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
	Daemen University, Amherst	76.16%	1761
	Russell Sage College, Troy	76.19%	1075
	Metropolitan College of New York, New York	76.54%	430
	Pace University, New York	77.14%	7725
	Clarkson University, Potsdam	77.16%	2449
	Adelphi University, Garden City	77.51%	5077
	Roberts Wesleyan University, Rochester	77.78%	1065
	Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute, Brooklyn	77.78%	102
	Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah, Brooklyn	78.08%	353
	New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury	78.08%	3320
	SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Utica	78.44%	1773
	Manhattan University, Riverdale	78.49%	2928
	SUNY Maritime College, Throggs Neck	78.51%	1242
	Orange Ulster BOCES, Newburgh	78.57%	72
	Bais Binyomin Academy, Monsey	78.79%	50
	Dominican University New York, Orangeburg	78.83%	1083
	Marymount Manhattan College, New York	78.88%	1627
	SUNY at Fredonia, Fredonia	79.2%	2860
	Nazareth University, Rochester	79.5%	1891
	St. John's University-New York, Queens	79.67%	9742
	Bais Medrash Elyon, Monsey	80%	41
	State University of New York at Oswego, Oswego	80.39%	5618
	Yeshiva Ohr Naftoli, New Windsor	80.65%	43
	CUNY New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn	80.74%	12950
	American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York, New York	81.35%	225
	St Bonaventure University, Saint Bonaventure	81.53%	1892
	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred, Alfred	81.75%	3510
	Canisius University, Buffalo	81.77%	1768
	St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill	82.23%	1009
	New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, New York	82.3%	286
	D'Youville University, Buffalo	82.35%	1299
	Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh	82.46%	1268
	Belanger School of Nursing, Schenectady	82.84%	132
	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse	82.94%	1725
	Trocaire College, Buffalo	83.01%	962
	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill, Cobleskill	83.25%	1776
	CUNY Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn	83.39%	3404
	Wagner College, Staten Island	83.46%	1579
	SUNY Old Westbury, Old Westbury	84.58%	3945
	University of Mount Saint Vincent, Bronx	84.64%	2373
	Manhattanville University, Purchase	84.66%	1250
	Niagara University, Niagara University	85.34%	2713
	Mercy University, Dobbs Ferry	85.47%	5539
	SUNY College at Potsdam, Potsdam	85.48%	1951
	Jamestown Business College, Jamestown	85.82%	251
	Villa Maria College, Buffalo	86.68%	536
	Yeshiva Sholom Shachna, Brooklyn	86.96%	118
	Utica University, Utica	87.19%	2477
	Bnos Zion Of Bobov Seminary, Brooklyn	87.88%	142
	Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov, Brooklyn	87.9%	371

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