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Which colleges are most affordable for New York residents ? The answer may surprise you.
These rankings of the most affordable colleges for New York residents are based on the estimated net price for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of New York.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of the school paid by the student and family, after factoring in merit and grant aid from the college federal programs and work study.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
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1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
2 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 4200 | 34100 | 0.8755 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
3 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 6400 | 93200 | 0.931 | 9,007 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
4 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 6900 | 33400 | 0.7926 | 9,784 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
4 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 6900 | 31800 | 0.7823 | 11,406 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
6 | CUNY Lehman College | 7000 | 35100 | 0.7997 | 11,176 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
7 | CUNY City College | 7100 | 31200 | 0.774 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
7 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 7100 | 36700 | 0.8058 | 11,512 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
9 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 7600 | 34500 | 0.7805 | 16,060 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
10 | Colgate University | 9700 | 90200 | 0.8926 | 3,149 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
11 | Cornell University | 12200 | 90500 | 0.8649 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
12 | Hamilton College | 12700 | 88300 | 0.8563 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
13 | Union College | 15300 | 91100 | 0.8319 | 2,063 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
14 | Barnard College | 15400 | 92500 | 0.8331 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
14 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 15400 | 27900 | 0.4468 | 1,829 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
16 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 16100 | 26100 | 0.3815 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
17 | SUNY Old Westbury | 16500 | 24400 | 0.3218 | 4,259 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
18 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17000 | 27900 | 0.389 | 2,839 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
19 | Syracuse University | 17400 | 82200 | 0.7885 | 15,955 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
20 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 17600 | 26500 | 0.3371 | 3,902 | 1279 | 0.6663 | |
21 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 18100 | 29400 | 0.3856 | 1,880 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
22 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 18200 | 32200 | 0.4336 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
23 | University of Rochester | 18500 | 92300 | 0.7993 | 6,554 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
24 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 18700 | 28600 | 0.3478 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
25 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 18800 | 20400 | 0.0758 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
26 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19100 | 27600 | 0.3096 | 5,515 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
26 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 19100 | 26900 | 0.2884 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
28 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 19200 | 33500 | 0.4257 | 3,403 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
29 | Niagara University | 19300 | 57500 | 0.6646 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
30 | Farmingdale State College | 19900 | 23000 | 0.1365 | 10,006 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
30 | SUNY Morrisville | 19900 | 28600 | 0.3026 | 2,021 | 1028 | 0.9078 | |
32 | Hartwick College | 20100 | 65300 | 0.6915 | 1,112 | 1117 | 0.695 | |
33 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 20300 | 62600 | 0.6753 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
34 | SUNY Brockport | 20400 | 26400 | 0.2256 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
35 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 20600 | 78000 | 0.7353 | 1,767 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
36 | New York University | 20800 | 90800 | 0.7711 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
37 | Skidmore College | 20900 | 89200 | 0.7661 | 2,702 | 1421 | 0.2105 | |
37 | State University of New York at Cortland | 20900 | 27800 | 0.2464 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
39 | Canisius University | 21000 | 53400 | 0.6063 | 1,707 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
40 | Bard College | 21100 | 89300 | 0.7634 | 2,025 | 1379 | 0.5212 | |
40 | CUNY Hunter College | 21100 | 26100 | 0.1933 | 16,498 | 1240 | 0.5422 | |
42 | SUNY Oneonta | 21200 | 29400 | 0.2775 | 4,671 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
43 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21300 | 56900 | 0.6254 | 529 | 1269 | 0.5269 | |
43 | St Lawrence University | 21300 | 87200 | 0.7552 | 1,947 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
45 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 21900 | 32100 | 0.3189 | 5,203 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
46 | CUNY Queens College | 22400 | 29300 | 0.2367 | 13,146 | 1146 | 0.6434 | |
47 | Utica University | 22700 | 57900 | 0.6072 | 2,330 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
48 | SUNY at Purchase College | 23300 | 28100 | 0.1691 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
49 | Sarah Lawrence College | 23400 | 86800 | 0.7301 | 1,556 | 1347 | 0.6173 | |
50 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 23500 | 26300 | 0.1082 | 6,196 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
50 | Wells College | 23500 | 54500 | 0.5681 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
52 | University at Albany | 23700 | 31000 | 0.234 | 12,658 | 1245 | 0.6909 | |
53 | Daemen University | 23800 | 53800 | 0.5568 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
53 | Manhattanville University | 23800 | 65300 | 0.6352 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
53 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 23800 | 61200 | 0.6117 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
56 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24000 | 60100 | 0.5999 | 1,043 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
57 | Russell Sage College | 24100 | 57600 | 0.5822 | 1,251 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
58 | Elmira College | 24400 | 49700 | 0.51 | 736 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
59 | Houghton University | 24500 | 33700 | 0.2741 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
60 | Mercy University | 24700 | 44500 | 0.4438 | 6,769 | 1074 | 0.8584 | |
61 | Binghamton University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2206 | 14,665 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
61 | St. Francis College | 25000 | 38400 | 0.3478 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
61 | Vassar College | 25000 | 91500 | 0.7269 | 2,456 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
64 | SUNY Maritime College | 25100 | 31700 | 0.2066 | 1,283 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
65 | Alfred University | 25200 | 60300 | 0.5824 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
66 | D'Youville University | 25500 | 50200 | 0.4925 | 1,299 | 1054 | 0.8235 | |
67 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
67 | University at Buffalo | 26100 | 34100 | 0.2358 | 20,355 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
69 | St Bonaventure University | 26200 | 60400 | 0.5655 | 2,047 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
70 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27000 | 50700 | 0.4676 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
71 | Touro University | 27400 | 58500 | 0.532 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
72 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 27500 | 77300 | 0.6447 | 14,237 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
73 | Le Moyne College | 29600 | 51600 | 0.427 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
74 | Culinary Institute of America | 29700 | 69600 | 0.5728 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0 | |
74 | Hilbert College | 29700 | 53100 | 0.4398 | 939 | 1103 | 0.98 | |
76 | Clarkson University | 30000 | 75500 | 0.6029 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
77 | Keuka College | 30700 | 57800 | 0.4698 | 960 | 1040 | 0.6808 | |
78 | Ithaca College | 31200 | 69100 | 0.549 | 4,084 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
79 | St. John Fisher University | 32700 | 58300 | 0.4396 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
80 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 32900 | 35900 | 0.0847 | 7,920 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
81 | Siena College | 34800 | 64300 | 0.458 | 3,465 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
82 | Long Island University | 36500 | 59600 | 0.3868 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
83 | Dominican University New York | 36700 | 52200 | 0.296 | 1,115 | 1170 | 0.9771 | |
84 | Molloy University | 37400 | 60600 | 0.3836 | 3,235 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
85 | Adelphi University | 37500 | 63300 | 0.4079 | 5,322 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
85 | Nazareth University | 37500 | 63300 | 0.4083 | 1,879 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
87 | Pace University | 39500 | 74100 | 0.4673 | 8,019 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
88 | Mount Saint Mary College | 40000 | 67400 | 0.407 | 2,083 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
89 | New York Institute of Technology | 40500 | 78600 | 0.4841 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
90 | Marist College | 40700 | 90500 | 0.5498 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
91 | Manhattan University | 41000 | 71700 | 0.4286 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
92 | Marymount Manhattan College | 41400 | 65500 | 0.3686 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
93 | Hofstra University | 41500 | 69500 | 0.4035 | 6,578 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
93 | St. John's University-New York | 41500 | 80100 | 0.4822 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
95 | Iona University | 41900 | 69000 | 0.392 | 3,378 | 1214 | 0.8694 | |
96 | Fordham University | 42500 | 94600 | 0.5504 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
97 | Wagner College | 43300 | 73400 | 0.4094 | 1,590 | 1230 | 0.8346 | |
98 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 45600 | 85000 | 0.4641 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
99 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 47800 | 54400 | 0.122 | 1,332 | 1086 | 0.8505 | |
100 | Pratt Institute-Main | 50100 | 83800 | 0.4016 | 3,638 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
101 | The New School | 65100 | 102000 | 0.3621 | 1,328 | 1268 | 0.8333 | |
102 | Yeshiva University | 71500 | 72900 | 0.0198 | 2,330 | 1395 | 0.5562 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.