New York Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 185 colleges in New York with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Columbia University in the City of New York leads the list by accepting 4% of high school students that applied.

List of New York Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

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4%
Barnard College

New York, NY

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8%
Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

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8%
The Juilliard School

New York, NY

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9%
New York University

New York, NY

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9%
Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

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12%
Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

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12%
United States Military Academy

West Point, New York

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14%
Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

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18%
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

New York, NY

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19%
Webb Institute

Glen Cove, NY

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20%
Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY

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23%
American Musical and Dramatic Academy

New York, NY

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25%
Plaza College

Jackson Heights, NY

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30%
United States Merchant Marine Academy

Kings Point, NY

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32%
Davis College

Johnson City, NY

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33%
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland

Suffern, NY

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35%
University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

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36%