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Compare with New York Public Colleges

Compare with New York Public Colleges for Columbia University in the City of New York
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$60,914 lower in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Binghamton University Vestal, NY	$61,278 lower in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University at Albany Albany, NY	$60,979 lower in-state tuition	65% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	$60,909 lower in-state tuition	70% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	$64,463 lower in-state tuition	50% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	$64,307 lower in-state tuition	60% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY City College New York, NY	$64,505 lower in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	$64,381 lower in-state tuition	44% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Military Academy West Point, New York	$71,845 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	$62,892 lower in-state tuition	70% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY	$63,093 lower in-state tuition	67% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY	$62,846 lower in-state tuition	62% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	$63,312 lower in-state tuition	69% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	$64,393 lower in-state tuition	54% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY	$63,219 lower in-state tuition	59% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY	$63,014 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY	$62,971 lower in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY	$63,020 lower in-state tuition	77% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY	$63,273 lower in-state tuition	58% higher acceptance rate	Compare
College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY	$64,355 lower in-state tuition	88% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	$63,014 lower in-state tuition	74% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, NY	$63,256 lower in-state tuition	68% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	$62,542 lower in-state tuition	59% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY	$62,810 lower in-state tuition	74% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY	$63,220 lower in-state tuition	77% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY	$70,950 lower in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with New York Private Colleges

Compare with New York Private Colleges for Columbia University in the City of New York
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
New York University New York, NY	$9,049 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Cornell University Ithaca, NY	$2,531 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	$6,317 lower in-state tuition	42% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Fordham University Bronx, NY	$6,930 lower in-state tuition	55% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colgate University Hamilton, NY	$1,539 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Rochester Rochester, NY	$4,765 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Barnard College New York, NY	$1,957 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	$815 lower in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	$7,764 lower in-state tuition	59% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	$14,185 lower in-state tuition	64% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	$12,571 lower in-state tuition	63% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	$4,555 lower in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Pratt Institute Main Brooklyn, NY	$10,000 lower in-state tuition	69% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	$18,305 lower in-state tuition	65% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hamilton College Clinton, NY	$2,885 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY	$12,447 lower in-state tuition	73% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	$5,409 lower in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY	$4,983 lower in-state tuition	58% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Union College Schenectady, NY	$2,806 lower in-state tuition	40% higher acceptance rate	Compare
St Lawrence University Canton, NY	$5,945 lower in-state tuition	50% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	$6,728 lower in-state tuition	60% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, NY	$30,370 lower in-state tuition	49% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY	$25,285 lower in-state tuition	77% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Yeshiva University New York, NY	$20,045 lower in-state tuition	52% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Houghton University Houghton, NY	$53,415 lower in-state tuition	85% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Elmira College Elmira, NY	$32,869 lower in-state tuition	73% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	$25,025 lower in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Touro University New York, NY	$49,395 lower in-state tuition	57% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York, NY	$4,488 lower in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Webb Institute Glen Cove, NY	$8,631 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Public Colleges

Compare with Regional Public Colleges for Columbia University in the City of New York
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Main Campus University Park, PA	$51,201 lower in-state tuition	57% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD	$60,036 lower in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Virginia Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$50,042 lower in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Delaware Newark, DE	$55,035 lower in-state tuition	67% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	$54,073 lower in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$49,919 lower in-state tuition	54% higher acceptance rate	Compare
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	$45,931 lower in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$53,916 lower in-state tuition	54% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	$50,801 lower in-state tuition	48% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland	$71,845 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Vermont Burlington, VT	$52,787 lower in-state tuition	61% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	$58,589 lower in-state tuition	68% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	$51,871 lower in-state tuition	61% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA	$57,205 lower in-state tuition	76% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA	$54,879 lower in-state tuition	79% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Coast Guard Academy New London, Connecticut	$71,845 lower in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Private Colleges

Compare with Regional Private Colleges for Columbia University in the City of New York
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$10,169 lower in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$9,157 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$6,615 lower in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Boston University Boston, MA	$3,743 lower in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$3,159 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Yale University New Haven, CT	$4,595 lower in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$4,069 lower in-state tuition	23% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$3,828 lower in-state tuition	9% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$5,599 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	$1,143 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Brown University Providence, RI	$433 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$9,449 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$5,683 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
George Washington University Washington, DC	$4,135 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	$9,433 lower in-state tuition	75% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	$3,577 lower in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$4,033 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Tufts University Medford, MA	$1,141 lower in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	$9,157 lower in-state tuition	15% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Emerson College Boston, MA	$14,789 lower in-state tuition	47% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	$6,865 lower in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
American University Washington, DC	$13,074 lower in-state tuition	58% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Babson College Wellesley, MA	$14,693 lower in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Amherst College Amherst, MA	$1,365 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lafayette College Easton, PA	$6,447 lower in-state tuition	27% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bentley University Waltham, MA	$10,845 lower in-state tuition	41% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	$6,615 lower in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	$6,351 lower in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Brandeis University Waltham, MA	$3,765 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	$18,675 lower in-state tuition	69% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Williams College Williamstown, MA	$3,285 lower in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Providence College Providence, RI	$8,295 lower in-state tuition	47% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	$1,503 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Haverford College Haverford, PA	$1,157 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	$13,495 lower in-state tuition	29% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	$9,040 lower in-state tuition	68% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colby College Waterville, ME	$2,245 lower in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	$4,669 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	$4,245 lower in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	$8,383 lower in-state tuition	44% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	$14,695 lower in-state tuition	71% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	$5,205 lower in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	$6,195 lower in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Trinity College Hartford, CT	$1,075 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	$4,013 lower in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	$1,051 lower in-state tuition	24% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Clark University Worcester, MA	$12,978 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	$5,925 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Simmons University Boston, MA	$24,971 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with National Colleges

Compare with National Colleges for Columbia University in the City of New York
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$252 higher in-state tuition	6% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	$3,523 lower in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare

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Last updated: August 2026