Largest New York Private Colleges With Most Students

New York University is the largest private New York college with 59,144 students. The percentage of online students is 6.86% at the school.

Columbia University in the City of New York with 34,782 students and Cornell University with 25,898 students are following it in the largetst New York college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest New York online colleges.

New York University stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Columbia University in the City of New York also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $58,324 and graduate tuition & fees is $38,550 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 47.30% and the average SAT score is 1,386 at the schools.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% online students. Instead, you can check largest online colleges at the largest online colleges.

Table. Largest New York Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
	School Name	Total Population	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduation Enrollment	Men Enrollment	Women Enrollment	Online Enrollment	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year	59,144 918	29,401	29,743	24,466	34,678	4,060	8 to 1
2 -	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year	34,782 1,006	8,902	25,880	16,150	18,632	1,111	6 to 1
3 -	Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year	25,898 316	15,735	10,163	12,213	13,685	382	9 to 1
4 -	Syracuse University Syracuse, NYPrivate, 4-year	22,698 926	15,421	7,277	10,438	12,260	2,244	15 to 1
5 -	St. John's University-New York Queens, NYPrivate, 4-year	19,663 5	15,652	4,011	8,435	11,228	1,050	16 to 1
6 1	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NYPrivate, 4-year	16,615 175	13,940	2,675	10,846	5,769	655	13 to 1
7 1	Fordham University Bronx, NYPrivate, 4-year	16,556 430	10,098	6,458	6,277	10,279	1,814	14 to 1
8 -	Long Island University Brookville, NYPrivate, 4-year	15,737 546	11,319	4,418	5,440	10,297	280	13 to 1
9 -	Pace University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year	13,609 130	8,223	5,386	4,765	8,844	1,192	14 to 1
10 -	University of Rochester Rochester, NYPrivate, 4-year	12,197 158	6,767	5,430	5,682	6,515	1,116	9 to 1
	Average	23,690	13,546	10,144	10,471	13,219	1,390	12 to 1

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