New York Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate
List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Below is a ranking of the 252 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 6% of high school students that applied.
Data is reported for the 2018/19 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.
| College | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| C |
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY |
6% |
| J |
The Juilliard SchoolNew York, NY |
8% |
| C |
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY |
11% |
| A |
United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York |
11% |
| B |
Barnard CollegeNew York, NY |
14% |
| C |
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York, NY |
16% |
| N |
New York UniversityNew York, NY |
20% |
| H |
Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY |
21% |
| N |
New York School of Interior DesignNew York, NY |
22% |
| A |
American Musical and Dramatic AcademyNew York, NY |
24% |
| C |
Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY |
25% |
| V |
Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY |
25% |
| S |
Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, NY |
27% |
| R |
University of RochesterRochester, NY |
29% |
| P |
Plaza CollegeJackson Heights, NY |
30% |
| S |
Saint Elizabeth College of NursingUtica, New York |
33% |
| H |
CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY |
36% |
| M |
Manhattan School of MusicNew York, NY |
38% |
| B |
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, NY |
39% |
| U |
Union CollegeSchenectady, NY |
39% |