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
	The Ailey School	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	American Musical and Dramatic Academy	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Bais Medrash of Dexter Park	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Associated Beth Rivkah Schools	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Canisius University	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Circle in the Square Theatre School	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Metropolitan College of New York	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Daemen University	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Belanger School of Nursing	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Fashion Institute of Technology	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Five Towns College	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Helene Fuld College of Nursing	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Jamestown Business College	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	The Juilliard School	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Long Island Business Institute	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Manhattanville University	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Marion S Whelan School of Nursing of Geneva General Hospital	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Mercy University	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron Meilech	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Monroe University	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	The New School	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Plaza College	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Davis College	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Rabbinical College Beth Shraga	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Rabbinical College of Long Island	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Rabbinical Seminary of America	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	St. Joseph's College of Nursing	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	SUNY College of Technology at Canton	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	State University of New York at Cortland	Test Optional: Not Required	NO
	SUNY Old Westbury	Test Optional: Not Required	NO

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