Acceptance Rate of all colleges in New York are given here. Colleges are listed from Lowest Acceptance rate in New York to the Highest Acceptance rate colleges. Acceptance Rate of Universities and Colleges indicate how tough the admissions selection criteria of an institution is. Acceptance or Admissions Rate of the colleges is obtained by dividing the number of admitted students divided by the total number of applicants who applied for admissions in a single admission calendar. The lower the acceptance rate of a college is, the tougher it is to get admitted to. Hence, the colleges with lower admissions rate are easier to get into.

Some institutions have open admission policy. Open Admission Policy means that all qualifying students who meet the minimum eligibility criteria are offered admission and they start the degree the program without additional qualifications or performance benchmarks. In other words, the institutes having open admission policy have 100% acceptance rate.

Acceptance Rate of all New York Colleges 2026 from Lowest to Highest

Logo	College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
Logo	College	Acceptance Rate	UG Students
	Fashion Institute of Technology, New York	57.61%	7575
	CUNY City College, New York	58.07%	11934
	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy	58.45%	5909
	St Lawrence University, Canton	58.47%	2040
	State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz	58.7%	6022
	Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville	58.93%	1468
	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Albany	59.08%	509
	CUNY York College, Jamaica	59.42%	4439
	Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh, Far Rockaway	60%	36
	New York School of Interior Design, New York	60.34%	423
	Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America, New York	60.87%	45
	Maria College of Albany, Albany	60.94%	702
	Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron Meilech, Brooklyn	62.5%	41
	The New School, New York	62.52%	6819
	Touro University, New York	63.01%	4004
	SUNY College at Geneseo, Geneseo	63.53%	3855
	Yeshiva University, New York	63.75%	2942
	Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary, Staten Island	64.71%	73
	Marist University, Poughkeepsie	64.71%	5039
	Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah, Brooklyn	65.31%	108
	Monroe University, Bronx	65.88%	5670
	Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas, Brooklyn	66.15%	461
	St. John Fisher University, Rochester	67.8%	2579
	CUNY Queens College, Queens	68.52%	13060
	Hartwick College, Oneonta	68.7%	1099
	Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale	69.12%	9117
	University at Buffalo, Buffalo	69.3%	20284
	Wells College, Aurora	69.65%	355
	New York Seminary, Brooklyn	69.77%	120
	University at Albany, Albany	69.87%	12100
	Ithaca College, Ithaca	69.94%	4350
	Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid, Far Rockaway	70%	183
	SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta	70.15%	4820
	Yeshiva Derech Chaim, Brooklyn	70.21%	119
	Siena College, Loudonville	70.57%	3447
	Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater, New York City	70.59%	71
	Hofstra University, Hempstead	70.59%	6155
	SUNY Brockport, Brockport	71.29%	5381
	St. Joseph's University-New York, Brooklyn	71.4%	3343
	Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester	71.4%	13225
	Five Towns College, Dix Hills	72.03%	533
	SUNY at Purchase College, Purchase	72.83%	3110
	Long Island Business Institute, Flushing	73.24%	347
	The College of Saint Rose, Albany	73.4%	1238
	Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer, Brooklyn	75%	373
	School of Professional Horticulture New York Botanical Garden, Bronx	75%	19
	State University of New York at Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh	75.18%	3789
	Le Moyne College, Syracuse	75.29%	2434
	Molloy University, Rockville Centre	75.64%	3185
	SUNY Buffalo State University, Buffalo	75.87%	5358

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