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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Military Academy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,507 | 1335 | 0.1161 | |
| 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 4800 | 96400 | 0.9507 | 9,164 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 3 | Colgate University | 7000 | 91400 | 0.9235 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 3 | Elim Bible College | 7000 | 29600 | 0.7635 | 118 | 1148 | 1 | |
| 5 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7400 | 36100 | 0.796 | 10,368 | 1064 | 0.999 | |
| 6 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7700 | 31800 | 0.759 | 11,499 | 1126 | 0.578 | |
| 7 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 7900 | 36700 | 0.7855 | 11,942 | 1073 | 0.5708 | |
| 8 | Hamilton College | 9700 | 89800 | 0.8925 | 1,980 | 1484 | 0.1359 | |
| 9 | Cornell University | 11300 | 93400 | 0.8787 | 16,138 | 1528 | 0.0838 | |
| 10 | Skidmore College | 12000 | 89300 | 0.8656 | 2,715 | 1418 | 0.2377 | |
| 11 | University of Rochester | 12700 | 92300 | 0.8627 | 6,096 | 1448 | 0.4191 | |
| 12 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 13500 | 13600 | 0.0051 | 1,973 | 1189 | 0.8142 | |
| 13 | Barnard College | 14000 | 98800 | 0.8587 | 3,223 | 1499 | 0.1005 | |
| 14 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16100 | 27700 | 0.4192 | 1,750 | 1060 | 0.8241 | |
| 15 | Vassar College | 16200 | 91500 | 0.8228 | 2,514 | 1488 | 0.2093 | |
| 16 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 17000 | 28600 | 0.4051 | 3,758 | 0 | 0.7236 | |
| 17 | Union College | 17500 | 91500 | 0.8084 | 1,954 | 1399 | 0.4342 | |
| 18 | Elmira College | 18300 | 60700 | 0.6983 | 783 | 1391 | 0.8054 | |
| 19 | SUNY Old Westbury | 18800 | 24400 | 0.23 | 4,474 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 20 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19000 | 30500 | 0.3758 | 2,881 | 1040 | 0.89 | |
| 20 | Syracuse University | 19000 | 83500 | 0.7725 | 16,149 | 1374 | 0.4879 | |
| 22 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19200 | 27800 | 0.309 | 5,293 | 1179 | 0.7989 | |
| 23 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 19300 | 25700 | 0.2489 | 3,943 | 1275 | 0.3333 | |
| 24 | SUNY Oneonta | 19400 | 28900 | 0.3274 | 4,815 | 1090 | 0.7696 | |
| 25 | SUNY Morrisville | 19600 | 29100 | 0.3283 | 2,041 | 1109 | 0.9167 | |
| 26 | St Lawrence University | 19700 | 87300 | 0.7747 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 26 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 19700 | 28600 | 0.3087 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 28 | Farmingdale State College | 20000 | 22500 | 0.1118 | 10,062 | 1125 | 0.6166 | |
| 29 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 20100 | 30800 | 0.3489 | 1,894 | 1055 | 0.8401 | |
| 30 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 20200 | 32100 | 0.3712 | 3,825 | 1175 | 0.7841 | |
| 30 | SUNY at Fredonia | 20200 | 27900 | 0.2768 | 2,771 | 1258 | 0.777 | |
| 32 | New York University | 20500 | 90800 | 0.7739 | 29,471 | 1520 | 0.0906 | |
| 33 | University at Albany | 21000 | 30800 | 0.3194 | 12,889 | 1245 | 0.7044 | |
| 34 | SUNY Brockport | 21800 | 26400 | 0.1709 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 35 | SUNY Maritime College | 22000 | 32000 | 0.3127 | 1,401 | 1164 | 0.785 | |
| 36 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 22100 | 28200 | 0.2169 | 3,929 | 1095 | 0.949 | |
| 37 | Daemen University | 22300 | 54300 | 0.5894 | 1,656 | 1050 | 0.7375 | |
| 37 | Le Moyne College | 22300 | 57300 | 0.6105 | 2,494 | 1250 | 0.6782 | |
| 39 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 22400 | 63100 | 0.6449 | 2,725 | 1100 | 0.8511 | |
| 40 | SUNY at Purchase College | 22500 | 28100 | 0.1963 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 40 | Utica University | 22500 | 45600 | 0.5059 | 2,191 | 1214 | 0.9187 | |
| 42 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 22700 | 56900 | 0.6007 | 533 | 1244 | 0.5269 | |
| 42 | Niagara University | 22700 | 57500 | 0.6051 | 2,638 | 1170 | 0.876 | |
| 44 | Keuka College | 23000 | 59400 | 0.6123 | 986 | 1043 | 0.8151 | |
| 45 | Houghton University | 23200 | 42800 | 0.4578 | 958 | 1277 | 0.89 | |
| 46 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 23900 | 30600 | 0.218 | 1,984 | 1239 | 0.6328 | |
| 47 | State University of New York at Cortland | 24300 | 27800 | 0.1246 | 5,890 | 1175 | 0.624 | |
| 48 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 24900 | 26300 | 0.0542 | 6,113 | 1279 | 0.6267 | |
| 49 | D'Youville University | 25000 | 50200 | 0.5019 | 1,258 | 1110 | 0.8137 | |
| 50 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 25300 | 88400 | 0.7136 | 1,862 | 1296 | 0.667 | |
| 51 | Ithaca College | 25400 | 69100 | 0.6319 | 4,205 | 1328 | 0.7015 | |
| 52 | Mercy University | 25600 | 46400 | 0.4486 | 6,692 | 1135 | 0.8724 | |
| 53 | Binghamton University | 25700 | 32700 | 0.2159 | 14,559 | 1404 | 0.3731 | |
| 54 | Canisius University | 26000 | 53900 | 0.5178 | 1,728 | 1186 | 0.7323 | |
| 55 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,616 | 1410 | 0.4818 | |
| 56 | Yeshiva University | 26200 | 72200 | 0.6371 | 2,318 | 1408 | 0.4985 | |
| 57 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 26500 | 85300 | 0.6896 | 5,833 | 1440 | 0.6725 | |
| 57 | St. Francis College | 26500 | 38400 | 0.3102 | 1,719 | 1035 | 1 | |
| 59 | Bard College | 27000 | 96700 | 0.7212 | 2,037 | 1366 | 0.5212 | |
| 60 | University at Buffalo | 27200 | 34100 | 0.2027 | 21,192 | 1309 | 0.8059 | |
| 61 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 27300 | 63200 | 0.568 | 2,138 | 1148 | 0.9469 | |
| 62 | Clarkson University | 27500 | 75900 | 0.638 | 2,163 | 1283 | 0.825 | |
| 63 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27600 | 50700 | 0.457 | 927 | 1010 | 0.7653 | |
| 64 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 29100 | 59500 | 0.5108 | 1,320 | 1230 | 0.6744 | |
| 65 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29200 | 77600 | 0.6239 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 66 | Alfred University | 29400 | 67100 | 0.5618 | 1,478 | 1229 | 0.48 | |
| 67 | Hilbert College | 29600 | 52200 | 0.4331 | 931 | 1080 | 0.9724 | |
| 68 | Mount Saint Mary College | 30600 | 67400 | 0.546 | 2,749 | 1153 | 0.892 | |
| 69 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 30800 | 75900 | 0.5946 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 70 | Manhattanville University | 31100 | 68500 | 0.546 | 1,465 | 1140 | 0.8688 | |
| 71 | St. John Fisher University | 32700 | 59800 | 0.4534 | 2,583 | 1214 | 0.6607 | |
| 72 | Sarah Lawrence College | 32900 | 87500 | 0.6238 | 1,447 | 1332 | 0.6595 | |
| 73 | Molloy University | 33500 | 61300 | 0.4538 | 3,396 | 1188 | 0.6633 | |
| 74 | Siena University | 33800 | 64300 | 0.4737 | 3,149 | 1301 | 0.8464 | |
| 75 | Culinary Institute of America | 34400 | 68200 | 0.4959 | 2,935 | 1050 | 0.9486 | |
| 76 | Touro University | 35600 | 41500 | 0.1423 | 4,872 | 1316 | 0.6083 | |
| 77 | Hofstra University | 37300 | 75200 | 0.5043 | 6,599 | 1369 | 0.7267 | |
| 78 | New York Institute of Technology | 37400 | 83600 | 0.553 | 3,646 | 1298 | 0.8102 | |
| 79 | Adelphi University | 38000 | 63300 | 0.3993 | 5,097 | 1241 | 0.7215 | |
| 80 | Fordham University | 38500 | 103900 | 0.6295 | 10,582 | 1406 | 0.5931 | |
| 81 | Nazareth University | 38600 | 67200 | 0.425 | 1,862 | 1275 | 0.7409 | |
| 82 | Long Island University | 38800 | 60400 | 0.358 | 12,072 | 1229 | 0.8616 | |
| 82 | St Bonaventure University | 38800 | 62800 | 0.3824 | 2,134 | 1165 | 0.8533 | |
| 84 | Manhattan University | 39000 | 68700 | 0.4323 | 2,378 | 1174 | 0.8216 | |
| 85 | Pace University | 40400 | 70800 | 0.4294 | 5,520 | 1273 | 0.7827 | |
| 86 | Iona University | 41500 | 69000 | 0.3987 | 3,382 | 1214 | 0.8694 | |
| 87 | Marymount Manhattan College | 41900 | 67900 | 0.3829 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 88 | Hartwick College | 42200 | 42300 | 0.0012 | 1,053 | 1240 | 0.8482 | |
| 89 | Marist University | 43600 | 75800 | 0.4249 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 90 | St. John's University-New York | 44400 | 82800 | 0.464 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 91 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 44900 | 54500 | 0.1762 | 1,552 | 1143 | 0.8378 | |
| 92 | Wagner College | 46900 | 73400 | 0.3611 | 1,666 | 1240 | 0.88 | |
| 93 | Simon's Rock at Bard College | 49100 | 133500 | 0.6324 | 318 | 1278 | 0.958 | |
| 94 | Dominican University New York | 52200 | 52200 | 0.0001 | 1,108 | 1220 | 0.9057 | |
| 95 | Russell Sage College | 53800 | 59500 | 0.0967 | 1,230 | 1125 | 0.5977 | |
| 96 | Pratt Institute-Main | 59000 | 87300 | 0.3242 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 | |
| 97 | The New School | 68000 | 115700 | 0.4124 | 7,171 | 1268 | 0.5718 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.