New York Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 133 private 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 Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Utica College

Utica, NY

81%
Manhattan College

Riverdale, NY

82%
Pace University New York

New York, NY

83%
D'Youville College

Buffalo, NY

84%
Manhattanville College

Purchase, NY

84%
Nazareth College

Rochester, NY

84%
St. Francis College

Brooklyn Heights, NY

84%
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

Paul Smiths, NY

85%
St John's University New York

Queens, NY

85%
Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute

Brooklyn, NY

86%
Mercy College

Dobbs Ferry, NY

86%
Mount Saint Mary College

Newburgh, NY

88%
Rabbinical College Beth Shraga

Monsey, NY

88%
Wells College

Aurora, NY

88%
Dominican College of Blauvelt

Orangeburg, NY

89%
College of Mount Saint Vincent

Bronx, NY

89%
Saint Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill, NY

89%
Yeshivath Viznitz

Monsey, NY

89%