New York Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Public Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 41 public colleges in New York with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. United States Military Academy leads the list by accepting 12% of high school students that applied.

List of New York Public Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
United States Military Academy

West Point, New York

12%
CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY

24%
United States Merchant Marine Academy

Kings Point, NY

27%
SUNY at Binghamton

Vestal, NY

42%
CUNY Hunter College

New York, NY

48%
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

49%
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY

50%
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

New York, NY

51%
Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, NY

53%
CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

55%
CUNY Lehman College

Bronx, NY

55%
State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz, NY

58%
CUNY York College

Jamaica, NY

59%
SUNY College at Cortland

Cortland, NY

60%
CUNY City College

New York, NY

67%
SUNY at Albany

Albany, NY

68%
University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

68%
SUNY College at Brockport

Brockport, NY

68%