The acceptance rate of an institution measures how many students are accepted as a percentage of the number who apply. Colleges and universities that are more selective are generally seen as more prestigious as it is harder to gain acceptance and enroll. But, there are many factors that influence overall acceptance rate, including the overall number of applicants and the strength of applications received.
| Rank | Institution | Undergraduates | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Your Est. Net Price Avg. Net Price | Median Starting Salary | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rabbinical College Ohr Yisroel | 116 | 3.56 | -- | 6147 | 51683 | |
| 2 | Cornell University | 16128 | 8.41 | 1,490 – 1,570 | 26455 | 87830 |
Cornell University
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| 3 | Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary | 206 | 8.96 | -- | 4090 | 25819 | |
| 4 | The Juilliard School | 619 | 8.96 | -- | 42468 | 22129 |
The Juilliard School
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| 5 | New York University | 29060 | 9.23 | 1,490 – 1,560 | 30730 | 64543 |
New York University
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| 6 | United States Military Academy | 4473 | 12.45 | 1,230 – 1,440 | 0 | 63721 |
United States Military Academy
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| 7 | Hamilton College | 2037 | 13.62 | 1,460 – 1,550 | 26021 | 60082 |
Hamilton College
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| 8 | Colgate University | 3193 | 13.88 | 1,450 – 1,530 | 26954 | 64949 |
Colgate University
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| 9 | Webb Institute | 106 | 14.04 | 1,430 – 1,530 | 21488 | 86249 |
#9
Webb Institute
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| 10 | Vassar College | 2462 | 18.57 | 1,460 – 1,550 | 29733 | 49177 |
Vassar College
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| 11 | Skidmore College | 2704 | 21.05 | 1,360 – 1,490 | 32368 | 46923 |
Skidmore College
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| 12 | American Musical and Dramatic Academy | 1502 | 24.71 | -- | 46130 | 21168 | |
| 13 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 9157 | 29.65 | 1,510 – 1,590 | 20869 | 88535 |
Columbia University in the City of New York
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| 14 | Plaza College | 846 | 30 | -- | 17923 | 32282 | |
| 15 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 947 | 32.47 | 1,150 – 1,330 | 5173 | 96770 |
United States Merchant Marine Academy
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| 16 | Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland | 141 | 34.69 | -- | 18501 | 53468 | |
| 17 | Binghamton University | 14669 | 38.61 | 1,350 – 1,500 | 18860 | 61621 |
Binghamton University
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| 18 | Niagara University | 2692 | 39.72 | 650 – 1,250 | 17495 | 48289 |
Niagara University
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| 19 | Manhattan School of Music | 543 | 39.94 | -- | 51879 | 18815 |
Manhattan School of Music
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| 20 | University of Rochester | 6580 | 40.08 | 1,420 – 1,530 | 40900 | 68333 |
University of Rochester
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| 21 | United Talmudical Seminary | 2006 | 43.79 | -- | 8237 | 51109 | |
| 22 | Union College | 2065 | 43.92 | 1,320 – 1,480 | 42884 | 63219 |
Union College
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| 23 | Jewish Theological Seminary of America | 172 | 45.07 | 1,370 – 1,490 | 54588 | 53468 |
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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| 24 | CUNY Lehman College | 11217 | 46.01 | 960 – 1,080 | 4076 | 51067 |
CUNY Lehman College
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| 25 | Syracuse University | 15958 | 46.11 | 1,290 – 1,440 | 51520 | 60459 |
Syracuse University
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| 26 | Stony Brook University | 18263 | 49.04 | 1,320 – 1,490 | 18601 | 59492 |
Stony Brook University
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| 27 | Maria College of Albany | 718 | 49.84 | 950 – 1,140 | 17290 | 53357 |
Maria College of Albany
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| 28 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 16086 | 51.17 | 1,190 – 1,410 | 3989 | 61542 |
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
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| 29 | Bard College | 2037 | 52.12 | 1,320 – 1,440 | 25218 | 31072 |
Bard College
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| 30 | Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok | 222 | 52.12 | -- | 12538 | 51395 | |
| 31 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 533 | 52.69 | 1,180 – 1,360 | 26804 | 112685 |
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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| 32 | Russell Sage College | 1255 | 53.26 | 1,020 – 1,250 | 23588 | 51139 |
Russell Sage College
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| 33 | CUNY Hunter College | 17027 | 54.22 | 1,110 – 1,400 | 4127 | 50414 |
CUNY Hunter College
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| 34 | St Lawrence University | 1949 | 54.34 | 1,290 – 1,430 | 36175 | 55037 |
St Lawrence University
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| 35 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 11554 | 55.16 | 1,030 – 1,170 | 4141 | 50293 |
#35
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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| 36 | Yeshiva University | 2331 | 55.62 | 1,320 – 1,490 | 38118 | 60252 |
Yeshiva University
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| 37 | Fordham University | 10307 | 56.28 | 1,350 – 1,490 | 45368 | 68008 |
Fordham University
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| 38 | Marist College | 5551 | 56.51 | 1,200 – 1,360 | 40106 | 62546 | |
| 39 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 11562 | 58.36 | 1,030 – 1,190 | 4105 | 45035 |
CUNY Brooklyn College
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| 40 | State University of New York at Cortland | 5911 | 59.79 | 1,100 – 1,250 | 18474 | 46535 |
State University of New York at Cortland
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| 41 | CUNY City College | 12982 | 59.97 | 1,060 – 1,280 | 4599 | 46435 |
CUNY City College
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| 42 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 7924 | 60.24 | -- | 19649 | 50102 |
Fashion Institute of Technology
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| 43 | New York School of Interior Design | 440 | 60.34 | 1,050 – 1,280 | 39155 | 49907 |
New York School of Interior Design
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| 44 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 6197 | 61.61 | 1,180 – 1,340 | 17848 | 45555 | |
| 45 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1559 | 61.73 | 1,270 – 1,430 | 43571 | 57703 |
Sarah Lawrence College
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| 46 | Touro University | 5098 | 61.96 | 1,290 – 1,450 | 25934 | 43510 |
Touro University
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| 47 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 1984 | 63.28 | 1,310 – 1,430 | 19644 | 48327 |
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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| 48 | Farmingdale State College | 10007 | 63.29 | 1,040 – 1,250 | 8224 | 55901 |
Farmingdale State College
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| 49 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 5743 | 63.43 | 1,380 – 1,510 | 35940 | 83054 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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| 50 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 1794 | 63.99 | 1,230 – 1,400 | 33172 | 62416 |
Hobart William Smith Colleges
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| 51 | CUNY York College | 5917 | 64.1 | 870 – 1,050 | 5631 | 46148 |
CUNY York College
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| 52 | CUNY Queens College | 13464 | 64.34 | 1,010 – 1,290 | 5339 | 48548 |
CUNY Queens College
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| 53 | Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah | 108 | 65.31 | -- | 4734 | 52844 | |
| 54 | Adelphi University | 5325 | 65.91 | 1,110 – 1,330 | 28671 | 63688 |
Adelphi University
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| 55 | St. John Fisher University | 2583 | 66.4 | 1,120 – 1,300 | 28969 | 61198 |
St. John Fisher University
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| 56 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 3902 | 66.63 | 1,200 – 1,360 | 18698 | 51097 |
SUNY College at Geneseo
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| 57 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 14267 | 66.93 | 1,280 – 1,460 | 39753 | 65457 |
Rochester Institute of Technology
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| 58 | Monroe College | 6206 | 67.51 | -- | 11476 | 36973 |
Monroe College
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| 59 | Hofstra University | 6581 | 68.08 | 1,240 – 1,410 | 35687 | 52131 |
Hofstra University
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| 60 | Keuka College | 966 | 68.08 | 940 – 1,140 | 26153 | 50940 |
Keuka College
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| 61 | Ithaca College | 4268 | 69.01 | 1,240 – 1,390 | 34297 | 46305 |
Ithaca College
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| 62 | University at Albany | 12666 | 69.09 | 1,160 – 1,330 | 19165 | 51380 |
University at Albany
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| 63 | Hartwick College | 1112 | 69.5 | 960 – 1,290 | 26818 | 50452 |
Hartwick College
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| 64 | St. Joseph's University-New York | 857 | 69.51 | 1,140 – 1,360 | 18324 | 50759 |
St. Joseph's University-New York
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| 65 | SUNY Oneonta | 4681 | 69.59 | 1,110 – 1,270 | 17918 | 49723 |
#65
SUNY Oneonta
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| 66 | Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid | 183 | 70 | -- | 11171 | 53468 | |
| 67 | Yeshiva Derech Chaim | 119 | 70.21 | -- | 10153 | 53468 | |
| 68 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 1045 | 70.58 | 1,020 – 1,330 | 24202 | 56275 | |
| 69 | SUNY Brockport | 5816 | 70.68 | 1,110 – 1,280 | 15343 | 47164 |
SUNY Brockport
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| 70 | Canisius University | 1724 | 72.24 | 1,010 – 1,250 | 19321 | 46089 |
Canisius University
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| 71 | SUNY Maritime College | 1286 | 72.42 | 1,130 – 1,300 | 20398 | 83439 |
SUNY Maritime College
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| 72 | Pratt Institute-Main | 3967 | 73.25 | 1,150 – 1,400 | 51702 | 45060 |
Pratt Institute-Main
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| 73 | Yeshiva Shaar Ephraim | 138 | 73.42 | -- | 4568 | 56432 | |
| 74 | Daemen University | 1656 | 73.75 | 1,110 – 1,310 | 18944 | 59912 |
Daemen University
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| 75 | Alfred University | 1474 | 73.84 | 1,110 – 1,320 | 26127 | 41703 |
Alfred University
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| 76 | Five Towns College | 662 | 73.89 | 800 – 1,020 | 23005 | 25305 |
Five Towns College
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| 77 | SUNY at Purchase College | 3283 | 74.05 | 1,210 – 1,380 | 18651 | 31229 |
SUNY at Purchase College
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| 78 | University at Buffalo | 20360 | 74.18 | 1,220 – 1,390 | 20511 | 53742 |
University at Buffalo
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| 79 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 5205 | 74.4 | 990 – 1,250 | 13735 | 40877 |
SUNY Buffalo State University
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| 80 | Nazareth University | 1882 | 74.72 | 1,080 – 1,340 | 31321 | 47717 |
Nazareth University
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| 81 | Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer | 373 | 75 | -- | 11349 | 56285 | |
| 82 | Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo | 474 | 75.08 | -- | 14550 | 27873 | |
| 83 | Empire State University | 7789 | 75.18 | -- | 11065 | 50167 | |
| 84 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 3856 | 75.18 | 1,060 – 1,280 | 15982 | 48089 |
SUNY College at Plattsburgh
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| 85 | Le Moyne College | 2563 | 75.29 | 1,160 – 1,320 | 22139 | 53493 |
Le Moyne College
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| 86 | Metropolitan College of New York | 430 | 76.54 | -- | 27481 | 45086 |
Metropolitan College of New York
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| 87 | Elmira College | 745 | 76.96 | 1,140 – 1,370 | 24551 | 49057 |
Elmira College
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| 88 | Clarkson University | 2296 | 77.36 | 1,210 – 1,400 | 33192 | 76970 |
Clarkson University
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| 89 | Bryant & Stratton College-Albany | 224 | 77.51 | -- | 11447 | 27873 |
#89
Bryant & Stratton College-Albany
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| 90 | Siena College | 3469 | 77.64 | 1,150 – 1,380 | 32602 | 56526 |
Siena College
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| 91 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 1831 | 77.7 | 970 – 1,150 | 14574 | 39440 |
SUNY College at Potsdam
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| 92 | Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute | 102 | 77.78 | -- | 11993 | 63721 | |
| 93 | New York Institute of Technology | 3355 | 78.08 | 1,120 – 1,360 | 23074 | 52559 |
New York Institute of Technology
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| 94 | Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah | 353 | 78.08 | -- | 10728 | 18369 | |
| 95 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 1919 | 78.44 | 1,160 – 1,330 | 14646 | 58662 |
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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| 96 | Bryant & Stratton College-Greece | 279 | 78.45 | -- | 13652 | 27873 | |
| 97 | Manhattan University | 2928 | 78.5 | 1,150 – 1,350 | 28349 | 64472 |
Manhattan University
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| 98 | Pace University | 8038 | 78.96 | 1,190 – 1,360 | 34299 | 52767 |
Pace University
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| 99 | SUNY at Fredonia | 2876 | 79.2 | 1,080 – 1,310 | 15830 | 40580 |
SUNY at Fredonia
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| 100 | State University of New York at Oswego | 5517 | 80.57 | 1,070 – 1,280 | 16923 | 46358 |
State University of New York at Oswego
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| 101 | CUNY New York City College of Technology | 13767 | 80.74 | 850 – 1,030 | 5417 | 39982 |
CUNY New York City College of Technology
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| 102 | St. Francis College | 1934 | 81.53 | 930 – 1,140 | 22766 | 43378 |
St. Francis College
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| 103 | St Bonaventure University | 2048 | 81.65 | 1,090 – 1,300 | 27659 | 48559 |
St Bonaventure University
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| 104 | Molloy University | 3240 | 81.74 | 1,100 – 1,300 | 25938 | 78372 |
Molloy University
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| 105 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 3525 | 81.75 | 970 – 1,170 | 14877 | 45460 |
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
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| 106 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1601 | 82.61 | 1,130 – 1,320 | 38426 | 34052 |
Marymount Manhattan College
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| 107 | Trocaire College | 1104 | 83.01 | -- | 21147 | 56726 | |
| 108 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 1764 | 83.25 | 950 – 1,160 | 18122 | 37901 |
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
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| 109 | The New School | 1449 | 83.33 | 1,170 – 1,370 | 62226 | 38210 |
The New School
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| 110 | CUNY Medgar Evers College | 3846 | 83.36 | 750 – 930 | 6207 | 37538 | |
| 111 | St. John's University-New York | 15640 | 83.43 | 1,160 – 1,340 | 28206 | 54189 |
St. John's University-New York
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| 112 | Wagner College | 1590 | 83.46 | 1,150 – 1,310 | 28109 | 63439 |
Wagner College
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| 113 | SUNY Old Westbury | 4260 | 83.52 | 1,010 – 1,210 | 10495 | 43671 |
SUNY Old Westbury
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| 114 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 2398 | 84.64 | 950 – 1,220 | 21844 | 53755 |
University of Mount Saint Vincent
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| 115 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 1392 | 85.05 | 900 – 1,300 | 37171 | 48890 |
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
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| 116 | Mercy University | 6775 | 85.84 | 940 – 1,210 | 16776 | 44969 |
Mercy University
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| 117 | Utica University | 2333 | 86.79 | 1,030 – 1,210 | 22510 | 57422 |
Utica University
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| 118 | Iona University | 3382 | 86.94 | 1,120 – 1,310 | 28557 | 51218 |
Iona University
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| 119 | Yeshiva Sholom Shachna | 118 | 86.96 | -- | 7551 | 52982 | |
| 120 | Villa Maria College | 611 | 87.33 | 800 – 1,110 | 15687 | 33635 |
Villa Maria College
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| 121 | Manhattanville University | 1466 | 87.34 | 1,060 – 1,230 | 25017 | 45056 |
Manhattanville University
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| 122 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 2634 | 88.41 | 940 – 1,120 | 16923 | 42826 |
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
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| 123 | Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz | 810 | 88.46 | -- | 19471 | 21104 | |
| 124 | Houghton University | 939 | 88.66 | 1,180 – 1,380 | 22358 | 36376 |
Houghton University
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| 125 | Mount Saint Mary College | 2141 | 88.88 | 1,010 – 1,170 | 24588 | 59588 |
Mount Saint Mary College
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| 126 | Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary | 337 | 89.74 | -- | 9775 | 16553 | |
| 127 | Long Island University | 11753 | 89.77 | 1,110 – 1,340 | 22620 | 47543 |
Long Island University
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| 128 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 582 | 90.73 | 920 – 1,100 | 26370 | 38325 | |
| 129 | SUNY Morrisville | 2042 | 90.78 | 780 – 1,300 | 16855 | 39759 |
SUNY Morrisville
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| 130 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 3469 | 92.15 | 1,000 – 1,160 | 14451 | 42079 |
SUNY College of Technology at Canton
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| 131 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 10049 | 92.34 | 910 – 1,100 | 6355 | 36931 |
College of Staten Island CUNY
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| 132 | School of Visual Arts | 3255 | 92.61 | 1,210 – 1,420 | 59211 | 31855 |
School of Visual Arts
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| 133 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 1889 | 93.05 | 880 – 1,090 | 21257 | 44908 |
#133
St. Thomas Aquinas College
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| 134 | Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North | 541 | 94.49 | -- | 6985 | 27873 | |
| 135 | The College of Westchester | 891 | 94.57 | -- | 11332 | 32951 |
The College of Westchester
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| 136 | Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College | 129 | 95 | -- | 9182 | 63721 |
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College
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| 137 | Berkeley College-New York | 1756 | 96.71 | -- | 27509 | 37284 |
Berkeley College-New York
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| 138 | Dominican University New York | 1115 | 97.71 | 1,100 – 1,240 | 23907 | 50865 |
Dominican University New York
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| 139 | Hilbert College | 939 | 98 | 970 – 1,240 | 22224 | 45369 |
Hilbert College
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| 140 | LIM College | 1142 | 98.75 | 970 – 1,170 | 39389 | 45359 |
LIM College
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School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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