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
Metropolitan College of New York

New York, NY

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65%
New York School of Interior Design

New York, NY

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65%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY

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65%
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Albany, NY

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66%
CUNY City College

New York, NY

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67%
Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Brooklyn, New York

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67%
Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY

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67%
Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY

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68%
SUNY at Albany

Albany, NY

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68%
University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

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68%
SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport, NY

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68%
Trocaire College

Buffalo, NY

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68%
CUNY Queens College

Flushing, NY

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69%
Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY

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69%
Medaille College

Buffalo, NY

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69%
Wagner College

Staten Island, NY

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69%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY

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70%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, NY

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70%