Academic Index Last updated: June 23, 2026

100 Best Universities in New York State

Exploring the academic landscape of New York State, our index provides a definitive ranking of the top 100 higher education institutions. We analyzed 2.36M scientific publications and 94.44M citations to accurately measure the research output of these institutions. Factoring in the global influence of 476.3K notable graduates, this index isolates true institutional success beyond traditional prestige.

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1

Ithaca

Cornell University

#4 in United States #4 in North America

9% Acceptance

16,128 Enrollment

1535 Avg SAT

1865 Founded

2

New York City

Columbia University

#7 in United States #7 in North America

4% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1545 Avg SAT

1754 Founded

3

New York City

New York University

#16 in United States #17 in North America

9% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1520 Avg SAT

1831 Founded

4

Rochester, NY

University of Rochester

#56 in United States #60 in North America

40% Acceptance

6,580 Enrollment

1475 Avg SAT

1850 Founded

5

Buffalo

University at Buffalo

#75 in United States #85 in North America

74% Acceptance

10,603 Enrollment

1295 Avg SAT

1846 Founded

6

Stony Brook

Stony Brook University

#86 in United States #98 in North America

49% Acceptance

18,263 Enrollment

1415 Avg SAT

1957 Founded

7

Syracuse

Syracuse University

#113 in United States #129 in North America

46% Acceptance

14,074 Enrollment

1355 Avg SAT

1870 Founded

8

New York City

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

#117 in United States #134 in North America

12% Acceptance

2,220 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1963 Founded

9

Troy, NY

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

#120 in United States #139 in North America

63% Acceptance

5,741 Enrollment

1443 Avg SAT

1824 Founded

10

Albany, NY

#129 in United States #150 in North America

69% Acceptance

9,536 Enrollment

1355 Avg SAT

1844 Founded

11

Rochester, NY

Rochester Institute of Technology

#148 in United States #170 in North America

67% Acceptance

14,267 Enrollment

1380 Avg SAT

1829 Founded

12

New York City

Fordham University

#149 in United States #171 in North America

59% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1400 Avg SAT

1841 Founded

13

New York City

Rockefeller University

#150 in United States #173 in North America

12% Acceptance

1,489 Enrollment

1070 Avg SAT

1901 Founded

14

Vestal

Binghamton University

#176 in United States #200 in North America

39% Acceptance

9,536 Enrollment

1420 Avg SAT

1946 Founded

15

West Point

United States Military Academy

#194 in United States #219 in North America

12% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1315 Avg SAT

1802 Founded

16

New York City

Yeshiva University

#199 in United States #226 in North America

56% Acceptance

29,640 Enrollment

1425 Avg SAT

1886 Founded

17

New York City

#215 in United States #242 in North America

63% Acceptance

6,591 Enrollment

1400 Avg SAT

1919 Founded

18

Hempstead

Hofstra University

#228 in United States #257 in North America

68% Acceptance

669 Enrollment

1315 Avg SAT

1935 Founded

19

New York City

St John’s University – New York

#242 in United States #273 in North America

83% Acceptance

4,709 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1870 Founded

20

Syracuse

Upstate Medical University

#244 in United States #275 in North America

12% Acceptance

2,220 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1834 Founded

21

Poughkeepsie

#273 in United States #304 in North America

19% Acceptance

2,462 Enrollment

1500 Avg SAT

1861 Founded

22

Ithaca

#274 in United States #305 in North America

69% Acceptance

1,784 Enrollment

1310 Avg SAT

1892 Founded

23

New York City

SUNY Downstate Medical Center

#276 in United States #307 in North America

11% Acceptance

1,341 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1860 Founded

24

New York City

Pace University

#277 in United States #308 in North America

76% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1260 Avg SAT

1906 Founded

25

Potsdam, NY

Clarkson University

#285 in United States #316 in North America

77% Acceptance

2,296 Enrollment

1295 Avg SAT

1896 Founded

26

Valhalla

New York Medical College

#301 in United States #334 in North America

9% Acceptance

814 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1860 Founded

27

New York City

Barnard College

#307 in United States #341 in North America

9% Acceptance

3,487 Enrollment

1515 Avg SAT

1889 Founded

28

Hamilton, NY

Colgate University

#315 in United States #350 in North America

14% Acceptance

3,193 Enrollment

1485 Avg SAT

1819 Founded

29

Brookville

Long Island University

#323 in United States #359 in North America

86% Acceptance

4,709 Enrollment

1230 Avg SAT

1926 Founded

30

Albany, NY

Albany Medical College

#336 in United States #373 in North America

11% Acceptance

1,471 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1839 Founded

31

Annandale-On-Hudson

#340 in United States #377 in North America

52% Acceptance

2,438 Enrollment

1360 Avg SAT

1860 Founded

32

Syracuse

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

#343 in United States #382 in North America

63% Acceptance

12,029 Enrollment

1335 Avg SAT

1911 Founded

33

Schenectady

#349 in United States #388 in North America

44% Acceptance

2,065 Enrollment

1395 Avg SAT

1795 Founded

34

Garden City, NY

Adelphi University

#350 in United States #389 in North America

66% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1230 Avg SAT

1896 Founded

35

New York City

Pratt Institute – Main

#361 in United States #403 in North America

73% Acceptance

1,784 Enrollment

1270 Avg SAT

1887 Founded

36

Clinton, NY

Hamilton College

#364 in United States #406 in North America

14% Acceptance

2,031 Enrollment

1500 Avg SAT

1812 Founded

37

New York City

Phillips School of Nursing at Mount Sinai Beth Israel

#379 in United States #425 in North America

56% Acceptance

2,220 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

38

Saratoga Springs

Skidmore College

#389 in United States #435 in North America

21% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1410 Avg SAT

1911 Founded

39

New York City

Lehman College, CUNY

#395 in United States #441 in North America

57% Acceptance

9,536 Enrollment

1000 Avg SAT

1968 Founded

40

Oswego, NY

SUNY College at Oswego

#398 in United States #444 in North America

81% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1170 Avg SAT

1861 Founded

41

New Paltz

State University of New York at New Paltz

#416 in United States #462 in North America

62% Acceptance

9,377 Enrollment

1255 Avg SAT

1828 Founded

42

New York City

New York Law School

#447 in United States #494 in North America

47% Acceptance

1,125 Enrollment

1485 Avg SAT

1891 Founded

43

Geneva, NY

Hobart William Smith Colleges

#455 in United States #503 in North America

64% Acceptance

1,794 Enrollment

1288 Avg SAT

1822 Founded

44

Purchase

SUNY at Purchase College

#465 in United States #513 in North America

74% Acceptance

12,029 Enrollment

1283 Avg SAT

1967 Founded

45

Brockport

SUNY College at Brockport

#482 in United States #531 in North America

71% Acceptance

6,938 Enrollment

1190 Avg SAT

1867 Founded

46

Alfred

Alfred University

#492 in United States #541 in North America

74% Acceptance

1,442 Enrollment

1203 Avg SAT

1836 Founded

47

Poughkeepsie

#497 in United States #546 in North America

57% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1265 Avg SAT

1929 Founded

48

Cortland

#501 in United States #552 in North America

60% Acceptance

4,588 Enrollment

1190 Avg SAT

1868 Founded

49

Utica

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

#502 in United States #553 in North America

81% Acceptance

1,070 Enrollment

1198 Avg SAT

1966 Founded

50

Buffalo

Canisius College

#504 in United States #555 in North America

72% Acceptance

1,724 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1870 Founded

51

New York City

#506 in United States #557 in North America

61% Acceptance

4,872 Enrollment

1336 Avg SAT

1971 Founded

52

Geneseo

SUNY College at Geneseo

#515 in United States #566 in North America

66% Acceptance

3,881 Enrollment

1265 Avg SAT

1871 Founded

53

Loudonville

#533 in United States #586 in North America

69% Acceptance

8,791 Enrollment

1235 Avg SAT

1937 Founded

54

New York City

School of Visual Arts

#541 in United States #596 in North America

93% Acceptance

1,989 Enrollment

1339 Avg SAT

1947 Founded

55

Fredonia

SUNY at Fredonia

#586 in United States #643 in North America

78% Acceptance

2,771 Enrollment

1265 Avg SAT

1826 Founded

56

New York City

Manhattan College

#587 in United States #644 in North America

79% Acceptance

4,202 Enrollment

1269 Avg SAT

1853 Founded

57

Saint Bonaventure

St Bonaventure University

#590 in United States #647 in North America

82% Acceptance

2,042 Enrollment

1178 Avg SAT

1858 Founded

58

New York City

CUNY Hunter College

#598 in United States #655 in North America

54% Acceptance

9,536 Enrollment

1260 Avg SAT

1870 Founded

59

New York City

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

#617 in United States #676 in North America

21% Acceptance

854 Enrollment

1398 Avg SAT

1859 Founded

60

New York City

Brooklyn Law School

#619 in United States #678 in North America

35% Acceptance

1,062 Enrollment

1485 Avg SAT

1901 Founded

61

Canton, NY

St Lawrence University

#647 in United States #707 in North America

54% Acceptance

1,949 Enrollment

1338 Avg SAT

1856 Founded

62

Plattsburgh

SUNY College at Plattsburgh

#657 in United States #718 in North America

78% Acceptance

3,825 Enrollment

1165 Avg SAT

1889 Founded

63

New York City

Fashion Institute of Technology

#673 in United States #736 in North America

60% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1463 Avg SAT

1944 Founded

64

Potsdam, NY

SUNY College at Potsdam

#682 in United States #746 in North America

78% Acceptance

2,111 Enrollment

1170 Avg SAT

1816 Founded

65

Syracuse

Le Moyne College

#685 in United States #749 in North America

83% Acceptance

2,529 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1946 Founded

66

New Rochelle

#714 in United States #781 in North America

87% Acceptance

6,353 Enrollment

1205 Avg SAT

1940 Founded

67

Bronxville

Sarah Lawrence College

#724 in United States #791 in North America

62% Acceptance

1,582 Enrollment

1335 Avg SAT

1926 Founded

68

New York City

King’s College

#739 in United States #807 in North America

77% Acceptance

1,784 Enrollment

1145 Avg SAT

1938 Founded

69

Lewiston, NY

Niagara University

#746 in United States #814 in North America

87% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1148 Avg SAT

1856 Founded

70

Rochester, NY

Saint John Fisher College

#750 in United States #818 in North America

66% Acceptance

5,429 Enrollment

1210 Avg SAT

1948 Founded

71

Old Westbury

New York Institute of Technology

#752 in United States #820 in North America

81% Acceptance

6,353 Enrollment

1305 Avg SAT

1955 Founded

72

New York City

#755 in United States #823 in North America

88% Acceptance

669 Enrollment

1240 Avg SAT

1883 Founded

73

Dobbs Ferry

#762 in United States #830 in North America

86% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1178 Avg SAT

1952 Founded

74

Buffalo

SUNY Buffalo State

#781 in United States #849 in North America

73% Acceptance

4,319 Enrollment

1110 Avg SAT

75

Utica

#838 in United States #906 in North America

92% Acceptance

7,500 Enrollment

1120 Avg SAT

1946 Founded

76

Saratoga Springs

SUNY Empire State College

#863 in United States #932 in North America

100% Acceptance

5,429 Enrollment

1215 Avg SAT

1971 Founded

77

Albany, NY

Excelsior College

#873 in United States #942 in North America

100% Acceptance

11,550 Enrollment

1235 Avg SAT

78

Houghton, NY

Houghton College

#882 in United States #952 in North America

89% Acceptance

4,473 Enrollment

1273 Avg SAT

1883 Founded

79

New York City

Bank Street College of Education

#905 in United States #976 in North America

60% Acceptance

14,263 Enrollment

1140 Avg SAT

1916 Founded

80

Farmingdale

Farmingdale State College

#930 in United States #1002 in North America

63% Acceptance

4,202 Enrollment

1140 Avg SAT

1912 Founded

81

New York City

Jewish Theological Seminary of America

#931 in United States #1003 in North America

49% Acceptance

240 Enrollment

1510 Avg SAT

$58,152 Net Price

82

Oneonta

Hartwick College

#947 in United States #1019 in North America

70% Acceptance

2,211 Enrollment

1180 Avg SAT

1797 Founded

83

Albany, NY

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

#948 in United States #1020 in North America

53% Acceptance

1,489 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1881 Founded

84

New York City

Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York

#949 in United States #1021 in North America

74% Acceptance

302 Enrollment

1125 Avg SAT

85

Old Westbury

SUNY College at Old Westbury

#964 in United States #1036 in North America

84% Acceptance

9,536 Enrollment

1245 Avg SAT

1965 Founded

86

New York City

Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion

#979 in United States #1051 in North America

86% Acceptance

20 Enrollment

1510 Avg SAT

87

New York City

Juilliard School

#993 in United States #1066 in North America

9% Acceptance

1,989 Enrollment

1192 Avg SAT

1905 Founded

88

New York City

Marymount Manhattan College

#1008 in United States #1081 in North America

83% Acceptance

9,942 Enrollment

1214 Avg SAT

1936 Founded

89

Kings Point

United States Merchant Marine Academy

#1011 in United States #1084 in North America

34% Acceptance

1,500 Enrollment

1205 Avg SAT

1943 Founded

90

Rochester, NY

Roberts Wesleyan College

#1012 in United States #1085 in North America

71% Acceptance

1,393 Enrollment

1148 Avg SAT

1866 Founded

91

Rochester, NY

Nazareth College

#1026 in United States #1099 in North America

75% Acceptance

6,938 Enrollment

1195 Avg SAT

1924 Founded

92

Buffalo

D’Youville College

#1035 in United States #1109 in North America

81% Acceptance

1,258 Enrollment

1108 Avg SAT

1908 Founded

93

New York City

CUNY Brooklyn College

#1045 in United States #1119 in North America

58% Acceptance

9,536 Enrollment

1145 Avg SAT

1930 Founded

94

Hyde Park

Culinary Institute of America

#1054 in United States #1128 in North America

91% Acceptance

3,011 Enrollment

1056 Avg SAT

1946 Founded

95

Amherst, NY

#1069 in United States #1143 in North America

68% Acceptance

1,653 Enrollment

1165 Avg SAT

1947 Founded

96

Troy, NY

#1070 in United States #1145 in North America

53% Acceptance

6,230 Enrollment

995 Avg SAT

1916 Founded

97

Albany, NY

Albany Law School

#1072 in United States #1147 in North America

70% Acceptance

1,062 Enrollment

1265 Avg SAT

1851 Founded

98

Oneonta

SUNY College at Oneonta

#1076 in United States #1151 in North America

70% Acceptance

4,681 Enrollment

1215 Avg SAT

1889 Founded

99

Purchase

Manhattanville College

#1093 in United States #1168 in North America

87% Acceptance

5,429 Enrollment

1178 Avg SAT

1841 Founded

100

Albany, NY

College of Saint Rose

#1106 in United States #1181 in North America

86% Acceptance

9,377 Enrollment

1178 Avg SAT

1920 Founded