Most selective colleges in Mid-Atlantic

50 colleges ranked by acceptance rate

These 50 most selective colleges in Mid-Atlantic, ranked by acceptance rate, run from 4% at Columbia University in the City of New York to 57% at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. 12 are public and 38 are private.

#	College	Type	Acceptance	Avg SAT	Net price / yr
1	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	Private	4%	1,547	$20,148
2	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	Private	5%	1,535	$10,555
3	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	Private	6%	1,545	$31,229
4	Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	Private	7%	1,527	$18,686
5	Curtis Institute of Music Philadelphia, PA	Private	7%	—	—
6	Barnard College New York, NY	Private	8%	1,500	$39,253
7	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	Private	8%	1,520	$32,337
8	The Juilliard School New York, NY	Private	9%	—	$37,903
9	New York University New York, NY	Private	9%	1,527	$35,035
10	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	Private	11%	1,545	$31,671
11	Hamilton College Clinton, NY	Private	12%	1,487	$28,314
12	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	Private	12%	1,480	$29,107
13	Haverford College Haverford, PA	Private	13%	1,498	$25,210
14	United States Military Academy West Point, NY	Public	14%	1,355	—
15	Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	Private	18%	1,513	$38,182
16	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	Private	19%	1,480	$16,478
17	Webb Institute Glen Cove, NY	Private	20%	1,480	$19,077
18	Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	Private	23%	1,388	$34,581
19	Villanova University Villanova, PA	Private	25%	1,466	$44,876
20	Central Penn College Summerdale, PA	Private	26%	—	$19,279
21	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	Private	29%	1,432	$33,549
22	Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA	Private	31%	1,404	$40,690
23	Lafayette College Easton, PA	Private	31%	1,419	$32,496
24	Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	Private	32%	1,394	$39,061
25	Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	Private	32%	1,389	$40,429
26	United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY	Public	32%	1,226	$7,506
27	Davis College Pottersville, NY	Private	33%	—	$14,320
28	University of Rochester Rochester, NY	Private	36%	1,480	$30,248
29	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	Public	38%	1,415	$21,364
30	Manhattan School of Music New York, NY	Private	40%	—	$47,599
31	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	Private	42%	1,351	$41,026
32	Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	Private	43%	—	$32,191
33	Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	Private	43%	1,447	$40,468
34	Union College Schenectady, NY	Private	44%	1,410	$36,000
35	Pennsylvania College of Art and Design Lancaster, PA	Private	46%	—	$29,266
36	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	Private	48%	1,350	$30,086
37	Alfred University Alfred, NY	Private	48%	1,205	$22,701
38	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	Public	49%	1,410	$18,430
39	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	Public	50%	1,371	$30,074
40	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	Public	50%	1,310	$2,978
41	State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY	Public	51%	—	$19,951
42	Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	Private	52%	1,387	$31,771
43	Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY	Private	53%	1,339	$50,647
44	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	Public	54%	1,310	$2,943
45	Moravian University Bethlehem, PA	Private	54%	1,154	$29,843
46	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	Public	54%	1,350	$2,446
47	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	Public	54%	1,316	$32,598
48	CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY	Public	55%	1,010	$3,482
49	Fordham University Bronx, NY	Private	56%	1,412	$42,581
50	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY	Public	57%	1,140	$3,046

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