52.36% of Applicants Accepted to New York Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of New York colleges is 52.36%, 722,721 accepted out of 1,380,300 applicants.

For New York college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 73,366 (5.61%) compared to last year, from 1,306,934 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 826, which is less than -0.69% last year.

New York colleges' acceptance rate decreased by 0.57% compared to last year, which means harder to get into New York colleges. The yield decreased by 0.85%.

Among New York colleges, Columbia University in the City of New York has the lowest acceptance rate of 4.00% with 2,305 accepted students out of 57,613 applicants. New York University has the most number of applicants of 113,578 and New York University has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 5,520.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for New York Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in New York. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: July 3, 2024 | Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for New York Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
Columbia University in the City of New York57,613
-3,266
2,305
-99
1,452
-88
4.00%
0.05%
62.99%
-1.07%
Circle in the Square Theatre School1,114
822
45
14
3
-1
4.04%
-6.58%
6.67%
-6.23%
Cornell University65,635
-3,560
5,251
83
3,466
-25
8.00%
0.53%
66.01%
-1.54%
Barnard College11,803
-206
944
-112
717
20
8.00%
-0.79%
75.95%
9.95%
New York University113,578
12,916
10,222
-2,317
5,520
-664
9.00%
-3.46%
54.00%
4.68%
The Juilliard School2,020
-63
182
-39
95
-12
9.01%
-1.60%
52.20%
3.78%
Colgate University21,130
21
2,536
-88
81212.00%
-0.43%
32.02%
1.07%
Hamilton College9,643
-256
1,157
-9
474
-4
12.00%
0.22%
40.97%
-0.02%
Vassar College12,145
733
2,186
57
700
19
18.00%
-0.66%
32.02%
0.03%
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art1,790
290
340
3
180
-3
18.99%
-3.48%
52.94%
-1.36%
Center for Allied Health Education135
-73
26
-33
26
22
19.26%
-9.11%
100.00%
93.22%
Webb Institute185
2
37
-1
27
2
20.00%
-0.77%
72.97%
7.18%
Helene Fuld College of Nursing42
17
10
7
3
1
23.81%
11.81%
30.00%
-36.67%
American Musical and Dramatic Academy6,580
-1,578
1,645
-464
395
-75
25.00%
-0.85%
24.01%
1.72%
Plaza College1,410
337
423
101
233
56
30.00%
-0.01%
55.08%
0.11%
Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program16
6
5
2
5
2
31.25%
1.25%
100.00%
United States Merchant Marine Academy1,392
-140
445
26
271
18
31.97%
4.62%
60.90%
0.52%
Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES73
-33
24
-5
24
-5
32.88%
5.52%
100.00%
Davis College9
-1
3
-2
3
-1
33.33%
-16.67%
100.00%
20.00%
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland49
9
17
1
9
-1
34.69%
-5.31%
52.94%
-9.56%
Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser Torah70
26
25
2
20
1
35.71%
-16.56%
80.00%
-2.61%
University of Rochester21,680
1,714
7,805
37
1,561
-64
36.00%
-2.91%
20.00%
-0.92%
Yeshiva of Ocean50
25
19
3
17
3
38.00%
-26.00%
89.47%
1.97%
Binghamton University49,513
7,871
18,815
1,431
3,199
92
38.00%
-3.75%
17.00%
-0.87%
CUNY Graduate School and University Center158
11
62
27
16
11
39.24%
15.43%
25.81%
11.52%
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital10
-7
4
-5
-40.00%
-12.94%
-
Manhattan School of Music1,432
405
573
8
143
-11
40.01%
-15.00%
24.96%
-2.30%
CVPH Medical Center School of Radiologic Technology17
1
7
-4
6
-4
41.18%
-27.57%
85.71%
-5.20%
Syracuse University42,089
600
17,677
-3,794
3,712
-396
42.00%
-9.75%
21.00%
1.87%
Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical College78
12
33
12
33
12
42.31%
10.49%
100.00%
Union College9,295
837
4,090
156
573
-2
44.00%
-2.51%
14.01%
-0.61%
Jewish Theological Seminary of America142
10
64
-3
47
7
45.07%
-5.69%
73.44%
13.74%
St. Joseph's College of Nursing11
2
5
3
1
-1
45.45%
23.23%
20.00%
-80.00%
Alfred University7,761
670
3,725
136
447
78
48.00%
-2.61%
12.00%
1.72%
Stony Brook University50,341
9,828
24,667
4,759
3,453
106
49.00%
-0.14%
14.00%
-2.81%
The Ailey School122
-240
60
-157
20
-1
49.18%
-10.76%
33.33%
23.65%
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College24,867
-826
12,434
-293
2,611
19
50.00%
0.47%
21.00%
0.63%
State University of New York at Cortland15,867
4,156
8,092
1,091
1,214
-127
51.00%
-8.78%
15.00%
-4.15%
Bard College6,628
146
3,447
460
414
-34
52.01%
5.93%
12.01%
-2.99%
Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok165
15
86
2
8452.12%
-3.88%
97.67%
-2.33%
Yeshivath Zichron Moshe23
6
12
2
12
2
52.17%
-6.65%
100.00%
Pratt Institute-Main8,281
-1,848
4,389
-721
790
-96
53.00%
2.55%
18.00%
0.66%
CUNY Hunter College31,614
-2,330
17,072
826
3,244
104
54.00%
6.14%
19.00%
-0.33%
CUNY Brooklyn College27,112
-1,778
14,640
-1,118
1,464
-225
54.00%
-0.54%
10.00%
-0.72%
CUNY Lehman College20,954
-1,501
11,525
-894
1,383
-103
55.00%
-0.31%
12.00%
0.03%
Fordham University43,663
-3,540
24,451
-1,099
2,445
-149
56.00%
1.87%
10.00%
-0.15%
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice17,921
-886
10,215
688
2,043
172
57.00%
6.34%
20.00%
0.36%
Hobart William Smith Colleges5,560
478
3,169
-306
475
37
57.00%
-11.38%
14.99%
2.39%
Fashion Institute of Technology4,326
-343
2,509
44
1,330
-13
58.00%
5.21%
53.01%
-1.47%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute16,283
-580
9,444
-1,434
1,511
-491
58.00%
-6.51%
16.00%
-2.40%
St Lawrence University5,367
195
3,113
-171
529
-4
58.00%
-5.50%
16.99%
0.76%
CUNY City College31,988
-1,660
18,553
-3,857
2,597
-136
58.00%
-8.60%
14.00%
1.80%
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences2,292
251
1,352
-1
135
24
58.99%
-7.30%
9.99%
1.79%
Sarah Lawrence College4,819
-367
2,843
256
398
14
59.00%
9.12%
14.00%
-0.84%
CUNY York College14,236
-1,876
8,399
-1,130
672
-105
59.00%
-0.14%
8.00%
-0.15%
State University of New York at New Paltz16,249
3,021
9,587
1,879
1,150
-13
59.00%
0.73%
12.00%
-3.09%
New York School of Interior Design179
10
107
-3
32
5
59.78%
-5.31%
29.91%
5.36%
Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh5
2
3
2
3
3
60.00%
26.67%
100.00%
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America23
2
14
1
14
1
60.87%
-1.03%
100.00%
Maria College of Albany256
94
156
-1
45
-16
60.94%
-35.97%
28.85%
-10.00%
Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron Meilech8
-4
5
-2
5
-2
62.50%
4.17%
100.00%
The New School9,148
-376
5,763
317
1,498
74
63.00%
5.82%
25.99%
-0.16%
Touro University1,657
127
1,044
-47
532
6
63.01%
-8.30%
50.96%
2.75%
Yeshiva University1,713
98
1,096
75
647
11
63.98%
0.76%
59.03%
-3.26%
SUNY College at Geneseo13,479
4,410
8,627
1,832
949
77
64.00%
-10.93%
11.00%
-1.83%
Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary34
6
22
4
14
2
64.71%
0.42%
63.64%
-3.03%
Marist College10,224
-742
6,646
-246
1,263
-71
65.00%
2.15%
19.00%
-0.36%
Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah49
11
32
-3
31
3
65.31%
-26.80%
96.88%
16.88%
Monroe College4,989
1,319
3,293
1,097
1,153
33
66.01%
6.17%
35.01%
-15.99%
Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas130
-8
86
-13
86
-13
66.15%
-5.59%
100.00%
St. John Fisher University4,600
400
3,128
60
626
-17
68.00%
-5.05%
20.01%
-0.95%
Farmingdale State College9,455
3,029
6,524
1,822
1,696
120
69.00%
-4.17%
26.00%
-7.52%
University at Buffalo38,210
7,271
26,365
5,417
4,218
3
69.00%
1.29%
16.00%
-4.12%
CUNY Queens College20,800
-1,524
14,352
-1,158
2,153
-181
69.00%
-0.48%
15.00%
-0.05%
Hartwick College4,278
725
2,952
830
354
14
69.00%
9.28%
11.99%
-4.03%
New York Seminary172
-19
120
-25
102
2
69.77%
-6.15%
85.00%
16.03%
Wells College1,532
-2
1,072
-273
129
-18
69.97%
-17.71%
12.03%
1.10%
Ithaca College12,007
-439
8,405
-954
1,177
-134
70.00%
-5.20%
14.00%
-0.01%
SUNY Oneonta13,660
3,765
9,562
2,385
1,339
223
70.00%
-2.53%
14.00%
-1.55%
University at Albany30,740
4,764
21,518
3,879
2,797
146
70.00%
2.10%
13.00%
-2.03%
Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid120
37
84
36
79
31
70.00%
12.17%
94.05%
-5.95%
Yeshiva Derech Chaim47
-12
33
-5
24
-3
70.21%
5.80%
72.73%
1.68%
Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater17
-1
12
-1
10
6
70.59%
-1.63%
83.33%
52.56%
Siena College8,992
648
6,384
-320
830
-34
71.00%
-9.35%
13.00%
0.11%
SUNY Brockport10,855
3,172
7,707
2,487
1,233
219
71.00%
3.06%
16.00%
-3.43%
St. Joseph's University-New York5,003
697
3,552
249
497
-78
71.00%
-5.71%
13.99%
-3.42%
Hofstra University22,890
-687
16,252
-94
1,625
-85
71.00%
1.67%
10.00%
-0.46%
Rochester Institute of Technology24,269
293
17,231
1,126
3,102
-100
71.00%
3.83%
18.00%
-1.88%
Five Towns College472
110
340
129
167
71
72.03%
13.74%
49.12%
3.62%
Long Island Business Institute355
-160
259
-179
124
-92
72.96%
-12.09%
47.88%
-1.44%
SUNY at Purchase College7,221
1,474
5,271
979
791
104
73.00%
-1.68%
15.01%
-1.00%
The College of Saint Rose2,827
371
2,064
148
289
49
73.01%
-5.00%
14.00%
1.47%
Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer20
-14
15
-13
13
-15
75.00%
-7.35%
86.67%
-13.33%
School of Professional Horticulture, New York Botanical Garden4
4
3
3
3
3
75.00%100.00%
Le Moyne College7,535
469
5,651
120
622
18
75.00%
-3.28%
11.01%
0.09%
SUNY College at Plattsburgh8,410
1,538
6,308
1,481
757
-87
75.01%
4.77%
12.00%
-5.49%
Daemen University3,041
289
2,311
111
370
12
75.99%
-3.95%
16.01%
-0.26%
SUNY Buffalo State University15,943
3,651
12,117
1,548
1,454
202
76.00%
-9.98%
12.00%
0.15%
Russell Sage College1,655
-82
1,258
-21
189
-49
76.01%
2.38%
15.02%
-3.59%
Molloy College5,789
377
4,400
253
616
-26
76.01%
-0.62%
14.00%
-1.48%
Metropolitan College of New York81
-32
62
-12
23
-8
76.54%
11.05%
37.10%
-4.79%
Pace University28,469
1,856
21,921
-149
1,973
-133
77.00%
-5.93%
9.00%
-0.54%
Clarkson University7,347
753
5,657
486
622
26
77.00%
-1.42%
11.00%
-0.53%
Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute45
-10
35
-9
27
-11
77.78%
-2.22%
77.14%
-9.22%
Adelphi University17,111
-190
13,347
756
1,335
189
78.00%
5.22%
10.00%
0.90%
SUNY Polytechnic Institute4,936
2,017
3,850
1,466
385
3
78.00%
-3.67%
10.00%
-6.02%
Manhattan College10,432
502
8,137
-35
651
-101
78.00%
-4.30%
8.00%
-1.20%
New York Institute of Technology11,249
-288
8,774
38
877
-1
78.00%
2.28%
10.00%
-0.05%
Roberts Wesleyan University1,314
308
1,025
24
215
4
78.01%
-21.49%
20.98%
-0.10%
Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah73
4
57
3
36
-1
78.08%
-0.18%
63.16%
-5.36%
Orange Ulster BOCES-Practical Nursing Program14
-1
11
-4
11
1
78.57%
-21.43%
100.00%
33.33%
Bais Binyomin Academy33
4
26
-3
24
-5
78.79%
-21.21%
92.31%
-7.69%
SUNY at Fredonia5,941
1,344
4,693
805
657
-59
78.99%
-5.59%
14.00%
-4.42%
Nazareth University3,614
-297
2,855
-428
457
-13
79.00%
-4.94%
16.01%
1.69%
Marymount Manhattan College8,138
502
6,429
924
514
91
79.00%
6.91%
8.00%
0.32%
Dominican University New York2,319
705
1,832
396
293
79
79.00%
-9.97%
15.99%
1.09%
SUNY Maritime College1,629
292
1,287
213
283
-1
79.01%
-1.32%
21.99%
-4.45%
St. John's University-New York25,223
616
20,178
-656
2,623
-282
80.00%
-4.67%
13.00%
-0.94%
State University of New York at Oswego14,465
1,910
11,572
1,207
1,157
-309
80.00%
-2.56%
10.00%
-4.14%
Bais Medrash Elyon10
1
8
-1
8
-1
80.00%
-20.00%
100.00%
Yeshiva Ohr Naftoli31
25
25
19
25
19
80.65%
-19.35%
100.00%
CUNY New York City College of Technology21,007
-328
17,016
-436
3,403
375
81.00%
-0.80%
20.00%
2.65%
American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York327
-11
265
-9
103
-3
81.04%
-0.03%
38.87%
0.18%
St Bonaventure University4,299
525
3,525
464
564
-7
82.00%
0.89%
16.00%
-2.65%
D'Youville University2,295
-820
1,882
-736
245
-41
82.00%
-2.04%
13.02%
2.10%
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred7,839
2,917
6,428
2,405
1,286
250
82.00%
0.26%
20.01%
-5.74%
Mount Saint Mary College2,229
-375
1,828
-471
183
-53
82.01%
-6.28%
10.01%
-0.26%
Canisius University4,147
16
3,401
190
442
-36
82.01%
4.28%
13.00%
-1.89%
St. Thomas Aquinas College2,251
390
1,846
197
240
-5
82.01%
-6.60%
13.00%
-1.86%
New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts469
214
385
162
85
14
82.09%
-5.36%
22.08%
-9.76%
Belanger School of Nursing134
129
111
107
3
-1
82.84%
2.84%
2.70%
-97.30%
Wagner College2,328
-317
1,932
119
386
-21
82.99%
14.45%
19.98%
-2.47%
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry3,541
1,075
2,939
1,225
411
55
83.00%
13.49%
13.98%
-6.79%
CUNY Medgar Evers College11,239
-314
9,328
-798
746
145
83.00%
-4.65%
8.00%
2.06%
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill3,147
761
2,612
607
522
32
83.00%
-1.03%
19.98%
-4.46%
Trocaire College206
-95
171
-34
65
13
83.01%
14.90%
38.01%
12.64%
SUNY College at Potsdam3,905
735
3,319
698
431
-13
84.99%
2.31%
12.99%
-3.95%
SUNY Old Westbury6,511
2,686
5,534
2,011
719
108
84.99%
-7.11%
12.99%
-4.35%
Mercy University8,581
690
7,294
519
1,167
238
85.00%
-0.86%
16.00%
2.29%
Niagara University4,148
312
3,526
91
564
19
85.00%
-4.55%
16.00%
0.13%
Manhattanville College3,943
605
3,352
544
335
21
85.01%
0.89%
9.99%
-1.19%
University of Mount Saint Vincent3,775
310
3,209
129
481
-13
85.01%
-3.88%
14.99%
-1.05%
Jamestown Business College134
-1
115
-3
89
-7
85.82%
-1.59%
77.39%
-3.97%
Yeshiva Sholom Shachna46
-5
40
-11
39
-12
86.96%
-13.04%
97.50%
-2.50%
Utica University3,826
459
3,329
605
566
136
87.01%
6.11%
17.00%
1.21%
Villa Maria College593
93
516
125
160
59
87.02%
8.82%
31.01%
5.18%
Bnos Zion Of Bobov Seminary165
22
145
15
112
-16
87.88%
-3.03%
77.24%
-21.22%
Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov438
-110
385
-86
258
-53
87.90%
1.95%
67.01%
0.98%
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz182
51
160
40
155
35
87.91%
-3.69%
96.88%
-3.12%
Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary25
4
22
8
20
6
88.00%
21.33%
90.91%
-9.09%
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi5,867
2,246
5,163
2,152
826
144
88.00%
4.85%
16.00%
-6.65%
Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary39
-1
35
-2
30
-3
89.74%
-2.76%
85.71%
-3.48%
Long Island University12,398
-1,934
11,158
-2,121
1,116
9
90.00%
-2.65%
10.00%
1.66%
Yeshivas Novominsk51
1
46
7
46
7
90.20%
12.20%
100.00%
Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute31
2
28
3
27
2
90.32%
4.11%
96.43%
-3.57%
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science939
-16
854
43
137
-58
90.95%
6.03%
16.04%
-8.00%
Elmira College2,109
653
1,919
522
173
1
90.99%
-4.96%
9.02%
-3.29%
SUNY Morrisville5,122
1,474
4,661
1,481
746
226
91.00%
3.83%
16.01%
-0.34%
Iona University7,289
1,061
6,633
629
796
-13
91.00%
-5.40%
12.00%
-1.47%
School of Visual Arts3,458
-4
3,147
121
755
-20
91.01%
3.60%
23.99%
-1.62%
Madison Oneida BOCES-Practical Nursing Program12
3
11
4
8
1
91.67%
13.89%
72.73%
-27.27%
Yeshivath Shaar Hatorah49
8
45
14
35
11
91.84%
16.23%
77.78%
0.36%
Ohel Margulia Seminary174
8
160
1
160
1
91.95%
-3.83%
100.00%
Culinary Institute of America2,161
274
1,988
198
676
2
91.99%
-2.87%
34.00%
-3.65%
Bais Medrash of Dexter Park13
-2
12
-3
12
-3
92.31%
-7.69%
100.00%
Rabbinical College Beth Shraga27
11
25
11
25
11
92.59%
5.09%
100.00%
Derech Hachaim Seminary226
-10
210
-8
202
-12
92.92%
0.55%
96.19%
-1.98%
Houghton University1,068
94
993
243
238
58
92.98%
15.98%
23.97%
-0.03%
Keuka College1,780
46
1,673
64
234
23
93.99%
1.20%
13.99%
0.88%
Yeshivath Viznitz287
67
270
74
270
74
94.08%
4.99%
100.00%
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College403825
-8
95.00%65.79%
-21.05%
The College of Westchester460
-2
437
-4
105
-3
95.00%
-0.45%
24.03%
-0.46%
SUNY College of Technology at Canton3,439
1,159
3,301
1,137
462
-15
95.99%
1.08%
14.00%
-8.04%
Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing156
56
150
50
38
-45
96.15%
-3.85%
25.33%
-57.67%
Eastern Suffolk BOCES107
31
103
27
101
32
96.26%
-3.74%
98.06%
7.27%
Hilbert College1,310
-44
1,284
-9
244
-36
98.02%
2.53%
19.00%
-2.66%
Talmudical Seminary of Bobov207
22
203
33
199
47
98.07%
6.18%
98.03%
8.62%
Rabbinical Seminary of America122
27
120
26
118
30
98.36%
-0.59%
98.33%
4.71%
LIM College1,037
-100
1,027
74
246
3
99.04%
15.22%
23.95%
-1.55%
Arnot Ogden Medical Center3
-14
3
-7
3
-7
100.00%
41.18%
100.00%
Associated Beth Rivkah Schools97
-36
97
-35
89
-27
100.00%
0.75%
91.75%
3.87%
Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael5
1
5
1
4100.00%80.00%
-20.00%
Rabbinical College of Long Island45
8
45
8
45
8
100.00%100.00%
St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing2
1
2
1
1100.00%50.00%
-50.00%
Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing1
-1
1
-1
-100.00%-
New York Medical Career Training Center393921100.00%53.85%
Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York3
-4
3
-4
3
-4
100.00%100.00%
Yeshivat Hechal Shemuel3
-4
3
-4
3
-4
100.00%100.00%
Elim Bible Institute and College29
-12
29
-11
15
-10
100.00%
2.44%
51.72%
-10.78%
DeVry College of New York5
-10
5
1
4100.00%
73.33%
80.00%
-20.00%
Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin40
-5
40
-3
40
-3
100.00%
4.44%
100.00%
Marion S Whelan School of Nursing of Geneva General Hospital1
-2
1
-1
-100.00%
33.33%
-
Washington Saratoga Warren Hamilton Essex BOCES-Practical Nursing Program11
-7
11
-7
11
-3
100.00%100.00%
22.22%
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