Tightest New York Colleges to Get In

Tightest New York Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The following table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) New York colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Columbia University in the City of New York has the lowest acceptance rate as of 3.99% for academic year 2023-2024 in New York. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).

The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in New York.

Tightest New York Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Columbia University in the City of New York Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	3.99%	60,115	2,400	1,558	64.92%
2	Cornell University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsIthaca, NY	8.76%	62,993	5,516	3,525	63.91%
3	Barnard College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	8.84%	11,836	1,046	718	68.64%
4	The Juilliard School Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	9.15%	2,065	189	120	63.49%
5	New York University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	9.23%	110,807	10,232	5,666	55.38%
6	Hamilton College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClinton, NY	13.62%	8,531	1,162	453	38.98%
7	Colgate University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHamilton, NY	13.88%	20,682	2,871	825	28.74%
8	Vassar College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPoughkeepsie, NY	18.57%	12,447	2,311	665	28.78%
9	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY	20.71%	1,806	374	196	52.41%
10	Skidmore College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsSaratoga Springs, NY	21.05%	11,889	2,503	666	26.61%

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Tightest New York Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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