2024 Tightest New York Colleges To Admit Rankings
Among New York colleges, Columbia University in the City of New York has the tightest acceptance rate (3.95%) and Cornell University has the second lowest rate (7.47%) based on academic year 2022-2023 admission data.
Below table ranks and compares the Tightest New York Colleges To Admit having lowest acceptance rate. For the acceptance rate rankings, we only include 4-year New York colleges that have competitive admission.
Tightest New York Colleges To Admit
| Rank | College Name | Applicants | Admitted | Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | Yield | Tuition & Fees | Student Population | SAT Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY | 60,879 | 2,404 | 1,540 | 3.9% | 64.1% | $69,045 | 34,782 | 1,530 |
| 2 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | 69,195 | 5,168 | 3,491 | 7.5% | 67.6% | $66,014 | 25,898 | 1,530 |
| 3 | Barnard College New York, NY | 12,009 | 1,056 | 697 | 8.8% | 66.0% | $66,246 | 3,442 | 1,505 |
| 4 | Hamilton College Clinton, NY | 9,899 | 1,166 | 478 | 11.8% | 41.0% | $65,740 | 2,072 | 1,490 |
| 5 | United States Military Academy West Point, NY | 12,559 | 1,501 | 1,173 | 12.0% | 78.1% | - | 4,393 | 1,340 |
| 6 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY | 21,109 | 2,624 | 812 | 12.4% | 30.9% | $67,024 | 3,141 | 1,480 |
| 7 | New York University New York, NY | 100,662 | 12,539 | 6,184 | 12.5% | 49.3% | $60,438 | 59,144 | 1,530 |
| 8 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY | 11,412 | 2,129 | 681 | 18.7% | 32.0% | $67,805 | 2,459 | 1,490 |
| 9 | Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY | 13,183 | 3,367 | 784 | 25.5% | 23.3% | $62,248 | 2,758 | 1,390 |
| 10 | American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York, NY | 8,158 | 2,109 | 470 | 25.9% | 22.3% | $45,560 | 1,480 | - |
Qualified New York Colleges in Core Admission Stats
