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Troy, New York

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Frequently Compared

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Compare with New York Public Colleges

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Stony Brook University

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$53,430 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


J
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

$53,430 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


Q
CUNY Queens College

$53,430 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$53,430 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$53,430 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$60,360 lower in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY College at Brockport

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Brooklyn College

$53,430 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oneonta

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


C
SUNY College at Cortland

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oswego

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


L
CUNY Lehman College

$53,430 lower in-state tuition
3% lower acceptance rate


F
SUNY at Fredonia

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Maritime College

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


P
SUNY College at Plattsburgh

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

$53,290 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


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United States Merchant Marine Academy

$60,360 lower in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


Compare with New York Private Colleges

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New York University

$78 higher in-state tuition
49% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$4,844 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$950 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$4,980 higher in-state tuition
54% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$25 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$6,262 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$2,790 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$3,718 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$6,510 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$6,025 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$15,030 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$4,224 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$3,370 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


M
Manhattan College

$14,260 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$2,701 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


N
The New School

$5,450 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$9,850 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$4,730 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


S
Siena College

$17,780 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$3,718 lower in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


L
Long Island University C W Post Campus

$20,902 lower in-state tuition
32% higher acceptance rate


B
Bard College

$2,430 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


S
Sarah Lawrence College

$2,768 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


U
Union College

$5,745 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


L
Le Moyne College

$22,590 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


S
St Lawrence University

$3,090 higher in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


H
Hobart William Smith Colleges

$1,498 higher in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


P
Polytechnic Institute of New York University

$20,300 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


A
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$21,260 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


N
New York Institute of Technology

$18,400 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


Y
Yeshiva University

$14,360 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


H
Houghton College

$43,670 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


E
Elmira College

$24,208 lower in-state tuition
33% higher acceptance rate


C
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

$15,810 lower in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


T
Touro College

$39,360 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


N
Nazareth College

$21,570 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


K
The King's College

$39,360 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


J
Jewish Theological Seminary of America

$2,610 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


W
Webb Institute

$2,530 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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Penn State Main Campus

$40,688 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$50,471 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$46,320 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$50,265 lower in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$43,769 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$46,686 lower in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$44,028 lower in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$60,360 lower in-state tuition
49% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$44,080 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$45,654 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$51,122 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Maine

$48,360 lower in-state tuition
38% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$44,744 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$44,510 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


W
William Paterson University of New Jersey

$45,670 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$60,360 lower in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$48,244 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Brandywine

$45,736 lower in-state tuition
37% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$6,091 lower in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


P
Princeton University

$650 lower in-state tuition
54% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$2,480 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$3,438 higher in-state tuition
47% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$1,740 lower in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


Y
Yale University

$4,340 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$3,446 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$4,536 higher in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$6,050 higher in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$5,296 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$610 lower in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$1,640 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$4,340 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$2,067 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$3,324 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$4,058 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$5,998 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$1,670 lower in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$5,960 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$820 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


A
American University

$4,636 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$4,328 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$6,290 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$1,122 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$2,210 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$1,632 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$3,988 higher in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$11,690 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$4,180 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$530 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$6,356 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$7,162 higher in-state tuition
45% lower acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$4,850 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$855 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$3,430 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$3,640 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$4,440 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


E
Endicott College

$22,048 lower in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


B
Bryant University

$10,088 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$1,680 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Maryland

$4,880 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$3,870 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


S
Saint Joseph's University

$9,220 lower in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


T
Trinity College

$4,070 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$34,560 lower in-state tuition
42% higher acceptance rate


B
Bowdoin College

$3,944 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$7,820 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$5,600 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$830 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

V
Vanderbilt University

$1,258 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


P
Pepperdine University

$5,630 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


N
University of Notre Dame

$1,826 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola Marymount University

$2,758 lower in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


S
Santa Clara University

$1,773 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


C
Chapman University

$2,040 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


S
Southern Methodist University

$3,148 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


T
Tulane University

$946 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


W
Wake Forest University

$3,248 higher in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$2,240 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$3,740 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


T
University of Tulsa

$13,428 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


S
St Olaf College

$3,390 lower in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


S
St Catherine University

$11,496 lower in-state tuition
36% higher acceptance rate