Test-optional colleges in New York
Schools that will read your application without an SAT or ACT score. Where they publish it, you can see how much of the class actually submitted one.
21 colleges
- Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY4% admit1510–1580 SATOptional
- Barnard CollegeNew York, NY9% admit1470–1560 SATOptional
- New York UniversityNew York, NY9% admit1480–1560 SATOptional
- Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY14% admit1450–1550 SATOptional
- Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY14% admit1430–1540 SATOptional
- Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, NY19% admit1450–1550 SATOptional
- The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and ArtNew York, NY21% admit1295–1501 SATOptional
- Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, NY21% admit1340–1480 SATOptional
- Binghamton UniversityVestal, NY39% admit1340–1500 SATOptional
- University of RochesterRochester, NY40% admit1410–1540 SATOptional
- Union CollegeSchenectady, NY44% admit1310–1480 SATOptional
- Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY46% admit1270–1440 SATOptional
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, NY48% admit1100–1400 SATOptional
- Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY49% admit1330–1500 SATOptional
- Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, NY52% admit1270–1450 SATOptional
- Fordham UniversityBronx, NY59% admit1320–1480 SATOptional
- Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY63% admit1375–1510 SATOptional
- Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY67% admit1300–1460 SATOptional
- Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, NY73% admit1150–1390 SATOptional
- University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY74% admit1210–1380 SATOptional
- Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY77% admit1200–1390 SATOptional
Acceptance rate and cost come from U.S. Department of Education reporting. Admitted SAT, ACT and GPA come from each college’s Common Data Set, where it publishes one. Every name links to that school’s full read.
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From published federal reporting and each college’s own Common Data Set. It’s filtered and sorted on the number the list is about. It isn’t a ranking, and nobody set the order by hand.
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