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
	Dominican University New York	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	LIM College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	CUNY Hunter College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	CUNY Lehman College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	CUNY Medgar Evers College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	CUNY New York City College of Technology	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	CUNY Queens College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	CUNY York College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Jewish Theological Seminary of America	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	D'Youville University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Marymount Manhattan College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Marist University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	CUNY City College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Mount Saint Mary College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Elmira College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Maria College of Albany	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Ithaca College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Fordham University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Hamilton College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Hartwick College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Iona University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Hilbert College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Hobart William Smith Colleges	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Hofstra University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Houghton University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Nazareth University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Adelphi University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Alfred University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	New York School of Interior Design	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Niagara University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Le Moyne College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Keuka College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	New York University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Bard College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Barnard College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	New York Institute of Technology	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Long Island University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Molloy University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Clarkson University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Colgate University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Manhattan University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Columbia University in the City of New York	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Cornell University	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	University of Mount Saint Vincent	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	Culinary Institute of America	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO
	CUNY Brooklyn College	Test Optional: Considers Test Score but not Required	NO

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