Popular New York Colleges Easy to Get Into
New York has 78 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include St. John's University New York in Queens, New York, accepting 83% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Culinary Institute of America, Pace University and Iona University.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
Manhattanville University
- Private 4 Year
- Purchase, NY
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4.4 | 25 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
Manhattanville is a private university known for undergraduate education and the liberal arts. The suburban campus occupies a historic estate in Purchase.
- SAT Range 1020-1230
- Avg GPA 3.19
- Net Price $21,690
Niagara University
- Private 4 Year
- Niagara University, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 87% acceptance rate
- Aug 30 application deadline
Niagara is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate hospitality and tourism management, education, and nursing. The suburban campus sits near Niagara Falls in western New York.
- SAT Range 1060-1235
- Avg GPA 3.53
- Net Price $16,613
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
Wagner College
- Private 4 Year
- Staten Island, NY
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- 88% acceptance rate
- Feb 15 application deadline
Wagner is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing, theater, and business. The hilltop campus on Staten Island overlooks New York Harbor.
- SAT Range 1190-1290
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $28,033
Marymount Manhattan College
- Private 4 Year
- New York, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 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
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
St. Francis College
- Private 4 Year
- Brooklyn, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
St. Francis College is a small private Franciscan college known for undergraduate business, accounting, and nursing. The compact urban campus sits in Brooklyn Heights near the East River.
- SAT Range 990-1240
- Avg GPA 2.9
- Net Price $17,698
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
SUNY Old Westbury
- Public 4 Year
- Old Westbury, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 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
Houghton University
- Private 4 Year
- Houghton, NY
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3.5 | 2 reviews
- 89% acceptance rate
Houghton is a private Christian liberal arts university known for undergraduate music and the liberal arts. The rural residential campus sits in a small village in western New York.
- SAT Range 1170-1375
- Avg GPA 3.25
- Net Price $21,274
SUNY College of Technology at Canton
- Public 4 Year
- Canton, NY
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- 92% acceptance rate
SUNY Canton is a public college of technology known for undergraduate nursing, engineering technology, and veterinary science technology. The residential campus sits in the small college town of Canton in northern New York.
- SAT Range 1000-1160
- Avg GPA 3.0
- Net Price $14,754
D'Youville University
- Private 4 Year
- Buffalo, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 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
Elmira College
- Private 4 Year
- Elmira, NY
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
Elmira is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing and education. Most undergrads live on a compact residential campus in the small city of Elmira.
- SAT Range 1090-1385
- Avg GPA 3.22
- Net Price $23,682
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
- Public 4 Year
- Plattsburgh, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 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
Hilbert College
- Private 4 Year
- Hamburg, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Hilbert is a small private Franciscan college known for undergraduate criminal justice and forensic science. The campus is in suburban Hamburg near Buffalo.
- SAT Range 980-1180
- Avg GPA 3.2
- Net Price $22,157
Empire State University
- Public 4 Year
- Saratoga Springs, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Empire State is a public SUNY university known for flexible, individualized undergraduate degree programs and online study. Based in Saratoga Springs, it primarily serves adult and nontraditional students through distance learning rather than a residential campus.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $11,659
The College of Saint Rose
- Private 4 Year
- Albany, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- May 1 application deadline
- SAT Range 1001-1228
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price -
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
- Public 4 Year
- Alfred, NY
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- 76% acceptance rate
Alfred State is a public college of technology known for undergraduate architecture, engineering technology, and construction management. The rural campus sits in the small college town of Alfred in western New York.
- SAT Range 990-1200
- Avg GPA 3.1
- Net Price $15,283