New York Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate

Empire State University has the lowest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 24% last year.

CUNY York College with 33% and College of Staten Island CUNY with 34% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of New York Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $22,148 and graduate tuition & fees is $22,677 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 69.37% and the average SAT score is 1,167 at the schools.

Table. New York Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
	School Name	Graduation Rate	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Yield	Acceptance Rate	SAT Score	Total Population	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Empire State University Saratoga Springs, NYPublic, 4-year	24.00% 0.28%	$17,540 ($7,630)	-	-	-	9,407	17 to 1
2 -	CUNY York College Jamaica, NYPublic, 4-year	33.00% 0.37%	$15,308 ($7,358)	8.09%	59.42%	1,100	6,446	14 to 1
3 -	College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NYPublic, 4-year	34.00% 0.08%	$15,440 ($7,490)	-	-	-	10,248	16 to 1
4 -	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NYPublic, 4-year	36.00% 5.20%	$18,906 ($8,486)	12.04%	75.87%	1,080	6,445	13 to 1
5 -	Long Island University Brookville, NYPrivate, 4-year	47.00% 0.20%	$41,642	10.06%	89.77%	1,250	15,737	13 to 1
5 1	Mercy University Dobbs Ferry, NYPrivate, 4-year	47.00% 2.62%	$22,106	15.88%	85.47%	-	8,615	15 to 1
7 1	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NYPublic, 4-year	53.00% 1.16%	$15,420 ($7,470)	19.82%	57.22%	1,140	13,921	16 to 1
7 -	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NYPublic, 4-year	53.00% 0.11%	$15,360 ($7,410)	11.97%	55.43%	1,010	13,015	15 to 1
9 2	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NYPublic, 4-year	54.00% 2.14%	$15,402 ($7,452)	10.44%	53.66%	1,310	14,195	13 to 1
9 1	New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NYPrivate, 4-year	54.00% 1.73%	$44,360	10.09%	78.08%	1,280	6,906	13 to 1
	Average	43.50%	$22,148 ($7,614)	12.30%	69.37%	1,167	10,494	15 to 1

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