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Buffalo, New York

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Compare with New York Public Colleges

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Stony Brook University

Equivalent in-state tuition
20% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY at Binghamton

Equivalent in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


A
SUNY at Albany

Equivalent in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


H
CUNY Hunter College

$140 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


J
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice

$140 lower in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


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CUNY Queens College

$140 lower in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


C
CUNY City College

$140 lower in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


B
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

$140 lower in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


A
United States Military Academy

$7,070 lower in-state tuition
55% lower acceptance rate


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SUNY at Purchase College

Equivalent in-state tuition
4% higher acceptance rate


B
SUNY College at Brockport

Equivalent in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


G
SUNY at Geneseo

Equivalent in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


B
SUNY College at Buffalo

Equivalent in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


B
CUNY Brooklyn College

$140 lower in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


F
Farmingdale State College

Equivalent in-state tuition
0% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oneonta

Equivalent in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


C
SUNY College at Cortland

Equivalent in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Oswego

Equivalent in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


S
State University of New York at New Paltz

Equivalent in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


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CUNY Lehman College

$140 lower in-state tuition
14% lower acceptance rate


F
SUNY at Fredonia

Equivalent in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Maritime College

Equivalent in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


Y
CUNY York College

$140 lower in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


N
CUNY New York City College of Technology

$140 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College at Old Westbury

Equivalent in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


O
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Equivalent in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


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SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Equivalent in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


S
SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Equivalent in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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United States Merchant Marine Academy

$7,070 lower in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


Compare with New York Private Colleges

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New York University

$53,368 higher in-state tuition
60% lower acceptance rate


C
Cornell University

$58,134 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


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Syracuse University

$54,240 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


C
Columbia University in the City of New York

$58,270 higher in-state tuition
65% lower acceptance rate


F
Fordham University

$53,265 higher in-state tuition
13% lower acceptance rate


C
Colgate University

$59,552 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


R
University of Rochester

$56,080 higher in-state tuition
33% lower acceptance rate


B
Barnard College

$57,008 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


V
Vassar College

$59,800 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


S
St John's University New York

$41,430 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


R
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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


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Pace University New York

$42,480 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


H
Hofstra University

$47,265 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


M
Marist College

$38,260 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


R
Rochester Institute of Technology

$49,066 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


S
Skidmore College

$56,660 higher in-state tuition
46% lower acceptance rate


A
Adelphi University

$38,380 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


M
Manhattan College

$39,030 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


P
Pratt Institute Main

$50,589 higher in-state tuition
16% lower acceptance rate


N
The New School

$47,840 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


I
Ithaca College

$43,440 higher in-state tuition
1% higher acceptance rate


H
Hamilton College

$58,020 higher in-state tuition
57% lower acceptance rate


S
Siena College

$35,510 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


C
Clarkson University

$49,572 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


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Long Island University C W Post Campus

$32,388 higher in-state tuition
21% higher acceptance rate


B
Bard College

$55,720 higher in-state tuition
17% lower acceptance rate


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Sarah Lawrence College

$56,058 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


M
Molloy College

$29,210 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


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Union College

$59,035 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


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Le Moyne College

$30,700 higher in-state tuition
6% higher acceptance rate


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St Lawrence University

$56,380 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


H
Hobart William Smith Colleges

$54,788 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


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Polytechnic Institute of New York University

$32,990 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


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Wagner College

$43,130 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


A
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

$32,030 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


C
Canisius College

$24,030 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


M
Marymount Manhattan College

$31,330 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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New York Institute of Technology

$34,890 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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Yeshiva University

$38,930 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


H
Houghton College

$9,620 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


E
Elmira College

$29,082 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


C
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

$37,480 higher in-state tuition
50% lower acceptance rate


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Touro College

$13,930 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


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Nazareth College

$31,720 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


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The King's College

$13,930 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


J
Jewish Theological Seminary of America

$50,680 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


W
Webb Institute

$50,760 higher in-state tuition
49% lower acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Public Colleges

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University of Michigan

$9,826 higher in-state tuition
51% lower acceptance rate


P
Penn State Main Campus

$12,602 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


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Michigan State University

$8,578 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


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Ohio State University

$4,756 higher in-state tuition
18% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland College Park

$2,819 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


V
University of Virginia Main Campus

$10,420 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


D
University of Delaware

$6,970 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


G
George Mason University

$3,025 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Amherst

$9,521 higher in-state tuition
11% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

$13,084 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


J
James Madison University

$844 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


R
Rutgers University New Brunswick

$6,604 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


C
University of Connecticut

$9,262 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


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United States Naval Academy

$7,070 lower in-state tuition
60% lower acceptance rate


O
Ohio University Main Campus

$6,676 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


V
University of Vermont

$9,210 higher in-state tuition
9% lower acceptance rate


R
Rowan University

$4,180 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


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The College of New Jersey

$7,636 higher in-state tuition
7% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Maryland Baltimore County

$2,168 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


N
New Jersey Institute of Technology

$8,546 higher in-state tuition
2% lower acceptance rate


M
University of Mary Washington

$1,868 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


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University of Toledo

$3,215 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


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Penn State Abington

$7,614 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Harrisburg

$8,318 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


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William Paterson University of New Jersey

$7,620 higher in-state tuition
24% higher acceptance rate


E
Eastern Connecticut State University

$406 lower in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Brandywine

$7,554 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Erie Behrend College

$8,318 higher in-state tuition
27% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Lehigh Valley

$7,554 higher in-state tuition
25% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Berks

$8,318 higher in-state tuition
28% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Hazleton

$7,554 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Beaver

$6,754 higher in-state tuition
23% higher acceptance rate


P
Penn State Wilkes Barre

$6,754 higher in-state tuition
26% higher acceptance rate


Compare with Regional Private Colleges

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Princeton University

$52,640 higher in-state tuition
65% lower acceptance rate


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Johns Hopkins University

$55,770 higher in-state tuition
61% lower acceptance rate


P
University of Pennsylvania

$51,550 higher in-state tuition
63% lower acceptance rate


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Yale University

$57,630 higher in-state tuition
64% lower acceptance rate


V
Villanova University

$56,736 higher in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


G
Georgetown University

$57,826 higher in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


H
Howard University

$25,808 higher in-state tuition
34% lower acceptance rate


C
Carnegie Mellon University

$55,190 higher in-state tuition
58% lower acceptance rate


G
George Washington University

$57,630 higher in-state tuition
25% lower acceptance rate


D
Drexel University

$51,223 higher in-state tuition
9% higher acceptance rate


D
Dartmouth College

$56,614 higher in-state tuition
63% lower acceptance rate


Q
Quinnipiac University

$43,330 higher in-state tuition
8% higher acceptance rate


B
Bucknell University

$57,348 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


L
Lehigh University

$54,110 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


A
American University

$48,654 higher in-state tuition
22% lower acceptance rate


A
Amherst College

$59,580 higher in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


L
Lafayette College

$54,412 higher in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


S
Swarthmore College

$54,922 higher in-state tuition
62% lower acceptance rate


S
Seton Hall University

$41,600 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


W
Williams College

$57,470 higher in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


C
Case Western Reserve University

$57,030 higher in-state tuition
40% lower acceptance rate


O
Oberlin College

$56,630 higher in-state tuition
36% lower acceptance rate


S
University of Scranton

$44,464 higher in-state tuition
15% higher acceptance rate


W
Wesleyan University

$59,646 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


H
Haverford College

$60,452 higher in-state tuition
56% lower acceptance rate


D
Duquesne University

$40,076 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


F
Fairfield University

$48,440 higher in-state tuition
24% lower acceptance rate


M
Muhlenberg College

$52,435 higher in-state tuition
5% lower acceptance rate


M
Middlebury College

$57,730 higher in-state tuition
59% lower acceptance rate


D
Denison University

$56,930 higher in-state tuition
52% lower acceptance rate


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Kenyon College

$61,960 higher in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


S
Stevens Institute of Technology

$51,610 higher in-state tuition
26% lower acceptance rate


L
Loyola University Maryland

$48,410 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


G
Gettysburg College

$57,160 higher in-state tuition
21% lower acceptance rate


R
Rider University

$30,630 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


A
Arcadia University

$40,520 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


S
Saint Joseph's University

$44,070 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


J
John Carroll University

$40,230 higher in-state tuition
12% higher acceptance rate


C
Calvin University

$31,300 higher in-state tuition
2% higher acceptance rate


W
The College of Wooster

$51,980 higher in-state tuition
15% lower acceptance rate


T
Trinity College

$57,360 higher in-state tuition
35% lower acceptance rate


N
Norwich University

$39,790 higher in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


T
University of the Sciences

$18,730 higher in-state tuition
31% higher acceptance rate


F
Franklin and Marshall College

$61,110 higher in-state tuition
37% lower acceptance rate


B
Bryn Mawr College

$54,120 higher in-state tuition
38% lower acceptance rate


S
Smith College

$54,190 higher in-state tuition
49% lower acceptance rate


A
Allegheny College

$47,230 higher in-state tuition
10% lower acceptance rate


B
Bridgewater College

$33,230 higher in-state tuition
22% higher acceptance rate


D
DeSales University

$35,930 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


Compare with National Colleges

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Florida State University

$3,048 lower in-state tuition
44% lower acceptance rate


C
Clemson University

$6,968 higher in-state tuition
31% lower acceptance rate


G
University of Georgia

$2,720 higher in-state tuition
32% lower acceptance rate


V
Virginia Tech

$5,628 higher in-state tuition
12% lower acceptance rate


A
The University of Alabama

$4,030 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Central Florida

$2,592 lower in-state tuition
29% lower acceptance rate


A
Auburn University

$3,634 higher in-state tuition
19% lower acceptance rate


C
University of California Irvine

$4,764 higher in-state tuition
43% lower acceptance rate


T
Texas A&M University College Station

$2,129 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


A
University of Arizona

$4,801 higher in-state tuition
17% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Colorado Boulder

$7,714 higher in-state tuition
14% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Davis

$4,764 higher in-state tuition
27% lower acceptance rate


S
University of South Carolina Columbia

$5,218 higher in-state tuition
8% lower acceptance rate


M
Miami University

$7,565 higher in-state tuition
13% higher acceptance rate


O
University of Oregon

$5,944 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


I
Indiana University Bloomington

$3,242 higher in-state tuition
11% higher acceptance rate


O
Oregon State University

$4,075 higher in-state tuition
10% higher acceptance rate


I
Iowa State University

$1,912 higher in-state tuition
20% higher acceptance rate


C
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo

$1,328 lower in-state tuition
39% lower acceptance rate


T
The University of Texas at Dallas

$7,494 higher in-state tuition
4% lower acceptance rate


U
University of Utah

$1,105 higher in-state tuition
18% higher acceptance rate


C
University of Cincinnati Main Campus

$4,822 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate


M
Mississippi State University

$2,595 higher in-state tuition
7% higher acceptance rate


C
University of California Santa Cruz

$4,764 higher in-state tuition
6% lower acceptance rate


N
University of North Carolina at Wilmington

$2,627 lower in-state tuition
5% higher acceptance rate


M
University of Massachusetts Lowell

$8,780 higher in-state tuition
16% higher acceptance rate


A
University of Alabama at Birmingham

$1,762 higher in-state tuition
19% higher acceptance rate