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Although tuition fees at NYU average $52,000, students who attend this school have access to some of the best programs in fields like literature, business, medicine, communications, and law. The school also boasts famous alumni like Whoopi Goldberg and Jonas Salk. New York also offers close to 40 religiously affiliated schools. Students can expect to pay a wide range of tuition costs at these schools, but have the option to major in fields like social work, law, religious studies, business, and nursing.
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The people affiliated with a school are ultimately what make it great. This is why, at the undergraduate level, we rank the best colleges and universities based on what we “Concentrated Influence”. Concentrated Influence takes the combined influence score of a college or university’s top academic influencers (including faculty and alums) and divides it by the school’s total number of undergraduates.
Using concentrated influence gives small and mid-sized schools an opportunity to shine by taking away the size advantage of larger universities. A small school with proportionately more influential faculty than a large school, whose influence in absolute terms may be bigger, will nonetheless score higher in a concentrated influence ranking. Our approach highlights undergraduate schools that truly rank for excellence, regardless of size.
If you are serious about finding the best colleges and universities for a bachelor’s degree, you should be asking where the most influential professors are teaching and whether their graduates are themselves advancing the school’s reputation for academic excellence.
Most ranking sites rely on an opaque combination of reputation surveys and arbitrary performance metrics. Concentrated Influence provides a ranking that is free from bias, insulated from manipulation, and reflective of real-world educational outcomes.
Find out more about our ranking methodology here.
Less A research university is a great option for students interested in obtaining STEM degrees. Research universities invest heavily in research, which consequently provides meaningful and extensive opportunities for its students and faculty to participate in research. There are 28 research universities in New York. The list below of the 20 best research universities in the state satisfies the following four conditions:
Tuition + fees
$61K
Acceptance
7%
Graduation
96%
Student body
28K
Median SAT/ACT
1505/34
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Columbia University’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$57K
Acceptance
11%
Graduation
95%
Student body
25K
Median SAT/ACT
1480/33
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Cornell University’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$45K
Acceptance
67%
Graduation
77%
Student body
4K
Median SAT/ACT
1270/27
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Yeshiva University’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$53K
Acceptance
21%
Graduation
88%
Student body
48K
Median SAT/ACT
1440/32
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New York University’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$51K
Acceptance
69%
Graduation
69%
Student body
10K
Median SAT/ACT
1265/27
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The New School’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$56K
Acceptance
35%
Graduation
86%
Student body
11K
Median SAT/ACT
1405/32
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University of Rochester’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$55K
Acceptance
57%
Graduation
87%
Student body
9K
Median SAT/ACT
1390/31
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$52K
Acceptance
69%
Graduation
83%
Student body
23K
Median SAT/ACT
1280/28
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Syracuse University’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$7K
Acceptance
51%
Graduation
60%
Student body
13K
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City College of New York’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$54K
Acceptance
53%
Graduation
83%
Student body
15K
Median SAT/ACT
1345/30
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Fordham University’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$10K
Acceptance
49%
Graduation
76%
Student body
24K
Median SAT/ACT
1335/29
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Stony Brook University’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$11K
Acceptance
67%
Graduation
75%
Student body
28K
Median SAT/ACT
1250/26
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University at Buffalo’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$48K
Acceptance
69%
Graduation
65%
Student body
9K
Median SAT/ACT
1250/27
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Hofstra University’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$10K
Acceptance
43%
Graduation
82%
Student body
18K
Median SAT/ACT
1360/30
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Binghamton University’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$51K
Acceptance
78%
Graduation
76%
Student body
4K
Median SAT/ACT
1255/26
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Clarkson University’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$10K
Acceptance
57%
Graduation
65%
Student body
16K
Median SAT/ACT
1170/25
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University at Albany, SUNY’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$45K
Acceptance
74%
Graduation
71%
Student body
14K
Median SAT/ACT
1315/29
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Rochester Institute of Technology’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$40K
Acceptance
75%
Graduation
73%
Student body
8K
Median SAT/ACT
1155/24
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Adelphi University’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$19K
Acceptance
76%
Graduation
63%
Student body
8K
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Touro College’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
Tuition + fees
$35K
Acceptance
68%
Graduation
72%
Student body
3K
Median SAT/ACT
1165/23
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St. John Fisher College’s faculty and alumni have been influential in:
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