New York Colleges that are Hardest to Get Into
Colleges with the Lowest Acceptance Rate in New York for 2020
These are the most selective public and private four-year colleges in New York. The list is ranked by acceptance rate, lowest to highest and limited to schools which reject at least half of all applicants. Leading the list is Columbia University in the City of New York which sent acceptance letters to only 6% of the 40,572 students who applied and rejected 94%.
Not all schools on the most selective list are overly academically challenging. Some schools with less rigorous test and high school GPA requirements may receive a large numbers of qualified applicants and the school does not have space to admit them all.
If you're looking for challenging colleges, you can also explore rankings of New York colleges with the highest SAT scores, highest ACT scores and highest GPA's.
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