Test Optional Schools and Colleges are those which do not require SAT or ACT Test score at the time of admissions. Admissions and Test Score Policy of all Schools, Colleges and Universities in New York are given here. Admissions Test Score Policy of the institutes indicates how the selection criteria of the institution works. Some schools and universities require Admission test Scores including SAT/ACT Scores. Some (Test Optional) recommend students to submit the test scores but not strictly require it while some institutions have a strict admissions policy to submit the test scores.

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.

Institutions Admission Policy Labels are defined as follows:

Required: The Institute requires the applicants to submit test (SAT/ACT) scores.
Recommeded/ Test Optional: The Institute recommends students provide admission test scores (SAT/ACT), during the application process.
Not Required: does not require admission test scores (SAT/ACT) during the application process and does not recommend that students provide them.
Considered / Test Optional: considers admission test scores (SAT/ACT) during the application process, but does not require them.
Unknown: The admission test score (SAT/ACT) policy for is unknown.

List of all Test Optional Colleges in New York Schools Not Requiring SAT/ACT 2026

Logo	Institute	Test Score Policy	Open Admission Policy
Logo	Institute	Test Score Policy	Open Admission Policy
	Iona University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Ithaca College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	DeVry College of New York	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Jewish Theological Seminary of America	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Webb Institute	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Keuka College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	LIM College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Le Moyne College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Long Island University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Trocaire College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Siena College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Manhattan University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	The College of Saint Rose	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	SUNY Morrisville	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Maria College of Albany	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Marist University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Marymount Manhattan College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	St. John Fisher University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	University at Buffalo	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	University at Albany	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	St. Joseph's University-New York	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	St Lawrence University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	SUNY Polytechnic Institute	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Molloy University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	State University of New York at Oswego	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Mount Saint Mary College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	University of Mount Saint Vincent	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Nazareth University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	SUNY Oneonta	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	SUNY Maritime College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	New York University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Niagara University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	New York Institute of Technology	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	New York School of Interior Design	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	State University of New York at Plattsburgh	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Pace University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	SUNY at Purchase College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	State University of New York at New Paltz	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Stony Brook University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Pratt Institute-Main	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	St Bonaventure University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Touro University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Syracuse University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Russell Sage College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Roberts Wesleyan University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Rochester Institute of Technology	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	University of Rochester	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute	Test Optional: Not Required	NO

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