New York Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 188 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

4%
Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

7%
Barnard College

New York, NY

9%
The Juilliard School

New York, NY

11%
Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

12%
Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

12%
New York University

New York, NY

12%
United States Military Academy

West Point, New York

12%
Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

19%
Webb Institute

Glen Cove, NY

21%
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

New York, NY

22%
CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY

24%
American Musical and Dramatic Academy

New York, NY

26%
Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY

26%
United States Merchant Marine Academy

Kings Point, NY

27%
Plaza College

Jackson Heights, NY

30%
Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical College

Monsey, NY

32%
University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

39%