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Top Universities in New York (state)

What are the top universities in the US state of New York? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 New York University Ranking, which lists 143 higher-education institutions meeting uniRank's selection criteria:

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in the United States.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

2026 New York University Ranking


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List of 143 universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
4 Cornell University Ithaca
7 Columbia University in the City of New York New York City
18 New York University New York City
57 University of Rochester Rochester
65 University at Buffalo, State University of New York Buffalo
76 Syracuse University Syracuse
93 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester
106 Fordham University The Bronx
111 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy
120 Stony Brook University Stony Brook
123 University at Albany, State University of New York Albany
148 Binghamton University, State University of New York Vestal
164 United States Military Academy West Point
166 The New School New York City
208 Pace University New York City
214 Marist University Poughkeepsie
225 Bard College Annandale-on-Hudson
237 Vassar College Poughkeepsie
247 Hofstra University Hempstead
274 Yeshiva University New York City
295 The Rockefeller University New York City
296 St. John's University Queens
317 Ithaca College Ithaca
321 Fashion Institute of Technology New York City
339 Hamilton College Clinton
345 State University of New York at Oswego Oswego
348 Barnard College New York City
353 Colgate University Hamilton
365 Union College Schenectady
371 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs
380 Clarkson University Potsdam
397 Pratt Institute Brooklyn
402 Siena University Loudonville
412 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse
415 Long Island University Brookville
416 School of Visual Arts New York City
423 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury
425 State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz
428 SUNY Geneseo Geneseo
438 Adelphi University Garden City
444 Hobart and William Smith Colleges Geneva
446 Touro University New York City
449 Upstate Medical University Syracuse
460 The Juilliard School New York City
489 The Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park
495 Empire State University Saratoga Springs
502 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York City
510 SUNY College at Oneonta Oneonta
528 SUNY Cortland Cortland
532 St. Lawrence University Canton
553 St. Bonaventure University St. Bonaventure
554 Le Moyne College Syracuse
558 Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville
566 St. John Fisher University Rochester
571 The State University of New York at Potsdam Potsdam
599 SUNY Brockport Brockport
604 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York City
605 Alfred University Alfred
612 Canisius University Buffalo
613 State University of New York College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh
636 SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Brooklyn
638 New York Law School New York City
651 Purchase College, State University of New York Purchase
658 Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn
664 Mercy University Dobbs Ferry
719 Lehman College, CUNY The Bronx
720 State University of New York at Fredonia Fredonia
736 Manhattan University Riverdale
764 Iona University New Rochelle
795 Utica University Utica
823 Albany Medical College Albany
824 Monroe University The Bronx
830 Farmingdale State College Farmingdale
852 Niagara University Niagara University
867 New York Medical College Valhalla
877 D'Youville College Buffalo
879 Nazareth University Rochester
887 SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica
919 The Sage Colleges Troy
928 Daemen University Amherst
939 Molloy University Rockville Centre
943 Bank Street College of Education New York City
946 Manhattan School of Music New York City
960 Brooklyn College Brooklyn
967 Hartwick College Oneonta
969 Bryant and Stratton College Buffalo
975 Roberts Wesleyan University Rochester
987 United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point
1051 Manhattanville University Purchase
1058 State University of New York at Morrisville Morrisville
1067 Alfred State College Alfred
1076 Wagner College Staten Island
1077 Houghton University Houghton
1104 St. Francis College Brooklyn
1114 Elmira College Elmira
1138 Albany Law School Albany
1150 SUNY Canton Canton
1151 Berkeley College New York City
1153 Marymount Manhattan College New York City
1163 SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck
1186 Paul Smith's College Paul Smiths
1216 Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh
1220 Keuka College Keuka Park
1239 SUNY College at Old Westbury Old Westbury
1245 St. Joseph's University Brooklyn
1275 SUNY Cobleskill Cobleskill
1304 SUNY College of Optometry New York City
1307 University of Mount Saint Vincent The Bronx
1316 SUNY Delhi Delhi
1335 LIM College New York City
1348 Dominican University New York Orangeburg
1351 Hilbert College Hamburg
1363 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany
1374 New York School of Interior Design New York City
1383 New York Academy of Art New York City
1384 Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Flushing
1401 Buffalo State University Buffalo
1430 Baruch College, CUNY New York City
1456 Hunter College, CUNY New York City
1500 St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill
1513 Webb Institute Glen Cove
1528 The Graduate Center, CUNY New York City
1534 Metropolitan College of New York New York City
1535 The City College of New York New York City
1540 Cazenovia College Cazenovia
1542 Alliance University New York City
1546 Relay Graduate School of Education New York City
1606 Five Towns College Dix Hills
1608 Villa Maria College Buffalo
1614 Davis College Johnson City
1616 Trocaire College Buffalo
1627 Queens College, City University of New York New York City
1635 The College of Westchester White Plains
1645 John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York City
1646 New York City College of Technology, CUNY Brooklyn
1658 Maria College Albany
1671 Boricua College New York City
1672 Plaza College New York City
1687 York College, City University of New York Jamaica
1694 Helene Fuld College of Nursing New York City
1702 College of Staten Island Staten Island
1707 CUNY School of Law Long Island City
1708 Medgar Evers College Brooklyn
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