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 | 1494 | 0.2965 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7500 | 36100 | 0.7932 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7800 | 31800 | 0.7558 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 4 | CUNY City College | 7800 | 31200 | 0.7501 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 6 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8000 | 36700 | 0.7828 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 7 | Colgate University | 10300 | 91100 | 0.8869 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 8 | Hamilton College | 10400 | 88300 | 0.8826 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 9 | Cornell University | 11500 | 92200 | 0.8758 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 10 | New York University | 12300 | 90800 | 0.8641 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 11 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13600 | 0.0051 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 12 | Barnard College | 14000 | 94800 | 0.8524 | 3,269 | 1499 | 0.1147 | |
| 13 | University of Rochester | 15900 | 92300 | 0.828 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 14 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16000 | 28100 | 0.4303 | 1,831 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
| 14 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 16000 | 42400 | 0.6225 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 16 | Union College | 16200 | 91500 | 0.8227 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 17 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 16700 | 46200 | 0.6382 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 18 | Mercy University | 17000 | 44500 | 0.6183 | 6,775 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
| 19 | Vassar College | 17100 | 91500 | 0.813 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 20 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 27900 | 0.3665 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 20 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17700 | 45100 | 0.6063 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 22 | Canisius University | 17900 | 64900 | 0.7248 | 1,724 | 1180 | 0.7224 | |
| 22 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 17900 | 26500 | 0.3239 | 3,902 | 1275 | 0.6645 | |
| 24 | St Lawrence University | 18000 | 87200 | 0.7938 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 25 | Niagara University | 18300 | 57500 | 0.6816 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.3972 | |
| 26 | Syracuse University | 19200 | 82200 | 0.767 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 27 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19400 | 46400 | 0.5812 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 28 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19700 | 27800 | 0.291 | 5,517 | 1164 | 0.8057 | |
| 28 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 19700 | 26900 | 0.2663 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 30 | SUNY Old Westbury | 19900 | 24400 | 0.1849 | 4,260 | 1165 | 0.8352 | |
| 31 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 20000 | 61200 | 0.6731 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 32 | SUNY Morrisville | 20300 | 32100 | 0.3695 | 2,042 | 975 | 0.9078 | |
| 32 | Utica University | 20300 | 43500 | 0.5325 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 34 | Skidmore College | 20900 | 89200 | 0.7652 | 2,704 | 1421 | 0.2105 | |
| 35 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 21100 | 48100 | 0.561 | 3,856 | 1185 | 0.7518 | |
| 36 | Farmingdale State College | 21200 | 22500 | 0.0584 | 10,007 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
| 37 | SUNY Brockport | 21300 | 26400 | 0.1899 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 38 | State University of New York at Cortland | 21500 | 27800 | 0.2254 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 39 | Hartwick College | 21600 | 65300 | 0.6686 | 1,097 | 1089 | 0.6948 | |
| 40 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21700 | 88400 | 0.7545 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 40 | SUNY Oneonta | 21700 | 29400 | 0.2607 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 42 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21800 | 56900 | 0.6171 | 533 | 1266 | 0.5269 | |
| 42 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 21800 | 63100 | 0.6544 | 2,398 | 1059 | 0.8464 | |
| 44 | Daemen University | 21900 | 54300 | 0.5967 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 45 | Keuka College | 22600 | 59400 | 0.6198 | 966 | 1100 | 0.6808 | |
| 46 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 60400 | 0.6244 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 47 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 22800 | 72200 | 0.6844 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 48 | Bard College | 22900 | 89400 | 0.7443 | 2,037 | 1379 | 0.5212 | |
| 48 | Le Moyne College | 22900 | 57300 | 0.6001 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.787 | |
| 48 | University at Albany | 22900 | 30900 | 0.2574 | 12,666 | 1245 | 0.6909 | |
| 51 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23000 | 29400 | 0.2167 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 52 | Russell Sage College | 23200 | 71100 | 0.6735 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 53 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23300 | 26300 | 0.1151 | 6,197 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 54 | Elmira College | 23500 | 69100 | 0.6594 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 55 | Houghton University | 23700 | 62000 | 0.6181 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 56 | Hilbert College | 23900 | 63300 | 0.6228 | 939 | 1080 | 0.98 | |
| 57 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 24100 | 69500 | 0.6535 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 58 | SUNY at Purchase College | 24300 | 28100 | 0.1322 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 59 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 24800 | 85300 | 0.7096 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 60 | Sarah Lawrence College | 25100 | 86800 | 0.7112 | 1,582 | 1347 | 0.6173 | |
| 61 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 62 | D'Youville University | 25800 | 50200 | 0.486 | 1,319 | 1135 | 0.9245 | |
| 63 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1404 | 0.4904 | |
| 64 | SUNY Maritime College | 26500 | 46800 | 0.4342 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 65 | Dominican University New York | 27100 | 52200 | 0.4811 | 1,115 | 1065 | 0.9771 | |
| 65 | University at Buffalo | 27100 | 34100 | 0.2057 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 67 | Long Island University | 27200 | 59800 | 0.5457 | 11,753 | 1252 | 0.8977 | |
| 68 | St. Francis College | 27300 | 38400 | 0.2893 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 69 | Yeshiva University | 27400 | 72200 | 0.6205 | 2,331 | 1402 | 0.5562 | |
| 70 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27600 | 50700 | 0.4559 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 71 | Molloy University | 28500 | 61300 | 0.5354 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 72 | Alfred University | 29300 | 67100 | 0.5625 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
| 73 | Culinary Institute of America | 29700 | 74000 | 0.5988 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 74 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29900 | 77300 | 0.6131 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 75 | Ithaca College | 30100 | 69100 | 0.5639 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 76 | Clarkson University | 30400 | 75500 | 0.5971 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 77 | Manhattanville University | 31200 | 68500 | 0.5447 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 78 | Manhattan University | 32200 | 72500 | 0.5559 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 79 | St. John's University-New York | 32300 | 78100 | 0.5856 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 80 | St. John Fisher University | 32500 | 58300 | 0.4422 | 2,583 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 81 | Iona University | 32700 | 69000 | 0.5262 | 3,382 | 1214 | 0.8694 | |
| 82 | Fordham University | 34000 | 95000 | 0.6418 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 | |
| 83 | Siena College | 34300 | 64300 | 0.4659 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 84 | Pace University | 34600 | 69100 | 0.4995 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 85 | Hofstra University | 36400 | 77000 | 0.5272 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 86 | New York Institute of Technology | 37500 | 83600 | 0.5514 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 87 | Nazareth University | 37800 | 63300 | 0.4034 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 88 | Adelphi University | 38200 | 63300 | 0.3969 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 89 | Marymount Manhattan College | 39100 | 68500 | 0.4292 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 90 | Touro University | 39500 | 42000 | 0.0595 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6185 | |
| 91 | Mount Saint Mary College | 40300 | 67400 | 0.4022 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 92 | American Musical and Dramatic Academy | 40400 | 69300 | 0.4169 | 1,502 | 0 | 0.2471 | |
| 93 | Marist University | 41100 | 102800 | 0.6004 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 94 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 42800 | 68700 | 0.377 | 1,392 | 1086 | 0.8505 | |
| 95 | Wagner College | 47000 | 73400 | 0.359 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 96 | Pratt Institute-Main | 56700 | 83800 | 0.3235 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 97 | The New School | 62400 | 118000 | 0.4713 | 7,171 | 1268 | 0.663 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
Join thousands of students and parents learning about finding the right college, admissions secrets, scholarships, financial aid, and more.