New York Private Colleges Ranked by Highest Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 119 private colleges in New York with the highest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology leads the list by accepting 100% of high school students that applied.

Acceptance rate is a measure of the competitiveness of a school. Lower acceptance rates are more competitive and may require a higher GPA, SAT/ACT score, and other factors to be considered for admission.

List of New York Private Colleges Ranked by Highest Acceptance Rate
College	Acceptance Rate
Siena College Loudonville, New York	69%
Daemen University Amherst, New York	68%
Hofstra University Hempstead, New York	68%
Keuka College Keuka Park, New York	68%
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York	67%
Adelphi University Garden City, New York	66%
St. John Fisher University Rochester, New York	66%
Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, New York	64%
Dominican University New York Orangeburg, New York	63%
The New School New York, New York	63%
New York School of Interior Design New York, New York	63%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York	63%
Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, New York	62%
Touro University New York, New York	61%
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America New York, New York	60%
Fordham University Bronx, New York	59%
Marist University Poughkeepsie, New York	57%
Mesivta of Eastern Parkway Yeshiva Zichron Meilech Brooklyn, New York	56%

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This list is updated annually based on the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
Last updated: March 15, 2026

Data source: IPEDS 2025 survey for academic year 2024/2025 - National Center for Education Statistics.