Below is a ranking of the 130 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.
| School | Acceptance Rate | |
|---|---|---|
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Yeshiva UniversityNew York, NY |
64% |
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Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, NY |
65% |
|
Torah Temimah Talmudical SeminaryBrooklyn, NY |
65% |
|
Yeshiva of Machzikai HadasBrooklyn, NY |
66% |
|
Polytechnic Institute of New York UniversityBrooklyn, New York |
67% |
|
Saint John Fisher CollegeRochester, NY |
68% |
|
Hartwick CollegeOneonta, NY |
69% |
|
Ithaca CollegeIthaca, NY |
70% |
|
Wells CollegeAurora, NY |
70% |
|
Yeshiva Derech ChaimBrooklyn, NY |
70% |
|
Beis Medrash Heichal DovidFar Rockaway, NY |
70% |
|
Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY |
71% |
|
Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY |
71% |
|
Siena CollegeLoudonville, NY |
71% |
|
Saint Joseph's College New YorkBrooklyn, NY |
71% |
|
The College of Saint RoseAlbany, NY |
73% |
|
Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse, NY |
75% |
|
Daemen CollegeAmherst, NY |
76% |