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
	Circle in the Square Theatre School, New York	3.77%	50
	Columbia University in the City of New York, New York	4.23%	8899
	Barnard College, New York	7.96%	3219
	Cornell University, Ithaca	8.16%	15935
	The Juilliard School, New York	8.96%	460
	New York University, New York	9.41%	29430
	Hamilton College, Clinton	11.77%	2045
	Colgate University, Hamilton	11.95%	3122
	United States Military Academy, West Point	13.98%	4439
	Vassar College, Poughkeepsie	17.73%	2430
	Center for Allied Health Education, Brooklyn	18.52%	113
	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York	19.05%	891
	Webb Institute, Glen Cove	20%	105
	Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs	22.92%	2760
	Helene Fuld College of Nursing, New York	23.81%	722
	American Musical and Dramatic Academy, New York	24.71%	1502
	Plaza College, Forest Hills	30%	829
	Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program, Auburn	31.25%	36
	United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point	32.47%	947
	Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES, Plattsburgh	32.88%	35
	Davis College, Pottersville	33.33%	88
	Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland, Suffern	34.69%	141
	Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser Torah, Monsey	35.71%	82
	University of Rochester, Rochester	35.85%	6488
	Binghamton University, Vestal	37.73%	14401
	Yeshiva of Ocean, Greenfield Park	38%	57
	CUNY Graduate School and University Center, New York	38.61%	3067
	Manhattan School of Music, New York	39.94%	535
	Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital, East Syracuse	40%	179
	CVPH Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology, Plattsburgh	41.18%	19
	Syracuse University, Syracuse	41.69%	15245
	Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical College, Monsey	42.31%	86
	Union College, Schenectady	43.79%	2070
	Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York	45.07%	172
	St. Joseph's College of Nursing, Syracuse	45.45%	283
	Alfred University, Alfred	48.33%	1401
	Stony Brook University, Stony Brook	49.01%	17420
	The Ailey School, New York	49.18%	88
	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College, New York	50.48%	15734
	State University of New York at Cortland, Cortland	50.71%	5896
	Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok, Monsey	52.12%	222
	Yeshivath Zichron Moshe, South Fallsburg	52.17%	176
	Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson	52.29%	2280
	Pratt Institute-Main, Brooklyn	53.17%	3766
	CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn	53.66%	10443
	CUNY Hunter College, New York	54.05%	16642
	CUNY Lehman College, Bronx	55.43%	10438
	Fordham University, Bronx	56.28%	10239
	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York	57.22%	11340
	Hobart William Smith Colleges, Geneva	57.28%	1606

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