Best Colleges in New York
236
Universities
85
Community Colleges
321
Total Institutions
Explore 321 colleges and universities in New York, ranked by the Repit College Score. Our ratings evaluate graduation rates, affordability, resources, and student experience.
#1
A
Columbia University in the City of New York
Private Non-Profit
95%
Grad Rate
#2
A
Cornell University
Private Non-Profit
95%
Grad Rate
#3
A
New York University
Private Non-Profit
88%
Grad Rate
#4
A
United States Military Academy
Public
85%
Grad Rate
#5
B+
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
Public
72%
Grad Rate
$4k
Net Price
#6
B+
Colgate University
Private Non-Profit
91%
Grad Rate
#7
B+
Hamilton College
Private Non-Profit
91%
Grad Rate
#8
B+
The Juilliard School
Private Non-Profit
90%
Grad Rate
#9
B+
Binghamton University
Public
84%
Grad Rate
$19k
Net Price
#10
B+
CUNY Hunter College
Public
61%
Grad Rate
$4k
Net Price
#11
B+
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Public
81%
Grad Rate
$5k
Net Price
#12
B+
Barnard College
Private Non-Profit
93%
Grad Rate
#13
B+
Vassar College
Private Non-Profit
89%
Grad Rate
#14
B+
CUNY City College
Public
55%
Grad Rate
$5k
Net Price
#15
B+
University of Rochester
Private Non-Profit
84%
Grad Rate
#16
B+
CUNY Queens College
Public
60%
Grad Rate
$5k
Net Price
#17
B+
Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel
Private Non-Profit
78%
Grad Rate
#18
B+
Skidmore College
Private Non-Profit
82%
Grad Rate
#19
B+
Stony Brook University
Public
78%
Grad Rate
$19k
Net Price
#20
B+
Fashion Institute of Technology
Public
83%
Grad Rate
$20k
Net Price
13%
Off-Campus
#21
B
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Private Non-Profit
80%
Grad Rate
#22
B
CUNY Brooklyn College
Public
57%
Grad Rate
$4k
Net Price
#23
B
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion
Private Non-Profit
97%
Grad Rate
#24
B
University at Buffalo
Public
73%
Grad Rate
$21k
Net Price
#25
B
Syracuse University
Private Non-Profit
81%
Grad Rate
#26
B
Webb Institute
Private Non-Profit
81%
Grad Rate
#27
B
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Public
55%
Grad Rate
$4k
Net Price
#28
B
Manhattan School of Music
Private Non-Profit
78%
Grad Rate
#29
B
Yeshivath Viznitz
Private Non-Profit
69%
Grad Rate
#30
B
Fordham University
Private Non-Profit
80%
Grad Rate
#31
B
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Private Non-Profit
87%
Grad Rate
#32
B
State University of New York at New Paltz
Public
69%
Grad Rate
$18k
Net Price
#33
B
SUNY Oneonta
Public
70%
Grad Rate
$18k
Net Price
#34
B
Union College
Private Non-Profit
85%
Grad Rate
#35
B
United Talmudical Seminary
Private Non-Profit
57%
Grad Rate
#36
B
Yeshiva University
Private Non-Profit
84%
Grad Rate
#37
B
CUNY Lehman College
Public
49%
Grad Rate
$4k
Net Price
#38
B
Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron Meilech
Private Non-Profit
75%
Grad Rate
#39
B
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Private Non-Profit
83%
Grad Rate
#40
B
Farmingdale State College
Public
57%
Grad Rate
$8k
Net Price
15%
Off-Campus
#41
B
State University of New York at Cortland
Public
68%
Grad Rate
$18k
Net Price
#42
B
Yeshiva of Ocean
Private Non-Profit
67%
Grad Rate
#43
B
Pratt Institute-Main
Private Non-Profit
73%
Grad Rate
#44
B
St Lawrence University
Private Non-Profit
80%
Grad Rate
#45
B
University at Albany
Public
64%
Grad Rate
$19k
Net Price
#46
B
SUNY College at Geneseo
Public
72%
Grad Rate
$19k
Net Price
#47
B
Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary
Private Non-Profit
53%
Grad Rate
#48
B
American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Private Non-Profit
72%
Grad Rate
#49
B
College of Staten Island CUNY
Public
33%
Grad Rate
$6k
Net Price
#50
B
Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary
Private Non-Profit
75%
Grad Rate
#51
B
Touro University
Private Non-Profit
65%
Grad Rate
#52
B
Bard College
Private Non-Profit
73%
Grad Rate
#53
B
Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser Torah
Private Non-Profit
38%
Grad Rate
#54
B
The New School
Private Non-Profit
71%
Grad Rate
#55
B
Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary
Private Non-Profit
47%
Grad Rate
#56
B
Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute
Private Non-Profit
64%
Grad Rate
#57
B
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland
Private Non-Profit
#58
B
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Public
70%
Grad Rate
$20k
Net Price
#59
B
SUNY at Purchase College
Public
62%
Grad Rate
$19k
Net Price
#60
C+
CUNY York College
Public
30%
Grad Rate
$6k
Net Price
#61
C+
State University of New York at Oswego
Public
60%
Grad Rate
$17k
Net Price
#62
C+
Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah
Private Non-Profit
52%
Grad Rate
#63
C+
Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing
Private Non-Profit
100%
Grad Rate
#64
C+
Yeshivas Sanz Klauzenburg
Private Non-Profit
27%
Grad Rate
#65
C+
Elim Bible Institute and College
Private Non-Profit
70%
Grad Rate
#66
C+
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Private Non-Profit
73%
Grad Rate
#67
C+
Hofstra University
Private Non-Profit
67%
Grad Rate
#68
C+
Monroe College
Private For-Profit
57%
Grad Rate
#69
C+
Rochester Institute of Technology
Private Non-Profit
71%
Grad Rate
#70
C+
Rabbinical College Ohr Yisroel
Private Non-Profit
52%
Grad Rate
#71
C+
Sarah Lawrence College
Private Non-Profit
70%
Grad Rate
#72
C+
SUNY Brockport
Public
57%
Grad Rate
$15k
Net Price
16%
Off-Campus
#73
C+
SUNY Maritime College
Public
75%
Grad Rate
$20k
Net Price
#74
C+
School of Visual Arts
Private For-Profit
75%
Grad Rate
#75
C+
Ithaca College
Private Non-Profit
74%
Grad Rate
#76
C+
Marist College
Private Non-Profit
80%
Grad Rate
#77
C+
Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer
Private Non-Profit
86%
Grad Rate
#78
C+
SUNY at Fredonia
Public
53%
Grad Rate
$16k
Net Price
#79
C+
Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok
Private Non-Profit
49%
Grad Rate
#80
C+
Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka
Private Non-Profit
62%
Grad Rate
#81
C+
Boricua College
Private Non-Profit
71%
Grad Rate
#82
C+
Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary
Private Non-Profit
53%
Grad Rate
#83
C+
Le Moyne College
Private Non-Profit
71%
Grad Rate
#84
C+
Long Island University
Private Non-Profit
55%
Grad Rate
#85
C+
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America
Private Non-Profit
17%
Grad Rate
#86
C+
St. John's University-New York
Private Non-Profit
68%
Grad Rate
#87
C+
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Public
59%
Grad Rate
$15k
Net Price
#88
C+
SUNY Buffalo State University
Public
36%
Grad Rate
$14k
Net Price
#89
C+
Alfred University
Private Non-Profit
56%
Grad Rate
#90
C+
Yeshivath Zichron Moshe
Private Non-Profit
50%
Grad Rate
#91
C+
Nazareth University
Private Non-Profit
73%
Grad Rate
#92
C+
Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas
Private Non-Profit
71%
Grad Rate
#93
C+
Manhattan College
Private Non-Profit
66%
Grad Rate
#94
C+
New York Institute of Technology
Private Non-Profit
56%
Grad Rate
#95
C+
Davis College
Private Non-Profit
39%
Grad Rate
#96
C+
St. John Fisher University
Private Non-Profit
74%
Grad Rate
#97
C+
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
Public
53%
Grad Rate
$15k
Net Price
#98
C+
SUNY College at Potsdam
Public
48%
Grad Rate
$15k
Net Price
#99
C+
SUNY Old Westbury
Public
47%
Grad Rate
$10k
Net Price
7%
Off-Campus
#100
C+
SUNY College at Plattsburgh
Public
59%
Grad Rate
$16k
Net Price
#1
B
Circle in the Square Theatre School
Private Non-Profit
100%
Grad Rate
#2
B
New York Seminary
Private Non-Profit
93%
Grad Rate
#3
B
Elyon College
Private Non-Profit
95%
Grad Rate
#4
B
Merkaz Bnos-Business School
Private Non-Profit
87%
Grad Rate
#5
C+
Ohel Margulia Seminary
Private Non-Profit
100%
Grad Rate
#6
C+
St. Joseph's College of Nursing
Private Non-Profit
100%
Grad Rate
#7
C+
Word of Life Bible Institute
Private Non-Profit
87%
Grad Rate
#8
C+
Western Suffolk BOCES
Public
83%
Grad Rate
#9
C+
School of Professional Horticulture, New York Botanical Garden
Private Non-Profit
100%
Grad Rate
#10
C+
Mohawk Valley Community College
Public
35%
Grad Rate
$8k
Net Price
#11
C+
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York
Private Non-Profit
93%
Grad Rate
#12
C+
CVPH Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology
Private Non-Profit
50%
Grad Rate
#13
C+
Hunter Business School
Private For-Profit
82%
Grad Rate
#14
C+
The Ailey School
Private Non-Profit
#15
C+
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater
Private Non-Profit
100%
Grad Rate
#16
C+
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Public
25%
Grad Rate
$6k
Net Price
#17
C+
CUNY Queensborough Community College
Public
23%
Grad Rate
$5k
Net Price
#18
C+
Jamestown Community College
Public
34%
Grad Rate
$10k
Net Price
#19
C+
Monroe Community College
Public
23%
Grad Rate
$7k
Net Price
#20
C+
Onondaga Community College
Public
25%
Grad Rate
$6k
Net Price
#21
C+
Bnos Zion Of Bobov Seminary
Private Non-Profit
83%
Grad Rate
#22
C+
Arnot Ogden Medical Center
Private Non-Profit
80%
Grad Rate
#23
C
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital
Private Non-Profit
69%
Grad Rate
#24
C
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
Public
26%
Grad Rate
$5k
Net Price
#25
C
CUNY Bronx Community College
Public
18%
Grad Rate
$5k
Net Price
#26
C
Dutchess Community College
Public
29%
Grad Rate
$8k
Net Price
#27
C
Finger Lakes Community College
Public
28%
Grad Rate
$13k
Net Price
#28
C
Ace Institute of Technology
Private For-Profit
71%
Grad Rate
#29
C
SUNY Adirondack
Public
29%
Grad Rate
$10k
Net Price
#30
C
SUNY Corning Community College
Public
33%
Grad Rate
$7k
Net Price
#31
C
Nassau Community College
Public
23%
Grad Rate
$5k
Net Price
#32
C
CUNY Hostos Community College
Public
17%
Grad Rate
$5k
Net Price
#33
C
Genesee Community College
Public
28%
Grad Rate
$8k
Net Price
#34
C
Suffolk County Community College
Public
25%
Grad Rate
$5k
Net Price
#35
C
Tompkins Cortland Community College
Public
27%
Grad Rate
$13k
Net Price
#36
C
Center for Allied Health Education
Private For-Profit
25%
Grad Rate
#37
C
SUNY Broome Community College
Public
23%
Grad Rate
$8k
Net Price
#38
C
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Public
24%
Grad Rate
$6k
Net Price
#39
C
Derech Hachaim Seminary
Private Non-Profit
98%
Grad Rate
#40
C
Erie Community College
Public
27%
Grad Rate
$6k
Net Price
#41
C
Hudson Valley Community College
Public
33%
Grad Rate
$7k
Net Price
#42
C
Schenectady County Community College
Public
29%
Grad Rate
$6k
Net Price
#43
C
SUNY Westchester Community College
Public
23%
Grad Rate
$9k
Net Price
#44
C
Herkimer County Community College
Public
28%
Grad Rate
$10k
Net Price
#45
C
Jefferson Community College
Public
26%
Grad Rate
$10k
Net Price
#46
C
North Country Community College
Public
25%
Grad Rate
$11k
Net Price
#47
C
Orange County Community College
Public
23%
Grad Rate
$7k
Net Price
#48
C
Rockland Community College
Public
29%
Grad Rate
$9k
Net Price
#49
C
Sullivan County Community College
Public
22%
Grad Rate
$9k
Net Price
#50
C
Manhattan School of Computer Technology
Private Non-Profit
72%
Grad Rate
#51
C
Columbia-Greene Community College
Public
34%
Grad Rate
$6k
Net Price
#52
C
Island Drafting and Technical Institute
Private For-Profit
77%
Grad Rate
#53
C
Center for Ultrasound Research & Education
Private For-Profit
72%
Grad Rate
#54
C
Ulster County Community College
Public
31%
Grad Rate
$5k
Net Price
#55
C
Austin Medical Assistant Training
Private For-Profit
#56
C
New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants
Private For-Profit
63%
Grad Rate
#57
C
Niagara County Community College
Public
31%
Grad Rate
$7k
Net Price
#58
C
New York Automotive and Diesel Institute
Private For-Profit
67%
Grad Rate
#59
C
CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College
Public
25%
Grad Rate
$6k
Net Price
#60
C
New York Medical Career Training Center
Private For-Profit
97%
Grad Rate
#61
C
Fulton-Montgomery Community College
Public
34%
Grad Rate
$7k
Net Price
#62
C
Memorial Hospital School of Radiation Therapy Technology
Private Non-Profit
#63
C
Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing
Private Non-Profit
50%
Grad Rate
#64
C
AMG School of Nursing
Private For-Profit
75%
Grad Rate
#65
C
Cayuga County Community College
Public
34%
Grad Rate
$7k
Net Price
#66
C
Montefiore School of Nursing
Private Non-Profit
#67
C
Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Private Non-Profit
#68
C
Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov
Private Non-Profit
61%
Grad Rate
#69
C
Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing
Private Non-Profit
#70
C
Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences
Private For-Profit
77%
Grad Rate
#71
C
Clinton Community College
Public
21%
Grad Rate
$9k
Net Price
#72
C
Cochran School of Nursing
Private Non-Profit
#73
D
Long Island Business Institute
Private For-Profit
22%
Grad Rate
#74
D
St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing
Private Non-Profit
#75
D
Digital Film Academy
Private For-Profit
41%
Grad Rate
#76
D
St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens
Private For-Profit
42%
Grad Rate
#77
D
Joffrey Ballet School
Private For-Profit
#78
D
Miami Ad School-New York
Private For-Profit
#79
D
New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
Private For-Profit
65%
Grad Rate
#80
D
Belanger School of Nursing
Private Non-Profit
#81
D
St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island
Private For-Profit
28%
Grad Rate
#82
D
Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus
Private For-Profit
27%
Grad Rate
#83
D
Mildred Elley-New York Campus
Private For-Profit
32%
Grad Rate
#84
D
Mandl School-The College of Allied Health
Private For-Profit
32%
Grad Rate
#85
D
American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service
Private Non-Profit
29%
Grad Rate
Cities with Multiple Colleges
Ithaca
2 colleges
Queens
2 colleges
Poughkeepsie
3 colleges
Monroe
2 colleges
Saratoga Springs
2 colleges
Syracuse
6 colleges
Oneonta
2 colleges
Alfred
2 colleges
Canton
2 colleges
Pottersville
2 colleges
Old Westbury
2 colleges
Potsdam
2 colleges
Bronx
8 colleges
Monsey
10 colleges
Purchase
2 colleges
Suffern
2 colleges
Brooklyn
46 colleges
Jamaica
2 colleges
Garden City
2 colleges
Troy
4 colleges
New York
62 colleges
Far Rockaway
3 colleges
Geneva
2 colleges
Elmira
2 colleges
Rochester
11 colleges
Utica
4 colleges
Plattsburgh
3 colleges
Riverdale
2 colleges
Schenectady
3 colleges
Buffalo
8 colleges
Valhalla
2 colleges
Staten Island
4 colleges
Long Island City
3 colleges
Forest Hills
2 colleges
Jamestown
2 colleges
Albany
11 colleges
Flushing
4 colleges
Yonkers
3 colleges
White Plains
2 colleges
About College Rankings in New York
The Repit College Score ranks 321 colleges and universities in New York based on outcomes (graduation rates, retention), affordability (net cost, financial aid), resources (class sizes, faculty ratios), and student experience (campus life, housing options).
4-Year Universities (236): Bachelor's degree-granting institutions including public universities, private colleges, and research institutions.
2-Year Colleges (85): Community colleges and technical schools offering associate degrees, certificates, and transfer programs.
Frequently Asked Questions About Colleges in New York
How many colleges are in New York?
There are 321 accredited colleges and universities in New York tracked by Repit, including 236 4-year institutions and 85 community colleges. Each school is rated using our proprietary scoring system that evaluates outcomes, affordability, and resources.
How does Repit rate colleges?
Repit rates colleges on a 100-point scale across five categories: Outcomes (graduation and retention rates), Affordability (net cost and financial aid), Resources (class sizes and selectivity), Experience (campus life and learning format), and Prestige (reputation and recognition). Each factor is weighted and combined into an overall score and letter grade.
Should I attend a public or private college in New York?
New York has both public and private institutions. Public schools often offer lower tuition for state residents, while private schools may provide more financial aid. Compare net prices and outcomes using Repit's detailed college profiles to find the best value for your situation.
Data source: IPEDS 2023-24 | Last updated: September 2026 | Methodology