsClinton, NY
$65,740 $48,241 2,07212% 1,490 SAT
34 ACT
9 to 1
25 New York University
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Private, 4-yearsNew York, NY
$60,438 $34,868 59,14412% 1,530 SAT
34 ACT
8 to 1
64 University of Rochester
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Private, 4-yearsRochester, NY
$64,348 $40,207 12,19739% 1,470 SAT
33 ACT
9 to 1
95 Union College
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Private, 4-yearsSchenectady, NY
$66,456 $35,369 2,10747% 1,390 SAT
31 ACT
9 to 1
70 United States Military Academy
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Public, 4-yearsWest Point, NY
- - 4,39312% 1,340 SAT
30 ACT
7 to 1
61 Vassar College
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Private, 4-yearsPoughkeepsie, NY
$67,805 $49,475 2,45919% 1,490 SAT
33 ACT
7 to 1
Average$63,994
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$45,380 150,59317.76% 1,475 SAT
33.0000 ACT
8.36 to 1
*Ranking data provided by CollegeEvaluator.
All data used in our site is from IPEDS (The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System), U.S. Department of Education, academic year 2022-2023