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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in New York
112 colleges in New York with this figure reported (500+ students).
81CUNY New York City College of Technology · NY · Public81% admit82St Bonaventure University · NY · Private (nonprofit)82% admit83SUNY College of Technology at Alfred · NY · Public82% admit84Canisius University · NY · Private (nonprofit)82% admit85St. Thomas Aquinas College · NY · Private (nonprofit)82% admit86D'Youville University · NY · Private (nonprofit)82% admit87Mount Saint Mary College · NY · Private (nonprofit)82% admit88SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry · NY · Public83% admit89SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill · NY · Public83% admit90CUNY Medgar Evers College · NY · Public83% admit91Wagner College · NY · Private (nonprofit)83% admit92SUNY Old Westbury · NY · Public85% admit93University of Mount Saint Vincent · NY · Private (nonprofit)85% admit94Manhattanville University · NY · Private (nonprofit)85% admit95Niagara University · NY · Private (nonprofit)85% admit96Mercy University · NY · Private (nonprofit)85% admit97SUNY College at Potsdam · NY · Public85% admit98Villa Maria College · NY · Private (nonprofit)87% admit99Utica University · NY · Private (nonprofit)87% admit100SUNY College of Technology at Delhi · NY · Public88% admit101Long Island University · NY · Private (nonprofit)90% admit102Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science · NY · Private (nonprofit)91% admit103Elmira College · NY · Private (nonprofit)91% admit104Iona University · NY · Private (nonprofit)91% admit105SUNY Morrisville · NY · Public91% admit106School of Visual Arts · NY · Private (for-profit)91% admit107Culinary Institute of America · NY · Private (nonprofit)92% admit108Houghton University · NY · Private (nonprofit)93% admit109Keuka College · NY · Private (nonprofit)94% admit110SUNY College of Technology at Canton · NY · Public96% admit111Hilbert College · NY · Private (nonprofit)98% admit112LIM College · NY · Private (for-profit)99% 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.