New York Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate
List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate
Below is a ranking of the 75 public colleges in New York with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. United States Military Academy leads the list by accepting 11% 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| A |
United States Military AcademyWest Point, New York |
11% |
| H |
CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY |
36% |
| B |
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, NY |
39% |
| L |
CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, NY |
40% |
| B |
SUNY at BinghamtonVestal, NY |
40% |
| J |
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, NY |
41% |
| S |
State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, NY |
41% |
| S |
Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY |
42% |
| B |
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY |
44% |
| C |
SUNY College at CortlandCortland, NY |
44% |
| F |
Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, NY |
46% |
| C |
CUNY City CollegeNew York, NY |
48% |
| Q |
CUNY Queens CollegeFlushing, NY |
48% |
| O |
SUNY College at OneontaOneonta, NY |
51% |
| A |
SUNY at AlbanyAlbany, NY |
52% |
| Y |
CUNY York CollegeJamaica, NY |
53% |
| F |
Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY |
53% |
| B |
SUNY College at BrockportBrockport, NY |
53% |
| O |
SUNY College at OswegoOswego, NY |
54% |
| P |
SUNY College at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, NY |
54% |