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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

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
23% lower acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


U
University at Buffalo

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$51,670 lower in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$51,670 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$51,670 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$58,600 lower in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


P
SUNY at Purchase College

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY College at Brockport

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oneonta

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


C
SUNY College at Cortland

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oswego

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


F
SUNY at Fredonia

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Maritime College

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


P
SUNY College at Plattsburgh

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

$51,530 lower in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


U
United States Merchant Marine Academy

$58,600 lower in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


Compare with New York Private Colleges

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New York University

$3,216 lower in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$3,856 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


S
Syracuse University

$160 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$3,970 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$1,680 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$5,304 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$1,950 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$1,878 higher in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$5,240 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$6,385 lower in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$14,700 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$4,880 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$2,532 higher in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$3,025 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


N
The New School

$5,674 lower in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$10,474 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$3,450 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$3,640 lower in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


S
Sarah Lawrence College

$2,100 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


U
Union College

$5,003 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


S
St Lawrence University

$3,000 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


H
Hobart William Smith Colleges

$1,750 higher in-state tuition
3% higher acceptance rate


P
Polytechnic Institute of New York University

$18,540 lower in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


A
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$20,650 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


N
New York Institute of Technology

$18,640 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


Y
Yeshiva University

$13,400 lower in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


C
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

$14,050 lower in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


T
Touro College

$38,250 lower in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


K
The King's College

$37,600 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


R
Roberts Wesleyan College

$23,812 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


J
Jewish Theological Seminary of America

$1,102 higher in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


W
Webb Institute

$3,525 lower in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

P
Penn State Main Campus

$40,232 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$48,905 lower in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$45,230 lower in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$48,805 lower in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$42,414 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$45,700 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$42,928 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


N
United States Naval Academy

$58,600 lower in-state tuition
54% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$42,320 lower in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


N
The College of New Jersey

$44,460 lower in-state tuition
1% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$49,544 lower in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$43,402 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$43,138 lower in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


W
William Paterson University of New Jersey

$44,408 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


C
United States Coast Guard Academy

$58,600 lower in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


S
St Mary's College of Maryland

$46,484 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

H
Harvard University

$5,941 lower in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


P
Princeton University

$1,190 lower in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


J
Johns Hopkins University

$1,880 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston University

$2,450 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$2,388 lower in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


Y
Yale University

$3,650 higher in-state tuition
60% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$2,168 higher in-state tuition
42% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$3,272 higher in-state tuition
53% lower acceptance rate


B
Boston College

$4,350 higher in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


B
Brown University

$4,080 higher in-state tuition
60% lower acceptance rate


M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

$1,010 lower in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


N
Northeastern University

$500 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$3,510 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$2,005 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$2,087 higher in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$2,808 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


T
Tufts University

$5,204 higher in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


R
Rhode Island School of Design

$2,165 lower in-state tuition
48% lower acceptance rate


E
Emerson College

$6,312 lower in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


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Lehigh University

$370 higher in-state tuition
28% lower acceptance rate


A
American University

$5,530 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


B
Babson College

$3,656 lower in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$4,900 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$490 lower in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


B
Bentley University

$2,100 lower in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$328 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


B
Brandeis University

$3,124 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$12,220 lower in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$2,850 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


P
Providence College

$1,620 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$5,122 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$4,250 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$4,970 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$1,330 lower in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
Colby College

$2,240 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


W
Wellesley College

$2,984 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$3,400 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$2,176 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Maryland

$5,170 lower in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$3,160 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


T
Trinity College

$2,470 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$32,800 lower in-state tuition
35% higher acceptance rate


M
Maryland Institute College of Art

$6,730 lower in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


W
Wentworth Institute of Technology

$20,440 lower in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


B
Bowdoin College

$2,352 higher in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$7,052 higher in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


C
Clark University

$6,600 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$600 lower in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


S
Simmons University

$15,540 lower in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

V
Vanderbilt University

$470 lower in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


P
Pepperdine University

$3,790 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


N
University of Notre Dame

$1,194 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


E
Emory University

$1,480 lower in-state tuition
54% lower acceptance rate


R
Rice University

$4,500 lower in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola Marymount University

$3,970 lower in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


S
Santa Clara University

$1,720 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


S
Southern Methodist University

$3,588 lower in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


T
Tulane University

$66 higher in-state tuition
54% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Richmond

$1,730 higher in-state tuition
41% lower acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$2,440 higher in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


S
St Olaf College

$3,950 lower in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate