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Highest graduation rate in New York
173 colleges in New York with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Columbia University in the City of New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)96%2Cornell University · NY · Private (nonprofit)95%3Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics Skin Care & Makeup · NY · Private (for-profit)94%4Barnard College · NY · Private (nonprofit)93%5Colgate University · NY · Private (nonprofit)91%6Vassar College · NY · Private (nonprofit)91%7Hamilton College · NY · Private (nonprofit)91%8Access Careers · NY · Private (for-profit)90%9New York University · NY · Private (nonprofit)88%10United States Military Academy · NY · Public87%11University of Rochester · NY · Private (nonprofit)85%12Hunter Business School · NY · Private (for-profit)85%13Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · NY · Private (nonprofit)84%14Syracuse University · NY · Private (nonprofit)84%15Yeshiva University · NY · Private (nonprofit)83%16Skidmore College · NY · Private (nonprofit)83%17United States Merchant Marine Academy · NY · Public82%18Fordham University · NY · Private (nonprofit)82%19Binghamton University · NY · Public82%20The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art · NY · Private (nonprofit)81%21Fashion Institute of Technology · NY · Public81%22Union College · NY · Private (nonprofit)80%23Marist University · NY · Private (nonprofit)80%24St Lawrence University · NY · Private (nonprofit)79%25AMG School of Nursing · NY · Private (for-profit)79%26Manhattan School of Music · NY · Private (nonprofit)78%27Apex Technical School · NY · Private (nonprofit)78%28Hobart William Smith Colleges · NY · Private (nonprofit)77%29Ithaca College · NY · Private (nonprofit)76%30School of Visual Arts · NY · Private (for-profit)76%31Stony Brook University · NY · Public76%32University at Buffalo · NY · Public75%33Clarkson University · NY · Private (nonprofit)75%34Siena University · NY · Private (nonprofit)75%35Niagara University · NY · Private (nonprofit)75%36St. John Fisher University · NY · Private (nonprofit)74%37Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas · NY · Private (nonprofit)74%38Pratt Institute-Main · NY · Private (nonprofit)74%39Le Moyne College · NY · Private (nonprofit)73%40Nazareth University · NY · Private (nonprofit)73%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard. Sorted only by highest graduation rate — this is not an overall quality ranking.