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 | 4800 | 94100 | 0.9489 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0399 | |
| 3 | Colgate University | 6900 | 91100 | 0.9243 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7400 | 36100 | 0.796 | 10,051 | 1064 | 0.9234 | |
| 5 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7700 | 31800 | 0.759 | 11,562 | 1126 | 0.5836 | |
| 6 | CUNY City College | 7800 | 31200 | 0.7501 | 12,982 | 1218 | 0.6002 | |
| 7 | Cornell University | 11600 | 92200 | 0.8748 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0876 | |
| 8 | Skidmore College | 11900 | 89200 | 0.8661 | 2,704 | 1418 | 0.2105 | |
| 9 | Hamilton College | 12700 | 88300 | 0.8566 | 2,031 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 10 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13600 | 0.0051 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8135 | |
| 11 | Barnard College | 14000 | 95500 | 0.8539 | 3,487 | 1499 | 0.0884 | |
| 12 | St Lawrence University | 14700 | 87300 | 0.8313 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 13 | New York University | 15900 | 90800 | 0.8245 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 14 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16100 | 27700 | 0.4192 | 2,111 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
| 15 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17100 | 29600 | 0.4219 | 3,781 | 1100 | 0.7568 | |
| 16 | Union College | 17400 | 91500 | 0.8095 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 17 | Syracuse University | 18000 | 82200 | 0.7816 | 15,957 | 1363 | 0.4592 | |
| 18 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18800 | 24400 | 0.2301 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8363 | |
| 19 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19000 | 30500 | 0.3758 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.8901 | |
| 20 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19200 | 26500 | 0.2749 | 3,881 | 1279 | 0.6645 | |
| 21 | Vassar College | 19300 | 91500 | 0.789 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 22 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19400 | 27800 | 0.3018 | 5,517 | 1180 | 0.8055 | |
| 23 | SUNY Morrisville | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3284 | 2,167 | 1109 | 0.9154 | |
| 24 | Utica University | 20000 | 43500 | 0.5394 | 2,329 | 1118 | 0.9195 | |
| 25 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 29600 | 0.3185 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 26 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 20200 | 32100 | 0.3713 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 26 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 27900 | 0.2768 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 28 | Farmingdale State College | 20300 | 22500 | 0.0985 | 10,007 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
| 28 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20300 | 26900 | 0.2441 | 1,988 | 1080 | 0.8402 | |
| 30 | University at Albany | 21100 | 30900 | 0.3162 | 12,666 | 1223 | 0.691 | |
| 31 | SUNY Brockport | 21800 | 26400 | 0.171 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 32 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 21900 | 29200 | 0.2507 | 3,459 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 33 | Le Moyne College | 22300 | 57300 | 0.6106 | 2,529 | 1255 | 0.8298 | |
| 34 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 22400 | 63100 | 0.6449 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 35 | Keuka College | 22500 | 59400 | 0.6222 | 968 | 1100 | 0.6808 | |
| 35 | SUNY at Purchase College | 22500 | 28100 | 0.1964 | 3,257 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 37 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 37 | Niagara University | 22700 | 57500 | 0.6051 | 2,692 | 1160 | 0.8737 | |
| 39 | Daemen University | 22900 | 54300 | 0.5783 | 1,653 | 1050 | 0.6826 | |
| 40 | St Bonaventure University | 23100 | 60400 | 0.6177 | 2,042 | 1189 | 0.8165 | |
| 40 | SUNY Oneonta | 23100 | 29400 | 0.213 | 4,681 | 1234 | 0.696 | |
| 42 | Houghton University | 23200 | 42800 | 0.4578 | 1,162 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 43 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23900 | 29400 | 0.1861 | 2,381 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 44 | State University of New York at Cortland | 24300 | 27800 | 0.1248 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 45 | Elmira College | 24500 | 60700 | 0.5961 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 46 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 24700 | 88400 | 0.7204 | 1,794 | 1308 | 0.6399 | |
| 46 | SUNY Maritime College | 24700 | 32000 | 0.2283 | 1,285 | 1215 | 0.7241 | |
| 48 | D'Youville University | 25000 | 50200 | 0.5019 | 1,258 | 1110 | 0.8137 | |
| 49 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 25100 | 59500 | 0.578 | 1,393 | 1142 | 0.7063 | |
| 49 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 25100 | 26300 | 0.0467 | 6,862 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 51 | Mercy University | 25600 | 44500 | 0.425 | 6,774 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 52 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,669 | 1415 | 0.3861 | |
| 53 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1410 | 0.4904 | |
| 53 | Yeshiva University | 26100 | 72200 | 0.6385 | 2,930 | 1408 | 0.5562 | |
| 55 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 26500 | 85300 | 0.6896 | 5,741 | 1438 | 0.6347 | |
| 56 | Clarkson University | 26600 | 75500 | 0.6474 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 57 | University of Rochester | 26700 | 92300 | 0.711 | 6,580 | 1462 | 0.4008 | |
| 58 | Bard College | 27300 | 90400 | 0.6985 | 2,438 | 1366 | 0.5212 | |
| 59 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27600 | 50700 | 0.4568 | 926 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 59 | University at Buffalo | 27600 | 34100 | 0.191 | 20,359 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 61 | St. Francis College | 27800 | 38400 | 0.2763 | 1,719 | 1119 | 0.8427 | |
| 62 | Manhattanville University | 29200 | 68500 | 0.5737 | 1,466 | 1160 | 0.8734 | |
| 62 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 29200 | 61200 | 0.5228 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 64 | Alfred University | 29400 | 67100 | 0.5617 | 1,442 | 1239 | 0.7384 | |
| 65 | Ithaca College | 29500 | 69100 | 0.5725 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 66 | Canisius University | 29600 | 53900 | 0.4511 | 1,724 | 1186 | 0.7236 | |
| 66 | Hilbert College | 29600 | 55600 | 0.4677 | 931 | 1080 | 0.972 | |
| 68 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29900 | 77300 | 0.6131 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 69 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 30700 | 39800 | 0.2286 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 70 | Sarah Lawrence College | 32000 | 86800 | 0.6317 | 1,582 | 1347 | 0.6173 | |
| 71 | St. John Fisher University | 32700 | 58300 | 0.4388 | 2,571 | 1215 | 0.664 | |
| 72 | Molloy University | 34200 | 61300 | 0.4424 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 73 | Culinary Institute of America | 34400 | 68200 | 0.4959 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.9115 | |
| 74 | Siena College | 35400 | 64300 | 0.4488 | 3,467 | 1254 | 0.6902 | |
| 75 | Hartwick College | 36500 | 65300 | 0.4404 | 1,097 | 1179 | 0.696 | |
| 76 | New York Institute of Technology | 37400 | 83600 | 0.553 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 77 | Nazareth University | 37700 | 63300 | 0.4045 | 1,882 | 1211 | 0.7472 | |
| 78 | Hofstra University | 38000 | 70100 | 0.458 | 6,581 | 1328 | 0.6808 | |
| 79 | Adelphi University | 38100 | 63300 | 0.3992 | 5,325 | 1237 | 0.6591 | |
| 80 | Fordham University | 38400 | 95100 | 0.596 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 | |
| 81 | Long Island University | 38700 | 60000 | 0.3552 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 82 | Mount Saint Mary College | 40000 | 67400 | 0.4066 | 2,141 | 1153 | 0.8888 | |
| 83 | American Musical and Dramatic Academy | 40500 | 72300 | 0.4401 | 1,438 | 0 | 0.2448 | |
| 84 | Pace University | 40600 | 70800 | 0.4265 | 8,038 | 1260 | 0.7592 | |
| 85 | Iona University | 41500 | 69000 | 0.3987 | 3,382 | 1220 | 0.8694 | |
| 86 | Marymount Manhattan College | 41900 | 67900 | 0.3829 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 87 | Touro University | 42000 | 42000 | 0 | 4,872 | 1322 | 0.6083 | |
| 87 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 42000 | 54500 | 0.2294 | 1,392 | 995 | 0.7393 | |
| 89 | Marist University | 43600 | 75800 | 0.4249 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 90 | Manhattan University | 43800 | 74100 | 0.4089 | 2,744 | 1274 | 0.7894 | |
| 91 | Russell Sage College | 43900 | 59500 | 0.263 | 1,247 | 1010 | 0.5326 | |
| 92 | St. John's University-New York | 44300 | 78100 | 0.4318 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 93 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.361 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 94 | Dominican University New York | 52200 | 52200 | 0.0002 | 1,115 | 1170 | 0.633 | |
| 95 | Pratt Institute-Main | 56500 | 83800 | 0.3258 | 3,967 | 1272 | 0.7325 | |
| 96 | The New School | 68000 | 88400 | 0.2307 | 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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