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 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 4800 | 96400 | 0.9507 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | Colgate University | 7000 | 91400 | 0.9235 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 3 | Elim Bible College | 7000 | 29600 | 0.7635 | 118 | 1148 | 1 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7400 | 36100 | 0.796 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7700 | 31800 | 0.759 | 11,499 | 1126 | 0.578 | |
| 7 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 7900 | 36700 | 0.7855 | 11,942 | 1073 | 0.5708 | |
| 8 | Hamilton College | 9700 | 89800 | 0.8925 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 9 | Cornell University | 10000 | 93400 | 0.8927 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 10 | Skidmore College | 12000 | 95400 | 0.8748 | 2,715 | 1418 | 0.2377 | |
| 11 | University of Rochester | 12600 | 92500 | 0.8639 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 12 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13600 | 0.0051 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 13 | Barnard College | 14000 | 98800 | 0.8587 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 14 | Mercy University | 15700 | 46400 | 0.6621 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 15 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16100 | 47900 | 0.6645 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 16 | Vassar College | 16200 | 93100 | 0.8261 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 17 | Daemen University | 16900 | 54300 | 0.6888 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 17 | New York University | 16900 | 90800 | 0.8135 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 19 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17100 | 36700 | 0.5339 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 20 | Union College | 17300 | 91500 | 0.8106 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 21 | Elmira College | 17700 | 84300 | 0.7901 | 783 | 1391 | 0.8054 | |
| 22 | Niagara University | 18500 | 57500 | 0.6781 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 23 | State University of New York at Oswego | 18600 | 27800 | 0.3306 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 23 | Utica University | 18600 | 45600 | 0.5915 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 25 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19000 | 54000 | 0.6476 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 26 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19300 | 25700 | 0.2489 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 27 | SUNY Oneonta | 19400 | 29400 | 0.339 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 28 | St Lawrence University | 19700 | 87300 | 0.774 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 28 | SUNY Morrisville | 19700 | 29100 | 0.3249 | 2,041 | 1109 | 0.9167 | |
| 30 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19800 | 57900 | 0.6579 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 31 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20000 | 56000 | 0.6433 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 32 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 20200 | 32100 | 0.3712 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 33 | Farmingdale State College | 20300 | 22500 | 0.0984 | 10,062 | 1125 | 0.6166 | |
| 33 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20300 | 27900 | 0.2733 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 35 | SUNY Old Westbury | 20400 | 24400 | 0.1644 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 36 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 20500 | 75900 | 0.7304 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 36 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 20500 | 63500 | 0.6775 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 38 | University at Albany | 20800 | 30800 | 0.3259 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 39 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 21700 | 50800 | 0.5725 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 40 | SUNY Brockport | 21800 | 26400 | 0.1709 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 41 | SUNY Maritime College | 22000 | 58000 | 0.621 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 42 | Mount Saint Mary College | 22300 | 67400 | 0.6691 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 43 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 22400 | 63100 | 0.6449 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 44 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22500 | 56900 | 0.6039 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 44 | SUNY at Purchase College | 22500 | 28100 | 0.1963 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 46 | Houghton University | 22700 | 51400 | 0.5584 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 47 | Hilbert College | 23400 | 52200 | 0.5518 | 931 | 1080 | 0.9724 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23700 | 26300 | 0.0999 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 49 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23900 | 60800 | 0.6067 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 50 | Molloy University | 24300 | 61300 | 0.6039 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 50 | State University of New York at Cortland | 24300 | 27800 | 0.1246 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 52 | D'Youville University | 24700 | 50200 | 0.5079 | 1,258 | 1110 | 0.8137 | |
| 53 | Keuka College | 25000 | 64000 | 0.61 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 54 | Le Moyne College | 25100 | 57300 | 0.5617 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 55 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 25300 | 88400 | 0.7136 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 56 | Ithaca College | 25400 | 69100 | 0.6319 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 57 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 57 | Canisius University | 25700 | 53900 | 0.5234 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 59 | Yeshiva University | 25800 | 72200 | 0.6426 | 2,318 | 1408 | 0.4985 | |
| 60 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 61 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 26500 | 85300 | 0.6896 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 61 | St. Francis College | 26500 | 38400 | 0.3102 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 63 | Bard College | 27000 | 96700 | 0.7212 | 2,037 | 1366 | 0.5212 | |
| 64 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 27300 | 82100 | 0.6677 | 1,320 | 1230 | 0.6744 | |
| 65 | Clarkson University | 27400 | 75900 | 0.6393 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 65 | University at Buffalo | 27400 | 34100 | 0.1969 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 67 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27600 | 50700 | 0.4565 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 68 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29100 | 77600 | 0.6247 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 69 | Long Island University | 29300 | 60500 | 0.516 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 70 | Alfred University | 29400 | 67100 | 0.5615 | 1,478 | 1229 | 0.48 | |
| 71 | Manhattan University | 29800 | 68700 | 0.5662 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 72 | Manhattanville University | 30900 | 68500 | 0.5483 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 73 | St. John Fisher University | 31100 | 59800 | 0.4801 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 74 | Syracuse University | 31800 | 83500 | 0.6198 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 75 | Sarah Lawrence College | 32700 | 87500 | 0.626 | 1,447 | 1332 | 0.6595 | |
| 76 | Hofstra University | 32800 | 75200 | 0.5642 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 77 | Fordham University | 33100 | 143900 | 0.7702 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 | |
| 77 | Siena University | 33100 | 64300 | 0.4846 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 79 | Pace University | 33600 | 70800 | 0.5254 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 80 | Iona University | 34100 | 69000 | 0.5059 | 3,382 | 1214 | 0.8694 | |
| 81 | Culinary Institute of America | 34200 | 91000 | 0.6243 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 82 | St. John's University-New York | 34900 | 82800 | 0.5787 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 83 | New York Institute of Technology | 37100 | 83600 | 0.556 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 84 | Adelphi University | 37800 | 63300 | 0.4037 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 85 | Nazareth University | 38500 | 67200 | 0.4269 | 1,862 | 1275 | 0.7409 | |
| 86 | Marymount Manhattan College | 38700 | 69100 | 0.4398 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 87 | St Bonaventure University | 38800 | 62900 | 0.3834 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 88 | Touro University | 41500 | 41500 | 0 | 4,872 | 1316 | 0.6083 | |
| 89 | Hartwick College | 41800 | 42300 | 0.0107 | 1,053 | 1240 | 0.8482 | |
| 90 | Marist University | 42500 | 75800 | 0.4394 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 91 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 42800 | 77400 | 0.447 | 1,552 | 1143 | 0.8378 | |
| 92 | Wagner College | 46600 | 73400 | 0.3649 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 93 | Russell Sage College | 49100 | 86100 | 0.4303 | 1,230 | 1125 | 0.5977 | |
| 93 | Simon's Rock at Bard College | 49100 | 133500 | 0.6324 | 318 | 1278 | 0.958 | |
| 95 | Dominican University New York | 50500 | 52200 | 0.0327 | 1,108 | 1220 | 0.9057 | |
| 96 | Pratt Institute-Main | 58000 | 90700 | 0.3605 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 | |
| 97 | The New School | 66800 | 94500 | 0.2932 | 7,171 | 1268 | 0.5718 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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