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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 | 4,473 | 1326 | 0.1245 | |
| 2 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center | 4900 | 34100 | 0.8566 | 3,237 | 0 | 0.3861 | |
| 3 | College of Staten Island CUNY | 7500 | 33400 | 0.7764 | 10,049 | 1005 | 0.9234 | |
| 4 | CUNY Lehman College | 7700 | 35100 | 0.7814 | 11,217 | 1020 | 0.4601 | |
| 5 | CUNY Brooklyn College | 7800 | 31800 | 0.7558 | 11,562 | 1110 | 0.5836 | |
| 5 | CUNY City College | 7800 | 31200 | 0.7501 | 12,982 | 1169 | 0.5997 | |
| 7 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice | 8000 | 36700 | 0.7828 | 11,554 | 1100 | 0.5516 | |
| 8 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | 8400 | 34500 | 0.7561 | 16,086 | 1293 | 0.5117 | |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 12700 | 93200 | 0.864 | 9,157 | 1535 | 0.0386 | |
| 10 | Cornell University | 13000 | 90500 | 0.8563 | 16,128 | 1521 | 0.0841 | |
| 11 | Colgate University | 14500 | 90200 | 0.8396 | 3,193 | 1488 | 0.1388 | |
| 12 | New York University | 15900 | 90800 | 0.8245 | 29,060 | 1520 | 0.0923 | |
| 13 | SUNY College at Potsdam | 16000 | 27900 | 0.4239 | 1,831 | 1060 | 0.777 | |
| 14 | Hamilton College | 16700 | 88300 | 0.8113 | 2,037 | 1499 | 0.1362 | |
| 14 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | 16700 | 26100 | 0.3602 | 3,525 | 1070 | 0.8175 | |
| 16 | Barnard College | 16900 | 92500 | 0.8175 | 3,269 | 1490 | 0.0796 | |
| 17 | SUNY Old Westbury | 17500 | 24400 | 0.2834 | 4,260 | 1110 | 0.8352 | |
| 18 | SUNY at Fredonia | 17700 | 27900 | 0.3665 | 2,876 | 1193 | 0.792 | |
| 19 | SUNY College at Geneseo | 18100 | 26500 | 0.3164 | 3,902 | 1279 | 0.6663 | |
| 20 | Union College | 18300 | 91100 | 0.7991 | 2,065 | 1393 | 0.4392 | |
| 21 | SUNY College at Plattsburgh | 18900 | 32200 | 0.4138 | 3,856 | 1169 | 0.7518 | |
| 22 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | 19500 | 29400 | 0.3357 | 1,984 | 1369 | 0.6328 | |
| 22 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | 19500 | 28600 | 0.3198 | 2,634 | 1030 | 0.8841 | |
| 22 | University of Rochester | 19500 | 92300 | 0.789 | 6,580 | 1469 | 0.4008 | |
| 25 | State University of New York at Oswego | 19800 | 27600 | 0.2823 | 5,517 | 1174 | 0.8057 | |
| 25 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill | 19800 | 26900 | 0.2626 | 1,764 | 1055 | 0.8325 | |
| 27 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton | 19900 | 33500 | 0.4066 | 3,469 | 1080 | 0.9215 | |
| 28 | Niagara University | 20200 | 57500 | 0.6486 | 2,692 | 970 | 0.3972 | |
| 29 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute | 20300 | 20400 | 0.0034 | 1,919 | 1245 | 0.7844 | |
| 30 | Farmingdale State College | 20700 | 23000 | 0.1003 | 10,007 | 1145 | 0.6329 | |
| 31 | SUNY Morrisville | 20800 | 28600 | 0.2719 | 2,042 | 1028 | 0.9078 | |
| 32 | Skidmore College | 21000 | 89200 | 0.7641 | 2,704 | 1421 | 0.2105 | |
| 33 | SUNY Brockport | 21100 | 26400 | 0.1975 | 5,816 | 1195 | 0.7068 | |
| 34 | Canisius University | 21600 | 53400 | 0.5945 | 1,724 | 1129 | 0.7224 | |
| 34 | Hobart William Smith Colleges | 21600 | 78000 | 0.723 | 1,794 | 1313 | 0.6399 | |
| 36 | Bard College | 21700 | 89300 | 0.7566 | 2,037 | 1379 | 0.5212 | |
| 36 | State University of New York at Cortland | 21700 | 27800 | 0.2182 | 5,911 | 1175 | 0.5979 | |
| 36 | SUNY Oneonta | 21700 | 29400 | 0.2607 | 4,681 | 1190 | 0.6959 | |
| 39 | CUNY Hunter College | 21800 | 26100 | 0.1648 | 17,027 | 1240 | 0.5422 | |
| 40 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences | 21900 | 56900 | 0.6141 | 533 | 1269 | 0.5269 | |
| 40 | Hartwick College | 21900 | 65300 | 0.664 | 1,112 | 1117 | 0.695 | |
| 40 | Vassar College | 21900 | 91500 | 0.7606 | 2,462 | 1499 | 0.1857 | |
| 43 | University of Mount Saint Vincent | 22000 | 62600 | 0.649 | 2,398 | 1084 | 0.8464 | |
| 44 | St Lawrence University | 22100 | 87200 | 0.7467 | 1,949 | 1359 | 0.5434 | |
| 45 | St Bonaventure University | 22700 | 60400 | 0.6244 | 2,048 | 1194 | 0.8165 | |
| 45 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22700 | 32100 | 0.2931 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 47 | CUNY Queens College | 23000 | 29300 | 0.2148 | 13,464 | 1146 | 0.6434 | |
| 48 | University at Albany | 23100 | 31000 | 0.2536 | 12,666 | 1245 | 0.6909 | |
| 49 | Keuka College | 23300 | 59400 | 0.6072 | 966 | 1040 | 0.6808 | |
| 50 | Utica University | 23400 | 41200 | 0.4313 | 2,333 | 1120 | 0.8679 | |
| 51 | Daemen University | 24100 | 53800 | 0.5525 | 1,656 | 1209 | 0.7375 | |
| 51 | Wells College | 24100 | 54500 | 0.5573 | 357 | 1084 | 0.6965 | |
| 53 | Elmira College | 24200 | 49700 | 0.5125 | 745 | 1250 | 0.7696 | |
| 54 | Roberts Wesleyan University | 24300 | 60100 | 0.5958 | 1,045 | 1166 | 0.7058 | |
| 54 | SUNY at Purchase College | 24300 | 28100 | 0.1322 | 3,283 | 1294 | 0.7405 | |
| 56 | Manhattanville University | 24400 | 65300 | 0.6258 | 1,466 | 1145 | 0.8734 | |
| 57 | State University of New York at New Paltz | 24500 | 26300 | 0.0695 | 6,197 | 1260 | 0.6161 | |
| 58 | St. Thomas Aquinas College | 24600 | 61200 | 0.598 | 1,889 | 985 | 0.9305 | |
| 59 | D'Youville University | 24800 | 50200 | 0.5059 | 1,299 | 1054 | 0.8235 | |
| 60 | Binghamton University | 25000 | 32000 | 0.2206 | 14,669 | 1417 | 0.3861 | |
| 60 | Houghton University | 25000 | 33700 | 0.2579 | 939 | 1277 | 0.8866 | |
| 62 | Russell Sage College | 25100 | 57600 | 0.565 | 1,255 | 1134 | 0.5326 | |
| 63 | Alfred University | 25800 | 60300 | 0.5717 | 1,474 | 1214 | 0.7384 | |
| 64 | Stony Brook University | 26100 | 33200 | 0.2129 | 18,263 | 1395 | 0.4904 | |
| 65 | Mercy University | 26400 | 44500 | 0.407 | 6,775 | 1135 | 0.8584 | |
| 66 | SUNY Maritime College | 26500 | 31700 | 0.1642 | 1,286 | 1215 | 0.7242 | |
| 67 | University at Buffalo | 27000 | 34100 | 0.2086 | 20,360 | 1303 | 0.7418 | |
| 68 | St. Francis College | 27300 | 38400 | 0.2893 | 1,934 | 1035 | 0.8153 | |
| 69 | Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science | 27600 | 50700 | 0.4569 | 582 | 1010 | 0.9073 | |
| 70 | Touro University | 27800 | 58500 | 0.5244 | 5,098 | 1366 | 0.6196 | |
| 71 | Hilbert College | 29800 | 53100 | 0.4392 | 939 | 1103 | 0.98 | |
| 72 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 29900 | 77300 | 0.6131 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 73 | Culinary Institute of America | 30000 | 69600 | 0.5683 | 3,011 | 1050 | 0.981 | |
| 74 | Ithaca College | 30500 | 69100 | 0.5581 | 4,268 | 1314 | 0.6901 | |
| 75 | Le Moyne College | 30900 | 51600 | 0.4024 | 2,563 | 1240 | 0.7529 | |
| 76 | Clarkson University | 31300 | 75500 | 0.5852 | 2,296 | 1302 | 0.7736 | |
| 77 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 33700 | 35900 | 0.0612 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 78 | St. John Fisher University | 34000 | 58300 | 0.4165 | 2,583 | 1210 | 0.664 | |
| 79 | Sarah Lawrence College | 34900 | 86800 | 0.5982 | 1,559 | 1347 | 0.6173 | |
| 80 | Siena College | 35200 | 64300 | 0.4519 | 3,469 | 1260 | 0.7764 | |
| 81 | Long Island University | 36600 | 59600 | 0.3862 | 11,753 | 1222 | 0.8977 | |
| 82 | Dominican University New York | 37800 | 52200 | 0.2761 | 1,115 | 1170 | 0.9771 | |
| 83 | Nazareth University | 37900 | 63300 | 0.4017 | 1,882 | 1205 | 0.7472 | |
| 84 | Molloy University | 38000 | 60600 | 0.3731 | 3,240 | 1199 | 0.8174 | |
| 85 | Adelphi University | 38400 | 63300 | 0.3929 | 5,325 | 1218 | 0.6591 | |
| 86 | Pace University | 39700 | 74100 | 0.4641 | 8,038 | 1274 | 0.7592 | |
| 87 | Mount Saint Mary College | 40300 | 67400 | 0.4022 | 2,141 | 1090 | 0.8888 | |
| 88 | Manhattan University | 41200 | 71700 | 0.4252 | 2,928 | 1248 | 0.785 | |
| 88 | New York Institute of Technology | 41200 | 78600 | 0.475 | 3,355 | 1235 | 0.7808 | |
| 90 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 41500 | 85000 | 0.5112 | 5,743 | 1438 | 0.6343 | |
| 90 | Syracuse University | 41500 | 82200 | 0.4958 | 15,958 | 1363 | 0.4611 | |
| 92 | Iona University | 41800 | 69000 | 0.3943 | 3,382 | 1214 | 0.8694 | |
| 93 | Marymount Manhattan College | 41900 | 65500 | 0.3603 | 1,601 | 1224 | 0.8261 | |
| 93 | St. John's University-New York | 41900 | 80100 | 0.4767 | 15,640 | 1249 | 0.8343 | |
| 95 | Hofstra University | 42000 | 69500 | 0.3958 | 6,581 | 1323 | 0.6808 | |
| 96 | Marist College | 42300 | 74900 | 0.4357 | 5,551 | 1279 | 0.5651 | |
| 97 | Fordham University | 43200 | 94600 | 0.5436 | 10,307 | 1415 | 0.5628 | |
| 98 | Wagner College | 47300 | 73400 | 0.3556 | 1,590 | 1230 | 0.8346 | |
| 99 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | 48500 | 54400 | 0.1084 | 1,392 | 1086 | 0.8505 | |
| 100 | Pratt Institute-Main | 56700 | 83800 | 0.3235 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 101 | Yeshiva University | 63200 | 72900 | 0.1331 | 2,331 | 1395 | 0.5562 | |
| 102 | The New School | 65100 | 102000 | 0.3617 | 1,449 | 1268 | 0.8333 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.