Best Legal / Pre-Law Colleges in New York
20 four-year colleges in New York offer legal / pre-law programs. These rank highest by graduate earnings, using official federal data.
#1B+
Marist University
Poughkeepsie, NY · Private nonprofit
Top Earnings
- $41,544
- Net price
- 57%
- Admit rate
- 5,182
- Enrolled
#2B
Siena University
Loudonville, NY · Private nonprofit
Top Earnings
- $33,733
- Net price
- 69%
- Admit rate
- 3,409
- Enrolled
#3B-
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY · Public
Top Earnings
- $20,995
- Net price
- 74%
- Admit rate
- 20,112
- Enrolled
#4C+
St. John's University-New York
Queens, NY · Private nonprofit
Top Earnings
- $29,999
- Net price
- 83%
- Admit rate
- 9,477
- Enrolled
#5B
St. John Fisher University
Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit
Top Earnings
- $28,945
- Net price
- 66%
- Admit rate
- 2,565
- Enrolled
#6B-
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY · Private nonprofit
- $33,926
- Net price
- 69%
- Admit rate
- 4,242
- Enrolled
#7C+
Daemen University
Amherst, NY · Private nonprofit
- $18,693
- Net price
- 68%
- Admit rate
- 1,643
- Enrolled
#8C
Manhattanville University
Purchase, NY · Private nonprofit
- $20,991
- Net price
- 87%
- Admit rate
- 1,362
- Enrolled
#9C+
Nazareth University
Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit
- $29,357
- Net price
- 75%
- Admit rate
- 1,873
- Enrolled
#10C
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY · Public
- $17,156
- Net price
- 78%
- Admit rate
- 3,769
- Enrolled
#11C+
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, NY · Public
Best ValueMost Affordable
- $3,203
- Net price
- 57%
- Admit rate
- 11,590
- Enrolled
#12B-
Touro University
New York, NY · Private nonprofit
- $29,627
- Net price
- 61%
- Admit rate
- 4,040
- Enrolled
#13C-
Mercy University
Dobbs Ferry, NY · Private nonprofit
Best Value
- $14,072
- Net price
- 86%
- Admit rate
- 5,735
- Enrolled
#14D
CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY · Public
Best ValueMost Affordable
- $5,127
- Net price
- 80%
- Admit rate
- 13,580
- Enrolled
#15D
SUNY College of Technology at Canton
Canton, NY · Public
- $15,268
- Net price
- 92%
- Admit rate
- 2,741
- Enrolled
#16C
Berkeley College-New York
New York, NY · Private for-profit
- $34,124
- Net price
- Open
- Admit rate
- 1,449
- Enrolled
#17C
SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase, NY · Public
- $18,913
- Net price
- 74%
- Admit rate
- 3,197
- Enrolled
#18C
Five Towns College
Dix Hills, NY · Private for-profit
- $22,992
- Net price
- 54%
- Admit rate
- 547
- Enrolled
#19D
Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North
Liverpool, NY · Private nonprofit
- $15,217
- Net price
- Open
- Admit rate
- 458
- Enrolled
#20A+
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY · Public
Highly SelectiveHigh Grad Rate
- —
- Net price
- 12%
- Admit rate
- 4,408
- Enrolled