The median SAT ranking is a measure of the overall academic performance of students on campus. It's important to note that students often feel most comfortable on campuses where their own academic performance is close to the average performance of other students. Students who fall either far above or below the median can sometimes feel out of place amongst their peers.
| Rank | Institution | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | SAT Score | Your Est. Net Price Avg. Net Price | Median Starting Salary | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 1535 | 3.86 | 1,510 – 1,590 | 20869 | 88535 |
#1
Columbia University in the City of New York
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| 2 | Cornell University | 1521 | 8.41 | 1,490 – 1,570 | 26455 | 87830 |
Cornell University
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| 3 | New York University | 1520 | 9.23 | 1,490 – 1,560 | 30730 | 64543 |
New York University
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| 4 | Hamilton College | 1499 | 13.62 | 1,460 – 1,550 | 26021 | 60082 |
Hamilton College
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| 5 | Vassar College | 1499 | 18.57 | 1,460 – 1,550 | 29733 | 49177 |
#5
Vassar College
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| 6 | Barnard College | 1490 | 7.96 | 1,450 – 1,540 | 27738 | 60411 |
Barnard College
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| 7 | Colgate University | 1488 | 13.88 | 1,450 – 1,530 | 26954 | 64949 |
Colgate University
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| 8 | Webb Institute | 1475 | 14.04 | 1,430 – 1,530 | 21488 | 68416 |
#8
Webb Institute
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| 9 | University of Rochester | 1469 | 40.08 | 1,420 – 1,530 | 40900 | 68333 |
#9
University of Rochester
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| 10 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1438 | 63.43 | 1,380 – 1,510 | 35940 | 83054 |
#10
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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| 11 | Jewish Theological Seminary of America | 1427 | 45.07 | 1,370 – 1,490 | 54588 | 53468 |
#11
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
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| 12 | Skidmore College | 1421 | 21.05 | 1,360 – 1,490 | 32368 | 46923 |
Skidmore College
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| 13 | Binghamton University | 1417 | 38.61 | 1,350 – 1,500 | 18860 | 61621 |
#13
Binghamton University
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| 14 | Fordham University | 1415 | 56.28 | 1,350 – 1,490 | 45368 | 68008 |
Fordham University
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| 15 | Stony Brook University | 1395 | 49.04 | 1,320 – 1,490 | 18601 | 59492 |
#15
Stony Brook University
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| 16 | Yeshiva University | 1395 | 55.62 | 1,320 – 1,490 | 38118 | 60252 |
#16
Yeshiva University
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| 17 | Union College | 1393 | 43.92 | 1,320 – 1,480 | 42884 | 63219 |
Union College
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| 18 | Bard College | 1379 | 52.12 | 1,320 – 1,440 | 25218 | 31072 |
#18
Bard College
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| 19 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 1369 | 63.28 | 1,310 – 1,430 | 19644 | 48327 |
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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| 20 | Touro University | 1366 | 61.96 | 1,290 – 1,450 | 25934 | 43510 |
Touro University
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| 21 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 1363 | 66.93 | 1,280 – 1,460 | 39753 | 65457 |
Rochester Institute of Technology
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| 22 | Syracuse University | 1363 | 46.11 | 1,290 – 1,440 | 51520 | 60459 |
Syracuse University
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| 23 | St Lawrence University | 1359 | 54.34 | 1,290 – 1,430 | 36175 | 55037 |
St Lawrence University
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| 24 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1347 | 61.73 | 1,270 – 1,430 | 43571 | 57703 |
Sarah Lawrence College
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| 25 | United States Military Academy | 1326 | 12.45 | 1,230 – 1,440 | 0 | 63721 |
#25
United States Military Academy
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| 26 | Hofstra University | 1323 | 68.08 | 1,240 – 1,410 | 35687 | 52131 |
Hofstra University
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| 27 | Ithaca College | 1314 | 69.01 | 1,240 – 1,390 | 34297 | 46305 |
Ithaca College
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| 28 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 1313 | 63.99 | 1,230 – 1,400 | 33172 | 62416 |
Hobart William Smith Colleges
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| 29 | School of Visual Arts | 1308 | 92.61 | 1,210 – 1,420 | 59211 | 31855 |
School of Visual Arts
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| 30 | University at Buffalo | 1303 | 74.18 | 1,220 – 1,390 | 20511 | 53742 |
University at Buffalo
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| 31 | Clarkson University | 1302 | 77.36 | 1,210 – 1,400 | 33192 | 76970 |
Clarkson University
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| 32 | SUNY at Purchase College | 1294 | 74.05 | 1,210 – 1,380 | 18651 | 31229 |
SUNY at Purchase College
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| 33 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 1293 | 51.17 | 1,190 – 1,410 | 3989 | 61542 |
#33
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
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| 34 | Marist College | 1279 | 56.51 | 1,200 – 1,360 | 40106 | 62546 | |
| 35 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 1279 | 66.63 | 1,200 – 1,360 | 18698 | 51097 |
SUNY College at Geneseo
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| 36 | Houghton University | 1277 | 88.66 | 1,180 – 1,380 | 22358 | 36376 |
Houghton University
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| 37 | Pace University | 1274 | 75.92 | 1,190 – 1,360 | 34299 | 52767 |
Pace University
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| 38 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 1269 | 52.69 | 1,180 – 1,360 | 26804 | 112685 |
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
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| 39 | The New School | 1268 | 83.33 | 1,170 – 1,370 | 62226 | 38210 |
The New School
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| 40 | Pratt Institute-Main | 1266 | 73.25 | 1,150 – 1,400 | 51702 | 45060 |
Pratt Institute-Main
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| 41 | Siena College | 1260 | 77.64 | 1,150 – 1,380 | 32602 | 56526 |
Siena College
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| 42 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 1260 | 61.61 | 1,180 – 1,340 | 17848 | 45555 | |
| 43 | Elmira College | 1250 | 76.96 | 1,140 – 1,370 | 24551 | 49057 |
Elmira College
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| 44 | St. John's University-New York | 1249 | 83.43 | 1,160 – 1,340 | 28206 | 54189 |
St. John's University-New York
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| 45 | Manhattan University | 1248 | 78.5 | 1,150 – 1,350 | 28349 | 64472 |
Manhattan University
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| 46 | St. Joseph's University-New York | 1247 | 69.51 | 1,140 – 1,360 | 18324 | 50759 |
St. Joseph's University-New York
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| 47 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 1245 | 78.44 | 1,160 – 1,330 | 14646 | 58662 |
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
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| 48 | University at Albany | 1245 | 69.09 | 1,160 – 1,330 | 19165 | 51380 |
University at Albany
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| 49 | CUNY Hunter College | 1240 | 54.22 | 1,110 – 1,400 | 4127 | 50414 |
CUNY Hunter College
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| 50 | Le Moyne College | 1240 | 75.29 | 1,160 – 1,320 | 22139 | 53493 |
Le Moyne College
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| 51 | United States Merchant Marine Academy | 1239 | 32.47 | 1,150 – 1,330 | 5173 | 96770 |
United States Merchant Marine Academy
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| 52 | New York Institute of Technology | 1235 | 78.08 | 1,120 – 1,360 | 23074 | 52559 |
New York Institute of Technology
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| 53 | Wagner College | 1230 | 83.46 | 1,150 – 1,310 | 28109 | 63439 |
Wagner College
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| 54 | Marymount Manhattan College | 1224 | 82.61 | 1,130 – 1,320 | 38426 | 34052 |
Marymount Manhattan College
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| 55 | Long Island University | 1222 | 89.77 | 1,110 – 1,340 | 22620 | 47543 |
Long Island University
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| 56 | Adelphi University | 1218 | 65.91 | 1,110 – 1,330 | 28671 | 63688 |
Adelphi University
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| 57 | SUNY Maritime College | 1215 | 72.42 | 1,130 – 1,300 | 20398 | 83439 |
SUNY Maritime College
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| 58 | Alfred University | 1214 | 73.84 | 1,110 – 1,320 | 26127 | 41703 |
Alfred University
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| 59 | Iona University | 1214 | 86.94 | 1,120 – 1,310 | 28557 | 51218 |
Iona University
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| 60 | St. John Fisher University | 1210 | 66.4 | 1,120 – 1,300 | 28969 | 61198 |
St. John Fisher University
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| 61 | Daemen University | 1209 | 73.75 | 1,110 – 1,310 | 18944 | 59912 |
Daemen University
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| 62 | Nazareth University | 1205 | 74.72 | 1,080 – 1,340 | 31321 | 47717 |
Nazareth University
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| 63 | Molloy University | 1199 | 81.74 | 1,100 – 1,300 | 25938 | 78372 |
Molloy University
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| 64 | SUNY Brockport | 1195 | 70.68 | 1,110 – 1,280 | 15343 | 47164 |
SUNY Brockport
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| 65 | St Bonaventure University | 1194 | 81.65 | 1,090 – 1,300 | 27659 | 48559 |
St Bonaventure University
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| 66 | SUNY at Fredonia | 1193 | 79.2 | 1,080 – 1,310 | 15830 | 40580 |
SUNY at Fredonia
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| 67 | SUNY Oneonta | 1190 | 69.59 | 1,110 – 1,270 | 17918 | 49723 |
SUNY Oneonta
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| 68 | State University of New York at Cortland | 1175 | 59.79 | 1,100 – 1,250 | 18474 | 46535 |
State University of New York at Cortland
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| 69 | State University of New York at Oswego | 1174 | 80.57 | 1,070 – 1,280 | 16923 | 46358 |
State University of New York at Oswego
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| 70 | Dominican University New York | 1170 | 97.71 | 1,100 – 1,240 | 23907 | 50865 |
Dominican University New York
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| 71 | CUNY City College | 1169 | 59.97 | 1,060 – 1,280 | 4599 | 46435 |
CUNY City College
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| 72 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 1169 | 75.18 | 1,060 – 1,280 | 15982 | 48089 |
SUNY College at Plattsburgh
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| 73 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 1166 | 70.58 | 1,020 – 1,330 | 24202 | 56275 | |
| 74 | New York School of Interior Design | 1164 | 60.34 | 1,050 – 1,280 | 39155 | 37810 |
New York School of Interior Design
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| 75 | CUNY Queens College | 1146 | 64.34 | 1,010 – 1,290 | 5339 | 48548 |
CUNY Queens College
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| 76 | Farmingdale State College | 1145 | 63.29 | 1,040 – 1,250 | 8224 | 55901 |
Farmingdale State College
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| 77 | Manhattanville University | 1145 | 87.34 | 1,060 – 1,230 | 25017 | 45056 |
Manhattanville University
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| 78 | Russell Sage College | 1134 | 53.26 | 1,020 – 1,250 | 23588 | 51139 |
Russell Sage College
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| 79 | Canisius University | 1129 | 72.24 | 1,010 – 1,250 | 19321 | 46089 |
Canisius University
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| 80 | Utica University | 1120 | 86.79 | 1,030 – 1,210 | 22510 | 57422 |
Utica University
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| 81 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 1118 | 74.4 | 990 – 1,250 | 13735 | 40877 |
SUNY Buffalo State University
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| 82 | Hartwick College | 1117 | 69.5 | 960 – 1,290 | 26818 | 50452 |
Hartwick College
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| 83 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 1110 | 58.36 | 1,030 – 1,190 | 4105 | 45035 |
CUNY Brooklyn College
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| 84 | SUNY Old Westbury | 1110 | 83.52 | 1,010 – 1,210 | 10495 | 43671 |
SUNY Old Westbury
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| 85 | Hilbert College | 1103 | 98 | 970 – 1,240 | 22224 | 45369 |
#85
Hilbert College
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| 86 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 1100 | 55.16 | 1,030 – 1,170 | 4141 | 50293 |
#86
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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| 87 | Mount Saint Mary College | 1090 | 88.88 | 1,010 – 1,170 | 24588 | 59588 |
Mount Saint Mary College
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| 88 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 1086 | 85.05 | 900 – 1,300 | 37171 | 48890 |
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology
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| 89 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 1084 | 84.64 | 950 – 1,220 | 21844 | 53755 |
University of Mount Saint Vincent
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| 90 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 1080 | 92.15 | 1,000 – 1,160 | 14451 | 42079 |
SUNY College of Technology at Canton
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| 91 | Mercy University | 1074 | 85.84 | 940 – 1,210 | 16776 | 44969 |
Mercy University
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| 92 | LIM College | 1070 | 98.75 | 970 – 1,170 | 39389 | 45359 |
LIM College
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| 93 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 1070 | 81.75 | 970 – 1,170 | 14877 | 45460 |
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
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| 94 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 1060 | 77.7 | 970 – 1,150 | 14574 | 39440 |
SUNY College at Potsdam
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| 95 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 1055 | 83.25 | 950 – 1,160 | 18122 | 37901 |
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
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| 96 | D'Youville University | 1054 | 82.35 | 910 – 1,200 | 20268 | 63804 | |
| 97 | Culinary Institute of America | 1050 | 98.1 | 930 – 1,170 | 36015 | 37846 |
Culinary Institute of America
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| 98 | Maria College of Albany | 1045 | 49.84 | 950 – 1,140 | 17290 | 53357 |
Maria College of Albany
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| 99 | Keuka College | 1040 | 68.08 | 940 – 1,140 | 26153 | 50940 |
Keuka College
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| 100 | St. Francis College | 1035 | 81.53 | 930 – 1,140 | 22766 | 43378 |
St. Francis College
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| 101 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 1030 | 88.41 | 940 – 1,120 | 16923 | 42826 |
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
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| 102 | SUNY Morrisville | 1028 | 90.78 | 780 – 1,300 | 16855 | 39759 |
SUNY Morrisville
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| 103 | CUNY Lehman College | 1020 | 46.01 | 860 – 1,220 | 4076 | 51067 |
CUNY Lehman College
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| 104 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 1010 | 90.73 | 920 – 1,100 | 26370 | 38325 | |
| 105 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 1005 | 92.34 | 910 – 1,100 | 6355 | 36931 |
College of Staten Island CUNY
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| 106 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 985 | 93.05 | 880 – 1,090 | 21257 | 44908 |
St. Thomas Aquinas College
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| 107 | Davis College | 980 | 33.33 | 850 – 1,110 | 14320 | 29943 |
Davis College
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| 108 | Niagara University | 970 | 39.72 | 650 – 1,250 | 17495 | 48289 |
Niagara University
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| 109 | CUNY York College | 960 | 64.1 | 870 – 1,050 | 5631 | 46148 |
CUNY York College
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| 110 | Villa Maria College | 957 | 87.33 | 800 – 1,110 | 15687 | 33635 |
Villa Maria College
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| 111 | CUNY New York City College of Technology | 940 | 80.74 | 850 – 1,030 | 5417 | 39982 |
CUNY New York City College of Technology
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| 112 | Five Towns College | 910 | 73.89 | 800 – 1,020 | 23005 | 25305 |
Five Towns College
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| 113 | CUNY Medgar Evers College | 840 | 83.36 | 750 – 930 | 6207 | 37538 | |
| 114 | American Musical and Dramatic Academy | 0 | 24.71 | -- | 46130 | 21168 | |
| 115 | Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary | 0 | 94.8 | -- | 5047 | 51407 | |
| 116 | Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid | 0 | 70 | -- | 11171 | 53468 | |
| 117 | Berkeley College-New York | 0 | 96.71 | -- | 27509 | 37284 |
Berkeley College-New York
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| 118 | Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah | 0 | 65.31 | -- | 4734 | 63721 | |
| 119 | Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok | 0 | 52.12 | -- | 12538 | 51395 | |
| 120 | Boricua College | 0 | 75.86 | -- | 14102 | 30398 |
Boricua College
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| 121 | Bryant & Stratton College-Albany | 0 | 77.51 | -- | 11447 | 27873 |
Bryant & Stratton College-Albany
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| 122 | Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo | 0 | 100 | -- | 14550 | 27873 | |
| 123 | Bryant & Stratton College-Greece | 0 | 84.56 | -- | 13652 | 27873 | |
| 124 | Bryant & Stratton College-Online | 0 | 0 | -- | 14611 | 27873 | |
| 125 | Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North | 0 | 100 | -- | 6985 | 27873 | |
| 126 | Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz | 0 | 88.46 | -- | 19471 | 54168 | |
| 127 | Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander | 0 | 0 | -- | 10403 | 63721 | |
| 128 | Empire State University | 0 | 75.18 | -- | 11065 | 50167 | |
| 129 | Excelsior University | 0 | 83.01 | -- | 0 | 63796 | |
| 130 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 0 | 60.24 | -- | 19649 | 50102 |
Fashion Institute of Technology
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| 131 | Helene Fuld College of Nursing | 0 | 23.81 | -- | 37732 | 59213 | |
| 132 | Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary | 0 | 8.96 | -- | 4090 | 53468 | |
| 133 | Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College | 0 | 95 | -- | 9182 | 53468 |
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College
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| 134 | Manhattan School of Music | 0 | 39.94 | -- | 51879 | 18815 |
Manhattan School of Music
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| 135 | Mechon L'hoyroa | 0 | 75 | -- | 0 | 56432 | |
| 136 | Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary | 0 | 89.74 | -- | 9775 | 53468 | |
| 137 | Metropolitan College of New York | 0 | 76.54 | -- | 27481 | 45086 |
Metropolitan College of New York
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| 138 | Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute | 0 | 77.78 | -- | 11993 | 53468 | |
| 139 | Monroe College | 0 | 67.51 | -- | 11476 | 36973 |
Monroe College
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| 140 | Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing | 0 | 90.32 | -- | 0 | 59213 |
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing
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| 141 | Plaza College | 0 | 30 | -- | 17923 | 32282 | |
| 142 | Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin | 0 | 100 | -- | 6209 | 53468 | |
| 143 | Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion | 0 | 0 | -- | 8586 | 52251 | |
| 144 | Rabbinical College Ohr Yisroel | 0 | 3.56 | -- | 6147 | 51683 | |
| 145 | Rabbinical College of Long Island | 0 | 100 | -- | 7838 | 53468 | |
| 146 | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University | 0 | 75.18 | -- | 0 | 110661 | |
| 147 | Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College | 0 | 100 | -- | 11600 | 53468 |
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College
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| 148 | Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah | 0 | 78.08 | -- | 10728 | 53848 | |
| 149 | The College of Westchester | 0 | 94.57 | -- | 11332 | 32951 |
The College of Westchester
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| 150 | The Juilliard School | 0 | 8.96 | -- | 42468 | 22129 |
The Juilliard School
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| 151 | Trocaire College | 0 | 83.01 | -- | 21147 | 56726 | |
| 152 | United Talmudical Seminary | 0 | 43.79 | -- | 8237 | 51109 | |
| 153 | Upstate Medical University | 0 | 78.58 | -- | 0 | 83990 | |
| 154 | Yeshiva Derech Chaim | 0 | 70.21 | -- | 10153 | 53468 | |
| 155 | Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer | 0 | 75 | -- | 11349 | 56285 | |
| 156 | Yeshiva Shaar Ephraim | 0 | 73.42 | -- | 4568 | 56432 | |
| 157 | Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland | 0 | 34.69 | -- | 18501 | 63721 | |
| 158 | Yeshiva Sholom Shachna | 0 | 86.96 | -- | 7551 | 52982 | |
| 159 | Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas | 0 | 66.15 | -- | 19630 | 51109 | |
| 160 | Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College | 0 | 66.92 | -- | 7269 | 51725 | |
| 161 | Yeshivas Novominsk | 0 | 90.2 | -- | 9267 | 63721 | |
| 162 | Yeshivath Viznitz | 0 | 93.73 | -- | 7172 | 51021 | |
| 163 | Yeshivath Zichron Moshe | 0 | 52.17 | -- | 12517 | 53468 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.
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