Easiest New York Colleges to Get Into
New York has 78 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants, ranked by acceptance rate. Good options for safety schools on your list.
22 colleges accept 100% of applicants in New York. Examples include Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology, Boricua College, Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary and Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College.
High acceptance does not always mean low academic standards. You still need sufficient grades unless a school has guaranteed admission. Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance at each school. See also best and popular colleges with high acceptance rates in New York, or the most selective colleges.
SUNY Old Westbury
- Public 4 Year
- Old Westbury, NY
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- 84% acceptance rate
SUNY Old Westbury is a public university known for undergraduate business, teacher education, and the biological sciences. The suburban Long Island campus occupies wooded grounds of a former estate in Nassau County.
- SAT Range 1010-1206
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Net Price $10,944
Le Moyne College
- Private 4 Year
- Syracuse, NY
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- 83% acceptance rate
- Feb 1 application deadline
Le Moyne is a private Jesuit college known for undergraduate nursing, business, and biology. The suburban campus sits just outside downtown Syracuse.
- SAT Range 1160-1330
- Avg GPA 3.55
- Net Price $23,702
Marymount Manhattan College
- Private 4 Year
- New York, NY
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- 83% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Marymount Manhattan is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate theater, dance, and communication arts. The urban campus sits on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
- SAT Range 1105-1323
- Avg GPA 3.45
- Net Price $38,376
St. John's University New York
- Private 4 Year
- Queens, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 83% acceptance rate
St. John's is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate pharmacy, business, and communications. The urban campus is in Queens in New York City.
- SAT Range 1150-1340
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $29,656
Molloy University
- Private 4 Year
- Rockville Centre, NY
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- 82% acceptance rate
Molloy is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. Students attend a suburban campus in Rockville Centre on Long Island.
- SAT Range 1088-1290
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $24,405
St Bonaventure University
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Bonaventure, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 82% acceptance rate
- Jul 30 application deadline
St. Bonaventure is a private Franciscan university known for undergraduate journalism, communication, and business. The rural campus sits in southwestern New York near Olean.
- SAT Range 1065-1290
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Net Price $27,373
D'Youville University
- Private 4 Year
- Buffalo, NY
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- 81% acceptance rate
D'Youville is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and health sciences. The compact urban campus sits on Buffalo's west side near the Peace Bridge.
- SAT Range 995-1220
- Avg GPA 3.68
- Net Price $20,690
New York Institute of Technology
- Private 4 Year
- Old Westbury, NY
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3.0 | 2 reviews
- 81% acceptance rate
NYIT is a private university known for undergraduate architecture, engineering, and computer science. The suburban Old Westbury campus sits on Long Island.
- SAT Range 1190-1420
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $24,688
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
- Public 4 Year
- Utica, NY
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- 81% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
SUNY Poly is a public polytechnic institute known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and cybersecurity. The Utica-area campus sits in Central New York.
- SAT Range 1025-1370
- Avg GPA 3.7
- Net Price $14,782
State University of New York at Oswego
- Public 4 Year
- Oswego, NY
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- 81% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
SUNY Oswego is a public university known for undergraduate meteorology, broadcasting, and education. The campus sits on the southern shore of Lake Ontario.
- SAT Range 1070-1270
- Avg GPA 3.49
- Net Price $15,853
CUNY New York City College of Technology
- Public 4 Year
- Brooklyn, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 80% acceptance rate
- Sep 1 application deadline
City Tech is a public CUNY college of technology known for undergraduate architecture, engineering technology, and hospitality management. The urban campus is in Downtown Brooklyn.
- SAT Range 900-1140
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $5,794
Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary
- Private 4 Year
- Brooklyn, NY
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- 80% acceptance rate
Torah Vodaath is a private Orthodox Jewish rabbinical seminary known for intensive undergraduate Talmud and Torah study. The Brooklyn campus centers on traditional yeshiva residential life organized around full-time beis medrash learning.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $7,174
Manhattan University
- Private 4 Year
- Riverdale, NY
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4.5 | 2 reviews
- 79% acceptance rate
- Aug 31 application deadline
Manhattan University is a private Lasallian Catholic university known for undergraduate engineering. The residential campus is in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.
- SAT Range 1180-1358
- Avg GPA 3.63
- Net Price $29,717
Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid
- Private 4 Year
- Far Rockaway, NY
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- 79% acceptance rate
Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid is a private Orthodox Jewish yeshiva known for undergraduate Talmudic studies. The campus is in Far Rockaway, a coastal neighborhood in Queens.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $12,732
SUNY at Fredonia
- Public 4 Year
- Fredonia, NY
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- 78% acceptance rate
Fredonia is a public university known for undergraduate music, performing arts, and education. The residential campus sits in a small college town in western New York near Lake Erie.
- SAT Range 1160-1370
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $16,023
SUNY College at Potsdam
- Public 4 Year
- Potsdam, NY
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- 78% acceptance rate
SUNY Potsdam is a public college known for undergraduate music through the Crane School of Music and for teacher education. The campus sits in the small North Country college town of Potsdam.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price $13,730
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
- Public 4 Year
- Plattsburgh, NY
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- 78% acceptance rate
SUNY Plattsburgh is a public university known for undergraduate education, business, and Canadian studies. The campus sits beside Lake Champlain in northern New York near the Adirondacks.
- SAT Range 1080-1250
- Avg GPA 3.11
- Net Price $15,412
Clarkson University
- Private 4 Year
- Potsdam, NY
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5.0 | 3 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
- Jan 15 application deadline
Clarkson is a private university known for undergraduate engineering, business, and the sciences. The residential campus is in the small college town of Potsdam in northern New York.
- SAT Range 1200-1390
- Avg GPA 3.8
- Net Price $32,406