These rankings are based on data about college professor and faculty salaries at each institution. Faculty who earn higher salaries tend to be more tenured, so colleges and universities with higher average salaries is often seen as an indicator of higher academic strength. But, this ranking can also be affected by other factors -- such as the presence of a medical school or other high-paying faculty positions.
| Rank | Institution | Average Faculty Salary | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Your Est. Net Price Avg. Net Price | Median Starting Salary | Save |
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| 1 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 133945 | 3.86 | 1,510 – 1,590 | 20869 | 88535 |
#1
Columbia University in the City of New York
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| 2 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 123922 | 38.61 | -- | 0 | 68616 | |
| 3 | Cornell University | 121471 | 8.41 | 1,490 – 1,570 | 26455 | 87830 |
#3
Cornell University
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| 4 | New York University | 115136 | 9.23 | 1,490 – 1,560 | 30730 | 64543 |
#4
New York University
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| 5 | University of Rochester | 109465 | 40.08 | 1,420 – 1,530 | 40900 | 68333 |
University of Rochester
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| 6 | Hofstra University | 109442 | 68.08 | 1,240 – 1,410 | 35687 | 52131 |
Hofstra University
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| 7 | Fordham University | 108363 | 56.28 | 1,350 – 1,490 | 45368 | 68008 |
Fordham University
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| 8 | St. John's University-New York | 107859 | 83.43 | 1,160 – 1,340 | 28206 | 54189 |
St. John's University-New York
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| 9 | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University | 106009 | 75.18 | -- | 0 | 110661 | |
| 10 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 104641 | 63.43 | 1,380 – 1,510 | 35940 | 83054 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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| 11 | Stony Brook University | 103942 | 49.04 | 1,320 – 1,490 | 18601 | 59492 |
Stony Brook University
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| 12 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 103818 | 51.17 | 1,190 – 1,410 | 3989 | 61542 |
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
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| 13 | University at Buffalo | 102739 | 74.18 | 1,220 – 1,390 | 20511 | 53742 |
University at Buffalo
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| 14 | Pace University | 102076 | 75.92 | 1,190 – 1,360 | 34299 | 52767 |
Pace University
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| 15 | Barnard College | 101477 | 7.96 | 1,450 – 1,540 | 27738 | 60411 |
Barnard College
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| 16 | New York Institute of Technology | 101239 | 78.08 | 1,120 – 1,360 | 23074 | 52559 |
New York Institute of Technology
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| 17 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 101050 | 32.47 | 1,150 – 1,330 | 5173 | 96770 |
United States Merchant Marine Academy
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| 18 | University at Albany | 100000 | 69.09 | 1,160 – 1,330 | 19165 | 51380 |
University at Albany
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| 19 | CUNY City College | 98039 | 59.97 | 1,060 – 1,280 | 4599 | 46435 |
CUNY City College
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| 20 | The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 97681 | 19.05 | 1,410 – 1,520 | 28199 | 39707 |
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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| 21 | Long Island University | 97452 | 89.77 | 1,110 – 1,340 | 22620 | 47543 |
Long Island University
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| 22 | Adelphi University | 97005 | 65.91 | 1,110 – 1,330 | 28671 | 63688 |
#22
Adelphi University
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| 23 | Hamilton College | 96296 | 13.62 | 1,460 – 1,550 | 26021 | 60082 |
Hamilton College
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| 24 | Vassar College | 94331 | 18.57 | 1,460 – 1,550 | 29733 | 49177 |
Vassar College
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| 25 | CUNY Hunter College | 94071 | 54.22 | 1,110 – 1,400 | 4127 | 50414 |
CUNY Hunter College
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| 26 | Colgate University | 93725 | 13.88 | 1,450 – 1,530 | 26954 | 64949 |
Colgate University
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| 27 | Bard College | 93075 | 52.12 | 1,320 – 1,440 | 25218 | 31072 |
Bard College
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| 28 | Binghamton University | 92656 | 38.61 | 1,350 – 1,500 | 18860 | 61621 |
Binghamton University
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| 29 | Syracuse University | 91617 | 46.11 | 1,290 – 1,440 | 51520 | 60459 |
Syracuse University
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| 30 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 90403 | 58.36 | 1,030 – 1,190 | 4105 | 45035 |
CUNY Brooklyn College
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| 31 | CUNY Queens College | 89625 | 64.34 | 1,010 – 1,290 | 5339 | 48548 |
#31
CUNY Queens College
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| 32 | Clarkson University | 89197 | 77.36 | 1,210 – 1,400 | 33192 | 76970 |
Clarkson University
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| 33 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 88617 | 60.24 | -- | 19649 | 50102 |
Fashion Institute of Technology
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| 34 | The New School | 88303 | 83.33 | 1,170 – 1,370 | 62226 | 38210 |
The New School
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| 35 | CUNY Lehman College | 88057 | 46.01 | 960 – 1,080 | 4076 | 51067 |
CUNY Lehman College
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| 36 | Union College | 88048 | 43.92 | 1,320 – 1,480 | 42884 | 63219 |
Union College
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| 37 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 87021 | 55.16 | 1,030 – 1,170 | 4141 | 50293 |
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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| 38 | Jewish Theological Seminary of America | 86104 | 45.07 | 1,370 – 1,490 | 54588 | 53468 |
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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| 39 | CUNY Medgar Evers College | 86085 | 83.36 | 750 – 930 | 6207 | 37538 | |
| 40 | Webb Institute | 85611 | 14.04 | 1,430 – 1,530 | 21488 | 86249 |
Webb Institute
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| 41 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 85343 | 92.34 | 910 – 1,100 | 6355 | 36931 |
College of Staten Island CUNY
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| 42 | Sarah Lawrence College | 85132 | 61.73 | 1,270 – 1,430 | 43571 | 57703 |
Sarah Lawrence College
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| 43 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 84209 | 63.28 | 1,310 – 1,430 | 19644 | 48327 |
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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| 44 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 84196 | 66.93 | 1,280 – 1,460 | 39753 | 65457 |
Rochester Institute of Technology
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| 45 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 83589 | 78.44 | 1,160 – 1,330 | 14646 | 58662 |
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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| 46 | American Musical and Dramatic Academy | 83194 | 24.71 | -- | 46130 | 21168 | |
| 47 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 82210 | 85.05 | 900 – 1,300 | 37171 | 48890 |
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
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| 48 | Manhattan University | 82124 | 78.5 | 1,150 – 1,350 | 28349 | 64472 |
Manhattan University
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| 49 | Molloy University | 81754 | 81.74 | 1,100 – 1,300 | 25938 | 78372 |
Molloy University
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| 50 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 81696 | 63.99 | 1,230 – 1,400 | 33172 | 62416 |
Hobart William Smith Colleges
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| 51 | Iona University | 81610 | 86.94 | 1,120 – 1,310 | 28557 | 51218 |
#51
Iona University
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| 52 | CUNY York College | 81508 | 64.1 | 870 – 1,050 | 5631 | 46148 |
CUNY York College
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| 53 | Farmingdale State College | 81226 | 63.29 | 1,040 – 1,250 | 8224 | 55901 |
Farmingdale State College
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| 54 | Siena College | 80668 | 77.64 | 1,150 – 1,380 | 32602 | 56526 |
Siena College
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| 55 | United States Military Academy | 80499 | 12.45 | 1,230 – 1,440 | 0 | 63721 |
United States Military Academy
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| 56 | SUNY Old Westbury | 80083 | 83.52 | 1,010 – 1,210 | 10495 | 43671 |
SUNY Old Westbury
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| 57 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 79381 | 93.05 | 880 – 1,090 | 21257 | 44908 |
St. Thomas Aquinas College
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| 58 | CUNY New York City College of Technology | 79110 | 80.74 | 850 – 1,030 | 5417 | 39982 |
#58
CUNY New York City College of Technology
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| 59 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 78480 | 52.69 | 1,180 – 1,360 | 26804 | 112685 |
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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| 60 | Yeshiva University | 78281 | 55.62 | 1,320 – 1,490 | 38118 | 60252 |
Yeshiva University
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| 61 | St Lawrence University | 77825 | 54.34 | 1,290 – 1,430 | 36175 | 55037 |
St Lawrence University
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| 62 | Upstate Medical University | 77824 | 78.58 | -- | 0 | 83990 | |
| 63 | Skidmore College | 77289 | 21.05 | 1,360 – 1,490 | 32368 | 46923 |
Skidmore College
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| 64 | St. Joseph's University-New York | 76532 | 69.51 | 1,140 – 1,360 | 18324 | 50759 |
St. Joseph's University-New York
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| 65 | The Juilliard School | 76510 | 8.96 | -- | 42468 | 22129 |
The Juilliard School
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| 66 | Le Moyne College | 76395 | 75.29 | 1,160 – 1,320 | 22139 | 53493 |
Le Moyne College
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| 67 | St. Francis College | 76279 | 81.53 | 930 – 1,140 | 22766 | 43378 |
St. Francis College
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| 68 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 75719 | 74.4 | 990 – 1,250 | 13735 | 40877 |
SUNY Buffalo State University
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| 69 | Canisius University | 75215 | 72.24 | 1,010 – 1,250 | 19321 | 46089 |
Canisius University
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| 70 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 73538 | 66.63 | 1,200 – 1,360 | 18698 | 51097 |
SUNY College at Geneseo
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| 71 | SUNY at Purchase College | 73350 | 74.05 | 1,210 – 1,380 | 18651 | 31229 |
SUNY at Purchase College
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| 72 | Manhattan School of Music | 73307 | 39.94 | -- | 51879 | 18815 |
Manhattan School of Music
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| 73 | SUNY Brockport | 72736 | 70.68 | 1,110 – 1,280 | 15343 | 47164 |
#73
SUNY Brockport
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| 74 | Pratt Institute-Main | 72668 | 73.25 | 1,150 – 1,400 | 51702 | 45060 |
Pratt Institute-Main
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| 75 | Culinary Institute of America | 72322 | 98.1 | 930 – 1,170 | 36015 | 37846 |
Culinary Institute of America
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| 76 | Mount Saint Mary College | 72254 | 88.88 | 1,010 – 1,170 | 24588 | 59588 |
Mount Saint Mary College
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| 77 | Marist College | 72235 | 56.51 | 1,200 – 1,360 | 40106 | 62546 | |
| 78 | Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing | 72074 | 90.32 | -- | 0 | 59213 |
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing
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| 79 | Mercy University | 71983 | 85.84 | 940 – 1,210 | 16776 | 44969 |
#79
Mercy University
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| 80 | Ithaca College | 71698 | 69.01 | 1,240 – 1,390 | 34297 | 46305 |
Ithaca College
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| 81 | St. John Fisher University | 71230 | 66.4 | 1,120 – 1,300 | 28969 | 61198 |
St. John Fisher University
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| 82 | Manhattanville University | 70231 | 87.34 | 1,060 – 1,230 | 25017 | 45056 |
Manhattanville University
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| 83 | Nazareth University | 70101 | 74.72 | 1,080 – 1,340 | 31321 | 47717 |
Nazareth University
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| 84 | Wagner College | 69789 | 83.46 | 1,150 – 1,310 | 28109 | 63439 |
Wagner College
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| 85 | Marymount Manhattan College | 69594 | 82.61 | 1,130 – 1,320 | 38426 | 34052 |
Marymount Manhattan College
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| 86 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 69562 | 75.18 | 1,060 – 1,280 | 15982 | 48089 |
SUNY College at Plattsburgh
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| 87 | Niagara University | 69502 | 39.72 | 650 – 1,250 | 17495 | 48289 |
Niagara University
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| 88 | Hartwick College | 69457 | 69.5 | 960 – 1,290 | 26818 | 50452 |
Hartwick College
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| 89 | State University of New York at Oswego | 69401 | 80.57 | 1,070 – 1,280 | 16923 | 46358 |
State University of New York at Oswego
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| 90 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 69161 | 84.64 | 950 – 1,220 | 21844 | 53755 |
University of Mount Saint Vincent
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| 91 | SUNY at Fredonia | 68893 | 79.2 | 1,080 – 1,310 | 15830 | 40580 |
SUNY at Fredonia
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| 92 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 68846 | 83.25 | 950 – 1,160 | 18122 | 37901 |
#92
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
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| 93 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 68793 | 61.61 | 1,180 – 1,340 | 17848 | 45555 | |
| 94 | Dominican University New York | 67246 | 97.71 | 1,100 – 1,240 | 23907 | 50865 |
Dominican University New York
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| 95 | Touro University | 65683 | 61.96 | 1,290 – 1,450 | 25934 | 43510 |
Touro University
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| 96 | State University of New York at Cortland | 65593 | 59.79 | 1,100 – 1,250 | 18474 | 46535 |
State University of New York at Cortland
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| 97 | Berkeley College-New York | 65249 | 96.71 | -- | 27509 | 37284 |
Berkeley College-New York
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| 98 | Empire State University | 64549 | 75.18 | -- | 11065 | 50167 | |
| 99 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 64279 | 92.15 | 1,000 – 1,160 | 14451 | 42079 |
SUNY College of Technology at Canton
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| 100 | Alfred University | 64211 | 73.84 | 1,110 – 1,320 | 26127 | 41703 |
Alfred University
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| 101 | Utica University | 64095 | 86.79 | 1,030 – 1,210 | 22510 | 57422 |
Utica University
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| 102 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 64009 | 77.7 | 970 – 1,150 | 14574 | 39440 |
SUNY College at Potsdam
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| 103 | SUNY Oneonta | 63724 | 69.59 | 1,110 – 1,270 | 17918 | 49723 |
#103
SUNY Oneonta
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| 104 | SUNY Maritime College | 63684 | 72.42 | 1,130 – 1,300 | 20398 | 83439 |
SUNY Maritime College
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| 105 | D'Youville University | 62197 | 82.35 | 910 – 1,200 | 20268 | 63804 | |
| 106 | Monroe College | 62162 | 67.51 | -- | 11476 | 36973 |
Monroe College
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| 107 | Wells College | 61784 | 69.65 | 960 – 1,210 | 23956 | 35648 |
Wells College
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| 108 | Helene Fuld College of Nursing | 61419 | 23.81 | -- | 37732 | 59213 | |
| 109 | SUNY Morrisville | 59698 | 90.78 | 780 – 1,300 | 16855 | 39759 |
SUNY Morrisville
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| 110 | LIM College | 59243 | 98.75 | 970 – 1,170 | 39389 | 45359 |
LIM College
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| 111 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 59155 | 81.75 | 970 – 1,170 | 14877 | 45460 |
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
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| 112 | Metropolitan College of New York | 58647 | 76.54 | -- | 27481 | 45086 |
Metropolitan College of New York
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| 113 | Keuka College | 57901 | 68.08 | 940 – 1,140 | 26153 | 50940 |
Keuka College
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| 114 | Daemen University | 57830 | 73.75 | 1,110 – 1,310 | 18944 | 59912 |
Daemen University
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| 115 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 56769 | 88.41 | 940 – 1,120 | 16923 | 42826 |
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
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| 116 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 56491 | 70.58 | 1,020 – 1,330 | 24202 | 56275 | |
| 117 | Yeshiva Derech Chaim | 56267 | 70.21 | -- | 10153 | 53468 | |
| 118 | St Bonaventure University | 55514 | 81.65 | 1,090 – 1,300 | 27659 | 48559 |
St Bonaventure University
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| 119 | Hilbert College | 55130 | 98 | 970 – 1,240 | 22224 | 45369 |
Hilbert College
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| 120 | Russell Sage College | 53509 | 53.26 | 1,020 – 1,250 | 23588 | 51139 |
Russell Sage College
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| 121 | Plaza College | 53105 | 30 | -- | 17923 | 32282 | |
| 122 | Bryant & Stratton College-Greece | 52161 | 84.56 | -- | 13652 | 27873 | |
| 123 | Houghton University | 50669 | 88.66 | 1,180 – 1,380 | 22358 | 36376 |
Houghton University
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| 124 | Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid | 50552 | 70 | -- | 11171 | 53468 | |
| 125 | Elmira College | 50206 | 76.96 | 1,140 – 1,370 | 24551 | 49057 |
#125
Elmira College
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| 126 | Maria College of Albany | 48494 | 49.84 | 950 – 1,140 | 17290 | 53357 |
Maria College of Albany
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| 127 | Jamestown Business College | 47414 | 85.82 | -- | 7230 | 58542 | |
| 128 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 46846 | 90.73 | 920 – 1,100 | 26370 | 38325 | |
| 129 | The College of Westchester | 46252 | 94.57 | -- | 11332 | 32951 |
The College of Westchester
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| 130 | Five Towns College | 45327 | 73.89 | 800 – 1,020 | 23005 | 25305 |
Five Towns College
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| 131 | Davis College | 43500 | 33.33 | 850 – 1,110 | 14320 | 29943 |
Davis College
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| 132 | Yeshiva Karlin Stolin | 43474 | 78.95 | -- | 3745 | 63721 |
Yeshiva Karlin Stolin
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| 133 | Pacific College of Health and Science | 42868 | 48 | -- | 45721 | 59213 |
Pacific College of Health and Science
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| 134 | Boricua College | 42861 | 75.86 | -- | 14102 | 30398 |
Boricua College
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| 135 | Trocaire College | 42787 | 83.01 | -- | 21147 | 56726 | |
| 136 | Villa Maria College | 41692 | 87.33 | 800 – 1,110 | 15687 | 33635 |
Villa Maria College
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| 137 | Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah | 40000 | 78.08 | -- | 10728 | 18369 | |
| 138 | School of Visual Arts | 39017 | 92.61 | 1,210 – 1,420 | 59211 | 31855 |
School of Visual Arts
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| 139 | Yeshivas Novominsk | 38835 | 90.2 | -- | 9267 | 63721 | |
| 140 | Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo | 37988 | 100 | -- | 14550 | 27873 | |
| 141 | Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North | 36771 | 100 | -- | 6985 | 27873 | |
| 142 | Bryant & Stratton College-Albany | 35744 | 77.51 | -- | 11447 | 27873 |
Bryant & Stratton College-Albany
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| 143 | Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland | 34382 | 34.69 | -- | 18501 | 53468 | |
| 144 | Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas | 33800 | 66.15 | -- | 19630 | 51109 | |
| 145 | United Talmudical Seminary | 31798 | 43.79 | -- | 8237 | 51109 | |
| 146 | Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion | 31637 | 0 | -- | 8586 | 63721 | |
| 147 | Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz | 31212 | 88.46 | -- | 19471 | 21104 | |
| 148 | Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin | 30686 | 100 | -- | 6209 | 63721 | |
| 149 | Yeshivath Viznitz | 30246 | 93.73 | -- | 7172 | 16658 | |
| 150 | Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College | 30080 | 95 | -- | 9182 | 63721 |
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College
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| 151 | Rabbinical College of Long Island | 29869 | 100 | -- | 7838 | 63721 | |
| 152 | Talmudical Seminary of Bobov | 29848 | 98.07 | -- | 2841 | 51227 |
Talmudical Seminary of Bobov
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| 153 | Yeshivath Zichron Moshe | 29205 | 52.17 | -- | 12517 | 53468 | |
| 154 | Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary | 28690 | 89.74 | -- | 9775 | 16553 | |
| 155 | Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute | 27950 | 77.78 | -- | 11993 | 63721 | |
| 156 | Rabbinical Seminary of America | 24257 | 97.54 | -- | 9049 | 63721 |
Rabbinical Seminary of America
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| 157 | Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel | 23018 | 0 | -- | 5987 | 51415 | |
| 158 | Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College | 21251 | 66.92 | -- | 7269 | 41261 | |
| 159 | Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College | 16632 | 100 | -- | 11600 | 63721 |
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College
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| 160 | Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary | 14202 | 8.96 | -- | 4090 | 25819 | |
| 161 | Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka | 13064 | 0 | -- | 10079 | 46136 | |
| 162 | Rabbinical College of Ohr Shimon Yisroel | 10198 | 100 | -- | 13791 | 63721 |
Rabbinical College of Ohr Shimon Yisroel
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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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