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 | Colgate University | 4100 | 90200 | 0.9548 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 3 | Hamilton College | 5400 | 88300 | 0.9392 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 4 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6400 | 93200 | 0.9316 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7500 | 33400 | 0.7764 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 6 | CUNY Lehman College | 7700 | 35100 | 0.7814 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 7 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7800 | 31800 | 0.7558 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 7 | CUNY City College | 7800 | 31200 | 0.7501 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 9 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8000 | 36700 | 0.7828 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 10 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 8400 | 34500 | 0.7561 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 11 | Union College | 10600 | 91100 | 0.8836 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 12 | New York University | 12300 | 90800 | 0.8641 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 13 | Cornell University | 12600 | 90500 | 0.8607 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 14 | Barnard College | 14000 | 92500 | 0.8488 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 15 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16000 | 27900 | 0.4239 | 1,831 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
| 15 | University of Rochester | 16000 | 92300 | 0.8269 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 17 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 16700 | 26100 | 0.3602 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 18 | SUNY Old Westbury | 17500 | 24400 | 0.2834 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 19 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 27900 | 0.3665 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 20 | St Lawrence University | 18000 | 87200 | 0.7938 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 21 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 18100 | 26500 | 0.3164 | 3,902 | 1279 | 0.6663 | |
| 22 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 18900 | 32200 | 0.4138 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 23 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19500 | 29400 | 0.3357 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 23 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19500 | 28600 | 0.3198 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 25 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19800 | 27600 | 0.2823 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 25 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 19800 | 26900 | 0.2626 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 27 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 20000 | 33500 | 0.4036 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 28 | Niagara University | 20300 | 57500 | 0.6468 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 28 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 20300 | 20400 | 0.0034 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 30 | Vassar College | 20400 | 91500 | 0.7769 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 31 | Sarah Lawrence College | 20500 | 86800 | 0.7642 | 1,559 | 1347 | 0.6173 | |
| 32 | Farmingdale State College | 20700 | 23000 | 0.1003 | 10,007 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
| 33 | SUNY Morrisville | 20800 | 28600 | 0.2719 | 2,042 | 1028 | 0.9078 | |
| 34 | Skidmore College | 20900 | 89200 | 0.7652 | 2,704 | 1421 | 0.2105 | |
| 35 | SUNY Brockport | 21100 | 26400 | 0.1975 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 36 | Canisius University | 21600 | 53400 | 0.5945 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 37 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21700 | 56900 | 0.618 | 533 | 1269 | 0.5269 | |
| 37 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21700 | 78000 | 0.7217 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 37 | State University of New York at Cortland | 21700 | 27800 | 0.2182 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 37 | SUNY Oneonta | 21700 | 29400 | 0.2607 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 41 | CUNY Hunter College | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1648 | 17,027 | 1240 | 0.5422 | |
| 42 | Hartwick College | 21900 | 65300 | 0.664 | 1,112 | 1117 | 0.695 | |
| 43 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 22000 | 62600 | 0.649 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 44 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22700 | 32100 | 0.2931 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 45 | St Bonaventure University | 22800 | 60400 | 0.6227 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 45 | University at Albany | 22800 | 31000 | 0.2633 | 12,666 | 1245 | 0.6909 | |
| 47 | Bard College | 23000 | 89300 | 0.742 | 2,037 | 1379 | 0.5212 | |
| 47 | CUNY Queens College | 23000 | 29300 | 0.2148 | 13,464 | 1146 | 0.6434 | |
| 49 | Keuka College | 23100 | 59400 | 0.6109 | 966 | 1040 | 0.6808 | |
| 50 | Utica University | 23400 | 41200 | 0.4313 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 51 | Wells College | 23900 | 54500 | 0.5609 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 52 | Daemen University | 24100 | 53800 | 0.5525 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
| 53 | Elmira College | 24200 | 49700 | 0.5125 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 54 | SUNY at Purchase College | 24300 | 28100 | 0.1322 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 55 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24400 | 60100 | 0.5942 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 56 | D'Youville University | 24500 | 50200 | 0.5119 | 1,523 | 1054 | 0.8235 | |
| 56 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 24500 | 26300 | 0.0695 | 6,197 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 56 | Touro University | 24500 | 58500 | 0.5808 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
| 59 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 24600 | 61200 | 0.598 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 60 | Houghton University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2579 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 61 | Russell Sage College | 25200 | 57600 | 0.5632 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 62 | Mercy University | 25300 | 44500 | 0.4317 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 63 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 64 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 65 | SUNY Maritime College | 26500 | 31700 | 0.1642 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 66 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 26700 | 77300 | 0.6544 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 67 | University at Buffalo | 27000 | 34100 | 0.2086 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 68 | St. Francis College | 27300 | 38400 | 0.2893 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 69 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27600 | 50700 | 0.4553 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 70 | Alfred University | 29400 | 67100 | 0.5621 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
| 71 | Hilbert College | 29800 | 53100 | 0.4392 | 939 | 1103 | 0.98 | |
| 72 | Culinary Institute of America | 30000 | 69600 | 0.5683 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 73 | Ithaca College | 30100 | 69100 | 0.5639 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 74 | Le Moyne College | 30900 | 51600 | 0.4024 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 75 | Manhattanville University | 31100 | 68500 | 0.5453 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 76 | Clarkson University | 31300 | 75500 | 0.5852 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 77 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 33700 | 35900 | 0.0612 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 78 | St. John Fisher University | 34000 | 58300 | 0.4165 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 79 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 34100 | 34100 | 0 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 80 | Syracuse University | 34400 | 82200 | 0.5821 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 81 | Siena College | 35300 | 64300 | 0.4504 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 82 | Long Island University | 36600 | 59600 | 0.3862 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 83 | New York Institute of Technology | 37400 | 83600 | 0.5521 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 84 | Nazareth University | 37700 | 63300 | 0.4039 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 85 | Dominican University New York | 37800 | 52200 | 0.2761 | 1,115 | 1170 | 0.9771 | |
| 86 | Molloy University | 38000 | 60600 | 0.3731 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 87 | Adelphi University | 38100 | 63300 | 0.398 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 88 | Hofstra University | 38500 | 69500 | 0.4461 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 89 | Fordham University | 39100 | 94600 | 0.587 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 90 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.4641 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 91 | Mount Saint Mary College | 40300 | 67400 | 0.4022 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 92 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 92 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 41200 | 85000 | 0.5148 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 94 | Iona University | 41800 | 69000 | 0.3943 | 3,382 | 1214 | 0.8694 | |
| 95 | Marymount Manhattan College | 41900 | 65500 | 0.3603 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 95 | St. John's University-New York | 41900 | 80100 | 0.4767 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 97 | Marist College | 42300 | 90500 | 0.533 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 98 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.36 | 1,590 | 1230 | 0.8346 | |
| 99 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 48500 | 54400 | 0.1084 | 1,392 | 1086 | 0.8505 | |
| 100 | Pratt Institute-Main | 56700 | 83800 | 0.3235 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 101 | The New School | 65200 | 102000 | 0.3607 | 1,449 | 1268 | 0.8333 | |
| 102 | Yeshiva University | 72200 | 72900 | 0.0096 | 2,331 | 1395 | 0.5562 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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