Which colleges are most affordable for New York residents ? The answer may surprise you.
These rankings of the most affordable colleges for New York residents are based on the estimated net price for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of New York.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of the school paid by the student and family, after factoring in merit and grant aid from the college federal programs and work study.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6300 | 94100 | 0.933 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7700 | 36100 | 0.7877 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 3 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7700 | 31800 | 0.759 | 11,562 | 1126 | 0.5836 | |
| 5 | CUNY City College | 7800 | 31200 | 0.7501 | 12,982 | 1218 | 0.6002 | |
| 6 | Colgate University | 10300 | 91100 | 0.8869 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 7 | Hamilton College | 10400 | 88300 | 0.8826 | 2,031 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 8 | Cornell University | 11500 | 92200 | 0.8758 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 9 | New York University | 12300 | 90800 | 0.8641 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 10 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13600 | 0.0051 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 11 | Barnard College | 14000 | 94800 | 0.8524 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 12 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16000 | 28100 | 0.4303 | 2,111 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
| 12 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16000 | 42400 | 0.6225 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 12 | University of Rochester | 16000 | 92300 | 0.8269 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 15 | Union College | 16200 | 91500 | 0.8227 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 16 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 16900 | 46200 | 0.6338 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 17 | Vassar College | 17100 | 91500 | 0.813 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 18 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17500 | 45100 | 0.6108 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 19 | Canisius University | 17800 | 64900 | 0.7263 | 1,724 | 1186 | 0.7236 | |
| 19 | Mercy University | 17800 | 44500 | 0.6003 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 19 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 17800 | 26500 | 0.3277 | 3,881 | 1279 | 0.6645 | |
| 22 | St Lawrence University | 18000 | 87200 | 0.7938 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 23 | Syracuse University | 18200 | 82200 | 0.7791 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 24 | Niagara University | 18300 | 57500 | 0.6816 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 25 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18900 | 24400 | 0.226 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 26 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 19100 | 48100 | 0.6026 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 27 | SUNY at Fredonia | 19500 | 27900 | 0.302 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 28 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19600 | 46400 | 0.5769 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 29 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 19800 | 26900 | 0.2626 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 30 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19900 | 27800 | 0.2838 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 31 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 20000 | 61200 | 0.6731 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 32 | Utica University | 20100 | 43500 | 0.5371 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 33 | Skidmore College | 20900 | 89200 | 0.7652 | 2,704 | 1418 | 0.2105 | |
| 34 | Farmingdale State College | 21200 | 22500 | 0.0584 | 10,007 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
| 35 | SUNY Brockport | 21300 | 26400 | 0.1899 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 36 | State University of New York at Cortland | 21500 | 27800 | 0.2254 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 36 | SUNY Morrisville | 21500 | 32100 | 0.3321 | 2,167 | 1109 | 0.9154 | |
| 38 | SUNY Oneonta | 21700 | 29400 | 0.2607 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 39 | Daemen University | 21800 | 54300 | 0.5986 | 1,653 | 1050 | 0.6826 | |
| 40 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21900 | 88400 | 0.7523 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 40 | Russell Sage College | 21900 | 71100 | 0.6918 | 1,247 | 1010 | 0.5326 | |
| 42 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 22400 | 63100 | 0.6449 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 43 | Keuka College | 22600 | 59400 | 0.619 | 968 | 1100 | 0.6808 | |
| 43 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 22600 | 72200 | 0.6871 | 1,393 | 1142 | 0.7063 | |
| 43 | St Bonaventure University | 22600 | 60400 | 0.626 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 46 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22800 | 56900 | 0.5984 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 47 | Hartwick College | 22900 | 65300 | 0.6487 | 1,097 | 1179 | 0.696 | |
| 47 | Le Moyne College | 22900 | 57300 | 0.6001 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 47 | University at Albany | 22900 | 30900 | 0.2574 | 12,666 | 1223 | 0.691 | |
| 50 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23000 | 29400 | 0.2167 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 51 | Bard College | 23100 | 89400 | 0.7421 | 2,438 | 1366 | 0.5212 | |
| 52 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23300 | 26300 | 0.1151 | 6,862 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 53 | Elmira College | 23500 | 69100 | 0.6594 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 54 | Houghton University | 23700 | 62000 | 0.6181 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 55 | Hilbert College | 24000 | 63300 | 0.6212 | 931 | 1080 | 0.972 | |
| 56 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 24100 | 69500 | 0.6535 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 57 | SUNY at Purchase College | 24300 | 28100 | 0.1322 | 3,257 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 58 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 24800 | 85300 | 0.7096 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 59 | Sarah Lawrence College | 25100 | 86800 | 0.7112 | 1,582 | 1347 | 0.6173 | |
| 60 | D'Youville University | 25200 | 50200 | 0.4979 | 1,258 | 1110 | 0.8137 | |
| 61 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 62 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 63 | SUNY Maritime College | 26500 | 46800 | 0.4342 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 64 | University at Buffalo | 27100 | 34100 | 0.2057 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 65 | Long Island University | 27200 | 59800 | 0.5457 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 66 | Yeshiva University | 27400 | 72200 | 0.6205 | 2,930 | 1408 | 0.5562 | |
| 67 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27600 | 50700 | 0.457 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 68 | St. Francis College | 28400 | 38400 | 0.2606 | 1,719 | 1119 | 0.8427 | |
| 69 | Molloy University | 28500 | 61300 | 0.5354 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 70 | Manhattanville University | 29300 | 68500 | 0.572 | 1,466 | 1160 | 0.8734 | |
| 71 | Alfred University | 29400 | 67100 | 0.5618 | 1,442 | 1239 | 0.7384 | |
| 72 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29600 | 77300 | 0.6169 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 73 | Culinary Institute of America | 29800 | 74000 | 0.5975 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 74 | Ithaca College | 30200 | 69100 | 0.5624 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 75 | Clarkson University | 30400 | 75500 | 0.5971 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 76 | Manhattan University | 31900 | 72500 | 0.56 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 77 | St. John's University-New York | 32300 | 78100 | 0.5856 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 78 | St. John Fisher University | 32500 | 58300 | 0.4422 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 79 | Iona University | 32700 | 69000 | 0.5262 | 3,382 | 1220 | 0.8694 | |
| 80 | Dominican University New York | 32800 | 52200 | 0.3719 | 1,115 | 1170 | 0.633 | |
| 81 | Hofstra University | 33900 | 77000 | 0.5596 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 82 | Fordham University | 34000 | 95000 | 0.6418 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 | |
| 83 | Siena College | 34400 | 64300 | 0.4644 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 84 | Pace University | 34800 | 69100 | 0.4966 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 85 | New York Institute of Technology | 37500 | 83600 | 0.5509 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 86 | Nazareth University | 37800 | 63300 | 0.4031 | 1,882 | 1211 | 0.7472 | |
| 87 | Adelphi University | 38200 | 63300 | 0.3962 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 88 | Marymount Manhattan College | 39100 | 68500 | 0.4292 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 89 | American Musical and Dramatic Academy | 40400 | 69300 | 0.4169 | 1,438 | 0 | 0.2448 | |
| 90 | Marist University | 41100 | 75800 | 0.4579 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 91 | Mount Saint Mary College | 41400 | 67400 | 0.3859 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 92 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 41600 | 68700 | 0.3944 | 1,392 | 995 | 0.7393 | |
| 93 | Touro University | 42000 | 42000 | 0 | 4,872 | 1322 | 0.6083 | |
| 94 | Wagner College | 47100 | 73400 | 0.3584 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 95 | Pratt Institute-Main | 56500 | 83800 | 0.3259 | 3,967 | 1272 | 0.7325 | |
| 96 | The New School | 62400 | 118000 | 0.4713 | 6,591 | 1268 | 0.6347 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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