Colleges Near Albany
8 colleges are in Albany, and 28 total within 50 miles enrolling 94,157 students.
Maria College of Albany is the nearest college in Albany. Albany (pop. 97,856) is in New York.
Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts ranks #14 nationally. University at Albany enrolls the most students with 17,560. Columbia Greene Community College in Hudson has the lowest tuition at $6,048 per year.
Results are sorted by distance from Albany. Browse public and private 2-year and 4-year schools near Albany. For a more affordable start, see community colleges near Albany.
Williams College
- Private 4 Year
- Williamstown, MA
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 30 miles from Albany
Williams is a highly selective liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics and Oxford-style tutorials. Most students live on the rural campus in the Berkshires town of Williamstown.
- SAT Range 1490-1570
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.94
- Acceptance Rate 8%
- Net Price $15,894
Skidmore College
- Private 4 Year
- Saratoga Springs, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 30 miles from Albany
Skidmore is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate studio art, performing arts, and business. The residential campus sits in the historic spa town of Saratoga Springs.
- SAT Range 1340-1480
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.75
- Acceptance Rate 21%
- Net Price $31,187
Columbia Greene Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Hudson, NY
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- 31 miles from Albany
Columbia-Greene is a public community college offering undergraduate associate programs in nursing, business, and liberal arts. The campus is in the small Hudson River city of Hudson.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $7,948
Fulton Montgomery Community College
- Public 2 Year
- Johnstown, NY
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- 34 miles from Albany
Fulton-Montgomery is a public community college known for associate programs in nursing, business, and the liberal arts. Most undergrads commute to the campus in Johnstown in New York's Mohawk Valley.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $6,657
Bennington College
- Private 4 Year
- Bennington, VT
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 33 miles from Albany
Bennington is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate visual and performing arts, writing, and student-designed academic plans. Students complete a required winter Field Work Term of off-campus work on its rural Vermont campus.
- SAT Range 1291-1403
- Avg GPA 3.51
- Acceptance Rate 45%
- Net Price $34,220
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- Public 4 Year
- North Adams, MA
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- 35 miles from Albany
MCLA is a public liberal arts college known for undergraduate programs in the arts, education, and humanities. The campus is located in North Adams in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts.
- SAT Range 960-1180
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Acceptance Rate 90%
- Net Price $16,544
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
- Public 4 Year
- Cobleskill, NY
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 36 miles from Albany
SUNY Cobleskill is a public college of agriculture and technology known for undergraduate animal science, agriculture, and culinary arts. The rural campus in upstate New York includes working farms and agricultural facilities.
- SAT Range 990-1170
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Acceptance Rate 84%
- Net Price $18,140
Bard College at Simon's Rock
- Private 4 Year
- Great Barrington, MA
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4.0 | 3 reviews
- 38 miles from Albany
Simon's Rock is a private liberal arts college known for its early-entrance model that lets students begin undergraduate study after tenth or eleventh grade. The residential campus sits in the Berkshires near Great Barrington.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $41,013
Bard College
- Private 4 Year
- Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 45 miles from Albany
Bard is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate arts, music, and literature. The campus overlooks the Hudson River in New York's Hudson Valley.
- SAT Range 1270-1450
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 52%
- Net Price $29,320
SUNY Adirondack
- Public 2 Year
- Queensbury, NY
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- 48 miles from Albany
SUNY Adirondack is a public community college known for undergraduate nursing and business programs. The Queensbury campus sits near the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $9,939