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Highest SAT colleges in New York

50 colleges ranked by average SAT

These 50 highest-scoring colleges in New York, ranked by average SAT, run from 1,232 at Pace University to 1,547 at Columbia University in the City of New York. 12 are public and 38 are private.

#CollegeTypeAvg SATAcceptanceNet price / yr
1Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Private1,5474%$20,148
2New York University
New York, NY
Private1,5279%$35,035
3Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Private1,5208%$32,337
4Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Private1,51318%$38,182
5Barnard College
New York, NY
Private1,5008%$39,253
6Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
Private1,48712%$28,314
7Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Private1,48012%$29,107
8The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY
Private1,48019%$16,478
9University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Private1,48036%$30,248
10Webb Institute
Glen Cove, NY
Private1,48020%$19,077
11Binghamton University
Vestal, NY
Public1,41538%$21,364
12Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Private1,41558%$33,139
13Fordham University
Bronx, NY
Private1,41256%$42,581
14Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
Public1,41049%$18,430
15Union College
Schenectady, NY
Private1,41044%$36,000
16Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
Private1,38823%$34,581
17Bard College
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Private1,38752%$31,771
18Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Private1,37871%$29,694
19Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
Private1,37459%$21,132
20Touro University
New York, NY
Private1,36563%$26,556
21United States Military Academy
West Point, NY
Public1,35514%
22Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Private1,35142%$41,026
23CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
Public1,35054%$2,446
24St Lawrence University
Canton, NY
Private1,34358%$30,561
25CUNY City College
New York, NY
Public1,34058%$3,486
26Pratt Institute-Main
Brooklyn, NY
Private1,33953%$50,647
27School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
Private1,33791%$58,628
28CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
Public1,31050%$2,978
29CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
Public1,31054%$2,943
30Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
Private1,30777%$31,955
31University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Public1,29869%$20,470
32Houghton University
Houghton, NY
Private1,29793%$21,148
33Hobart William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY
Private1,29657%$31,057
34SUNY College at Geneseo
Geneseo, NY
Public1,29664%$18,021
35Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
Private1,29471%$35,129
36New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY
Private1,29078%$20,709
37Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Private1,28570%$32,965
38Marist University
Poughkeepsie, NY
Private1,28565%$39,660
39Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Albany, NY
Private1,28059%$26,027
40SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase, NY
Public1,27773%$19,067
41State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, NY
Public1,26759%$18,481
42Le Moyne College
Syracuse, NY
Private1,26075%$21,547
43Long Island University
Brookville, NY
Private1,25990%$23,901
44Nazareth University
Rochester, NY
Private1,25680%$30,521
45Manhattan University
Riverdale, NY
Private1,25478%$26,881
46SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NY
Public1,24878%$13,882
47Elmira College
Elmira, NY
Private1,23991%$23,735
48Siena College
Loudonville, NY
Private1,23871%$32,697
49Wagner College
Staten Island, NY
Private1,23483%$27,733
50Pace University
New York, NY
Private1,23277%$31,046

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