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Tightest New York Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next 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 3.95% for academic year 2022-2023 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 (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Columbia University in the City of New York
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
3.95%60,8792,4041,54064.06%
2Cornell University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsIthaca, NY
7.47%69,1955,1683,49167.55%
3Barnard College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
8.79%12,0091,05669766.00%
4The Juilliard School
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
10.61%2,08322110748.42%
5Hamilton College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClinton, NY
11.78%9,8991,16647840.99%
6United States Military Academy
Public, four-yearsWest Point, NY
11.95%12,5591,5011,17378.15%
7Colgate University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHamilton, NY
12.43%21,1092,62481230.95%
8New York University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
12.46%100,66212,5396,18449.32%
9Vassar College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsPoughkeepsie, NY
18.66%11,4122,12968131.99%
10The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsNew York, NY
22.47%1,50033718354.30%