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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in New York
112 colleges in New York with this figure reported (500+ students).
41The New School · NY · Private (nonprofit)63% admit42Touro University · NY · Private (nonprofit)63% admit43SUNY College at Geneseo · NY · Public64% admit44Yeshiva University · NY · Private (nonprofit)64% admit45Marist University · NY · Private (nonprofit)65% admit46Monroe University · NY · Private (for-profit)66% admit47St. John Fisher University · NY · Private (nonprofit)68% admit48CUNY Queens College · NY · Public69% admit49Hartwick College · NY · Private (nonprofit)69% admit50Farmingdale State College · NY · Public69% admit51University at Buffalo · NY · Public69% admit52University at Albany · NY · Public70% admit53Ithaca College · NY · Private (nonprofit)70% admit54SUNY Oneonta · NY · Public70% admit55Siena University · NY · Private (nonprofit)71% admit56Hofstra University · NY · Private (nonprofit)71% admit57SUNY Brockport · NY · Public71% admit58Rochester Institute of Technology · NY · Private (nonprofit)71% admit59St. Joseph's University-New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)71% admit60SUNY at Purchase College · NY · Public73% admit61State University of New York at Plattsburgh · NY · Public75% admit62Le Moyne College · NY · Private (nonprofit)75% admit63Molloy University · NY · Private (nonprofit)76% admit64SUNY Buffalo State University · NY · Public76% admit65Daemen University · NY · Private (nonprofit)76% admit66Russell Sage College · NY · Private (nonprofit)76% admit67Pace University · NY · Private (nonprofit)77% admit68Clarkson University · NY · Private (nonprofit)77% admit69Adelphi University · NY · Private (nonprofit)78% admit70Roberts Wesleyan University · NY · Private (nonprofit)78% admit71New York Institute of Technology · NY · Private (nonprofit)78% admit72SUNY Polytechnic Institute · NY · Public78% admit73Manhattan University · NY · Private (nonprofit)78% admit74SUNY Maritime College · NY · Public79% admit75Dominican University New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)79% admit76Marymount Manhattan College · NY · Private (nonprofit)79% admit77SUNY at Fredonia · NY · Public79% admit78Nazareth University · NY · Private (nonprofit)80% admit79St. John's University-New York · NY · Private (nonprofit)80% admit80State University of New York at Oswego · NY · Public80% 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.