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
CUNY Queens College

Flushing, NY

69%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY

70%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, NY

70%
Farmingdale State College

Farmingdale, NY

73%
SUNY College at Oneonta

Oneonta, NY

73%
SUNY at Geneseo

Geneseo, NY

75%
SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase, NY

75%
SUNY Maritime College

Throggs Neck, NY

80%
CUNY New York City College of Technology

Brooklyn, NY

82%
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred

Alfred, NY

82%
SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica Rome

Utica, NY

82%
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi

Delhi, NY

83%
SUNY College at Oswego

Oswego, NY

83%
SUNY College at Potsdam

Potsdam, NY

83%
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill

Cobleskill, NY

84%
SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia, NY

85%
SUNY College at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

86%
SUNY Morrisville

Morrisville, NY

87%