For the academic year 2023-2024, the average acceptance rate of New York Private Colleges is 45.34%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 17.66%. A total of 806,401 have applied, 365,652 admitted, and 64,578 students have enrolled one of New York Private Colleges.

Of the New York colleges, Columbia University in the City of New York is the tightest school to admit with 4.00% acceptance rate, and Barnard College has the second lowest acceptance rate of 8.00%.

You can check the 5-year acceptance rate changes of New York Private Colleges.

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2024 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between New York Private Colleges
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY17,11113,3471,335 78.00%10.00%
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAlbany, NY2,2921,352135 58.99%9.99%
Alfred UniversityAlfred, NY7,7613,725447 48.00%12.00%
American Musical and Dramatic AcademyNew York, NY6,5801,645395 25.00%24.01%
Associated Beth Rivkah SchoolsBrooklyn, NY979789 100.00%91.75%
Bais Binyomin AcademyMonsey, NY332624 78.79%92.31%
Bais Medrash ElyonMonsey, NY1088 80.00%100.00%
Bais Medrash of Dexter ParkChestnut Ridge, NY131212 92.31%100.00%
Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, NY6,6283,447414 52.01%12.01%
Barnard CollegeNew York, NY11,803944717 8.00%75.95%
Beis Medrash Heichal DovidFar Rockaway, NY1208479 70.00%94.05%
Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret TorahBrooklyn, NY493231 65.31%96.88%
Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher InstituteBrooklyn, NY312827 90.32%96.43%
Beth Medrash Meor YitzchokMonsey, NY1658684 52.12%97.67%
Canisius UniversityBuffalo, NY4,1473,401442 82.01%13.00%
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim LubavitzBrooklyn, NY182160155 87.91%96.88%
Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY7,3475,657622 77.00%11.00%
Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY21,1302,536812 12.00%32.02%
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY57,6132,3051,452 4.00%62.99%
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY65,6355,2513,466 8.00%66.01%
Culinary Institute of AmericaHyde Park, NY2,1611,988676 91.99%34.00%
D'Youville UniversityBuffalo, NY2,2951,882245 82.00%13.02%
Daemen UniversityAmherst, NY3,0412,311370 75.99%16.01%
Davis CollegePottersville, NY933 33.33%100.00%
DeVry College of New YorkNew York, NY554 100.00%80.00%
Dominican University New YorkOrangeburg, NY2,3191,832293 79.00%15.99%
Elim Bible Institute and CollegeLima, NY292915 100.00%51.72%
Elmira CollegeElmira, NY2,1091,919173 90.99%9.02%
Five Towns CollegeDix Hills, NY472340167 72.03%49.12%
Fordham UniversityBronx, NY43,66324,4512,445 56.00%10.00%
Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY9,6431,157474 12.00%40.97%
Hartwick CollegeOneonta, NY4,2782,952354 69.00%11.99%
Helene Fuld College of NursingNew York, NY42103 23.81%30.00%
Hilbert CollegeHamburg, NY1,3101,284244 98.02%19.00%
Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, NY5,5603,169475 57.00%14.99%
Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY22,89016,2521,625 71.00%10.00%
Houghton UniversityHoughton, NY1,068993238 92.98%23.97%
Iona UniversityNew Rochelle, NY7,2896,633796 91.00%12.00%
Ithaca CollegeIthaca, NY12,0078,4051,177 70.00%14.00%
Jamestown Business CollegeJamestown, NY13411589 85.82%77.39%
Jewish Theological Seminary of AmericaNew York, NY1426447 45.07%73.44%
Keuka CollegeKeuka Park, NY1,7801,673234 93.99%13.99%
Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse, NY7,5355,651622 75.00%11.01%
LIM CollegeNew York, NY1,0371,027246 99.04%23.95%
Long Island UniversityBrookville, NY12,39811,1581,116 90.00%10.00%
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical CollegeBrooklyn, NY403825 95.00%65.79%
Manhattan CollegeRiverdale, NY10,4328,137651 78.00%8.00%
Manhattan School of MusicNew York, NY1,432573143 40.01%24.96%
Manhattanville CollegePurchase, NY3,9433,352335 85.01%9.99%
Maria College of AlbanyAlbany, NY25615645 60.94%28.85%
Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, NY10,2246,6461,263 65.00%19.00%
Marymount Manhattan CollegeNew York, NY8,1386,429514 79.00%8.00%
Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, NY8,5817,2941,167 85.00%16.00%
Mesivta of Eastern Parkway-Yeshiva Zichron MeilechBrooklyn, NY855 62.50%100.00%
Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical SeminaryBrooklyn, NY393530 89.74%85.71%
Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of AmericaNew York, NY231414 60.87%100.00%
Metropolitan College of New YorkNew York, NY816223 76.54%37.10%
Mirrer Yeshiva Cent InstituteBrooklyn, NY453527 77.78%77.14%
Molloy CollegeRockville Centre, NY5,7894,400616 76.01%14.00%
Monroe CollegeBronx, NY4,9893,2931,153 66.01%35.01%
Mount Saint Mary CollegeNewburgh, NY2,2291,828183 82.01%10.01%
Nazareth UniversityRochester, NY3,6142,855457 79.00%16.01%
New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, NY11,2498,774877 78.00%10.00%
New York School of Interior DesignNew York, NY17910732 59.78%29.91%
New York UniversityNew York, NY113,57810,2225,520 9.00%54.00%
Niagara UniversityNiagara University, NY4,1483,526564 85.00%16.00%
Pace UniversityNew York, NY28,46921,9211,973 77.00%9.00%
Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, NY939854137 90.95%16.04%
Plaza CollegeForest Hills, NY1,410423233 30.00%55.08%
Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, NY8,2814,389790 53.00%18.00%
Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim BerlinBrooklyn, NY404040 100.00%100.00%
Rabbinical College Beth ShragaMonsey, NY272525 92.59%100.00%
Rabbinical College of Long IslandLong Beach, NY454545 100.00%100.00%
Rabbinical Seminary of AmericaFlushing, NY122120118 98.36%98.33%
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY16,2839,4441,511 58.00%16.00%
Roberts Wesleyan UniversityRochester, NY1,3141,025215 78.01%20.98%
Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY24,26917,2313,102 71.00%18.00%
Russell Sage CollegeTroy, NY1,6551,258189 76.01%15.02%
Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxville, NY4,8192,843398 59.00%14.00%
School of Visual ArtsNew York, NY3,4583,147755 91.01%23.99%
Siena CollegeLoudonville, NY8,9926,384830 71.00%13.00%
St Bonaventure UniversitySaint Bonaventure, NY4,2993,525564 82.00%16.00%
St Lawrence UniversityCanton, NY5,3673,113529 58.00%16.99%
St. John Fisher UniversityRochester, NY4,6003,128626 68.00%20.01%
St. John's University-New YorkQueens, NY25,22320,1782,623 80.00%13.00%
St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, NY5,0033,552497 71.00%13.99%
St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSparkill, NY2,2511,846240 82.01%13.00%
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY42,08917,6773,712 42.00%21.00%
Talmudical Institute of Upstate New YorkRochester, NY333 100.00%100.00%
Talmudical Seminary of BobovBrooklyn, NY207203199 98.07%98.03%
Talmudical Seminary Oholei TorahBrooklyn, NY735736 78.08%63.16%
The College of Saint RoseAlbany, NY2,8272,064289 73.01%14.00%
The College of WestchesterWhite Plains, NY460437105 95.00%24.03%
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York, NY1,790340180 18.99%52.94%
The Juilliard SchoolNew York, NY2,02018295 9.01%52.20%
The New SchoolNew York, NY9,1485,7631,498 63.00%25.99%
Torah Temimah Talmudical SeminaryStaten Island, NY342214 64.71%63.64%
Touro UniversityNew York, NY1,6571,044532 63.01%50.96%
Trocaire CollegeBuffalo, NY20617165 83.01%38.01%
Union CollegeSchenectady, NY9,2954,090573 44.00%14.01%
University of Mount Saint VincentBronx, NY3,7753,209481 85.01%14.99%
University of RochesterRochester, NY21,6807,8051,561 36.00%20.00%
Utica UniversityUtica, NY3,8263,329566 87.01%17.00%
Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY12,1452,186700 18.00%32.02%
Villa Maria CollegeBuffalo, NY593516160 87.02%31.01%
Wagner CollegeStaten Island, NY2,3281,932386 82.99%19.98%
Webb InstituteGlen Cove, NY1853727 20.00%72.97%
Wells CollegeAurora, NY1,5321,072129 69.97%12.03%
Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical CollegeMonsey, NY783333 42.31%100.00%
Yeshiva Derech ChaimBrooklyn, NY473324 70.21%72.73%
Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser TorahMonsey, NY702520 35.71%80.00%
Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth ElizerBrooklyn, NY201513 75.00%86.67%
Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical SeminaryFar Rockaway, NY252220 88.00%90.91%
Yeshiva of Machzikai HadasBrooklyn, NY1308686 66.15%100.00%
Yeshiva of OceanGreenfield Park, NY501917 38.00%89.47%
Yeshiva Ohr NaftoliNew Windsor, NY312525 80.65%100.00%
Yeshiva Ohr YisraelBrooklyn, NY554 100.00%80.00%
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of RocklandSuffern, NY49179 34.69%52.94%
Yeshiva Sholom ShachnaBrooklyn, NY464039 86.96%97.50%
Yeshiva UniversityNew York, NY1,7131,096647 63.98%59.03%
Yeshiva Zichron AryehFar Rockaway, NY533 60.00%100.00%
Yeshivas NovominskBrooklyn, NY514646 90.20%100.00%
Yeshivat Hechal ShemuelBrooklyn, NY333 100.00%100.00%
Yeshivath Shaar HatorahKew Gardens, NY494535 91.84%77.78%
Yeshivath ViznitzMonsey, NY287270270 94.08%100.00%
Yeshivath Zichron MosheSouth Fallsburg, NY231212 52.17%100.00%
Average6,4002,90251345.34%17.66%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2023-2024 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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