New York Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate

List of Private Colleges by Acceptance Rate

Below is a ranking of the 133 private colleges in New York with the lowest acceptance rate for freshman undergraduate applications. Columbia University in the City of New York leads the list by accepting 4% of high school students that applied.

List of New York Private Colleges Ranked by Lowest Acceptance Rate
School Acceptance Rate
Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

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4%
Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

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7%
Barnard College

New York, NY

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9%
The Juilliard School

New York, NY

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11%
Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

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12%
Hamilton College

Clinton, NY

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12%
New York University

New York, NY

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12%
Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY

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19%
Webb Institute

Glen Cove, NY

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21%
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

New York, NY

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22%
American Musical and Dramatic Academy

New York, NY

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26%
Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY

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26%
Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical College

Monsey, NY

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32%
University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

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39%
Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland

Suffern, NY

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40%
The King's College

New York, NY

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45%
Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

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46%
Union College

Schenectady, NY

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47%