List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate
New York Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Below is a ranking of the 177 private colleges in New York with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. The Juilliard School leads the list by accepting 6% of high school students that applied.
Data is reported for the 2017/18 academic year by the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics.
| College | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
| J |
The Juilliard School |
6% |
| C |
Columbia University in the City of New York |
7% |
| C |
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art |
13% |
| C |
Cornell University |
13% |
| B |
Barnard College |
15% |
| P |
Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing |
20% |
| E |
Ellis School of Nursing |
20% |
| S |
St Joseph's College of Nursing at St Joseph's Hospital Health Center |
20% |
| A |
American Musical and Dramatic Academy |
21% |
| H |
Hamilton College |
24% |
| V |
Vassar College |
24% |
| S |
Skidmore College |
25% |
| C |
Colgate University |
28% |
| N |
New York University |
28% |
| P |
Plaza College |
30% |
| N |
New York School of Interior Design |
33% |
| S |
Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing |
33% |
| R |
University of Rochester |
34% |
| U |
Union College |
37% |
| K |
The King's College |
41% |
