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Best Education Colleges in New York

69 four-year colleges in New York offer education programs. These rank highest by graduate earnings, using official federal data.

#1B-

Manhattan University

Riverdale, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$27,256
Net price
79%
Admit rate
2,744
Enrolled
#2A+

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$28,786
Net price
14%
Admit rate
3,180
Enrolled
#3A+

New York University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$37,050
Net price
9%
Admit rate
28,663
Enrolled
#4A+

Barnard College

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$28,800
Net price
9%
Admit rate
3,264
Enrolled
#5A-

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$38,793
Net price
46%
Admit rate
15,477
Enrolled
#6A

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$29,278
Net price
40%
Admit rate
6,331
Enrolled
#7B+

Marist University

Poughkeepsie, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$41,544
Net price
57%
Admit rate
5,182
Enrolled
#8B-

Molloy University

Rockville Centre, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$24,347
Net price
82%
Admit rate
3,162
Enrolled
#9B

Siena University

Loudonville, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$33,733
Net price
69%
Admit rate
3,409
Enrolled
#10B

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$30,783
Net price
66%
Admit rate
5,276
Enrolled
#11C+

Wagner College

Staten Island, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$28,241
Net price
88%
Admit rate
1,651
Enrolled
#12C+

Iona University

New Rochelle, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$29,188
Net price
87%
Admit rate
2,951
Enrolled
#13A+

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY · Private nonprofit

Highly SelectiveTop Earnings
$39,343
Net price
19%
Admit rate
2,444
Enrolled
#14B+

Yeshiva University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$49,965
Net price
56%
Admit rate
2,852
Enrolled
#15C+

Pace University

New York, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$30,892
Net price
76%
Admit rate
7,665
Enrolled
#16C+

St. John's University-New York

Queens, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$29,999
Net price
83%
Admit rate
9,477
Enrolled
#17A

Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY · Private nonprofit

Top EarningsHigh Grad Rate
$32,297
Net price
21%
Admit rate
2,694
Enrolled
#18B-

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$34,176
Net price
68%
Admit rate
6,488
Enrolled
#19B

Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$31,563
Net price
64%
Admit rate
1,786
Enrolled
#20B-

University at Albany

Albany, NY · Public

Top Earnings
$17,167
Net price
69%
Admit rate
12,564
Enrolled
#21B-

SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo, NY · Public

Top Earnings
$18,211
Net price
66%
Admit rate
3,869
Enrolled
#22B

St. John Fisher University

Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit

Top Earnings
$28,945
Net price
66%
Admit rate
2,565
Enrolled
#23B-

CUNY City College

New York, NY · Public

Top EarningsBest Value
$3,776
Net price
60%
Admit rate
12,505
Enrolled
#24C+

CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY · Public

Top Earnings
Net price
68%
Admit rate
3,254
Enrolled
#25B-

St. Joseph's University-New York

Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit

$19,035
Net price
72%
Admit rate
3,144
Enrolled
#26B-

Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY · Private nonprofit

$33,926
Net price
69%
Admit rate
4,242
Enrolled
#27C

Utica University

Utica, NY · Private nonprofit

$19,108
Net price
92%
Admit rate
2,278
Enrolled
#28B-

CUNY Hunter College

New York, NY · Public

Best ValueMost Affordable
$2,984
Net price
54%
Admit rate
16,289
Enrolled
#29C

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill, NY · Private nonprofit

$19,994
Net price
93%
Admit rate
972
Enrolled
#30C+

CUNY Queens College

Queens, NY · Public

Best ValueMost Affordable
$4,195
Net price
64%
Admit rate
12,550
Enrolled