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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in New York
112 colleges in New York with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Circle in the Square Theatre School · NY · Private (nonprofit)4% admit2Columbia University in the City of New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)4% admit3Barnard College · NY · Private (nonprofit)8% admit4Cornell University · NY · Private (nonprofit)8% admit5The Juilliard School · NY · Private (nonprofit)9% admit6New York University · NY · Private (nonprofit)9% admit7Hamilton College · NY · Private (nonprofit)12% admit8Colgate University · NY · Private (nonprofit)12% admit9United States Military Academy · NY · Public14% admit10Vassar College · NY · Private (nonprofit)18% admit11The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art · NY · Private (nonprofit)19% admit12Skidmore College · NY · Private (nonprofit)23% admit13American Musical and Dramatic Academy · NY · Private (nonprofit)25% admit14Plaza College · NY · Private (for-profit)30% admit15United States Merchant Marine Academy · NY · Public32% admit16University of Rochester · NY · Private (nonprofit)36% admit17Binghamton University · NY · Public38% admit18Manhattan School of Music · NY · Private (nonprofit)40% admit19Syracuse University · NY · Private (nonprofit)42% admit20Union College · NY · Private (nonprofit)44% admit21Alfred University · NY · Private (nonprofit)48% admit22Stony Brook University · NY · Public49% admit23CUNY Bernard M Baruch College · NY · Public50% admit24State University of New York at Cortland · NY · Public51% admit25Bard College · NY · Private (nonprofit)52% admit26Pratt Institute-Main · NY · Private (nonprofit)53% admit27CUNY Brooklyn College · NY · Public54% admit28CUNY Hunter College · NY · Public54% admit29CUNY Lehman College · NY · Public55% admit30Fordham University · NY · Private (nonprofit)56% admit31CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice · NY · Public57% admit32Hobart William Smith Colleges · NY · Private (nonprofit)57% admit33Fashion Institute of Technology · NY · Public58% admit34CUNY City College · NY · Public58% admit35Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute · NY · Private (nonprofit)58% admit36St Lawrence University · NY · Private (nonprofit)58% admit37State University of New York at New Paltz · NY · Public59% admit38Sarah Lawrence College · NY · Private (nonprofit)59% admit39Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · NY · Private (nonprofit)59% admit40CUNY York College · NY · Public59% admit
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by most selective (lowest admit rate) — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.