Notable Four-Year Colleges and Universities in New York

This directory-style guide highlights 50 four-year colleges and universities in New York. Each institution is identified by its full profile name and location so similarly named organizations are easier to distinguish. “Notable” is a directory label, not an evaluation of quality or an endorsement.

Entries were selected and ordered using enrollment values available in COSMIQ profiles. Enrollment figures are intentionally omitted. The order is an estimate of institution size, not a ranking of academic quality, outcomes, or fit.

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Institutions in this guide

New York University — New York, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Columbia University in the City of New York — New York, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
University at Buffalo — Buffalo, New York. Public four-year institution.
Cornell University — Ithaca, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Stony Brook University — Stony Brook, New York. Public four-year institution.
CUNY Hunter College — New York, New York. Public four-year institution.
Syracuse University — Syracuse, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College — New York, New York. Public four-year institution.
St. John's University-New York — Queens, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Binghamton University — Vestal, New York. Public four-year institution.
CUNY Queens College — Queens, New York. Public four-year institution.
SUNY at Albany — Albany, New York. Public four-year institution.
Rochester Institute of Technology — Rochester, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Fordham University — Bronx, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Excelsior University — Albany, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Long Island University — Brookville, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
CUNY City College — New York, New York. Public four-year institution.
CUNY Brooklyn College — Brooklyn, New York. Public four-year institution.
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice — New York, New York. Public four-year institution.
Pace University — New York, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
CUNY New York City College of Technology — Brooklyn, New York. Public four-year institution.
CUNY Lehman College — Bronx, New York. Public four-year institution.
University of Rochester — Rochester, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Touro University — New York, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
College of Staten Island CUNY — Staten Island, New York. Public four-year institution.
Hofstra University — Hempstead, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
The New School — New York, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Empire State University — Saratoga Springs, New York. Public four-year institution.
Farmingdale State College — Farmingdale, New York. Public four-year institution.
Bryant & Stratton College-Online — Orchard Park, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
CUNY Graduate School and University Center — New York, New York. Public four-year institution.
Mercy College — Dobbs Ferry, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Fashion Institute of Technology — New York, New York. Public four-year institution.
Adelphi University — Garden City, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Troy, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
State University of New York at New Paltz — New Paltz, New York. Public four-year institution.
New York Institute of Technology — Old Westbury, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
State University of New York at Oswego — Oswego, New York. Public four-year institution.
SUNY Cortland — Cortland, New York. Public four-year institution.
Marist College — Poughkeepsie, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
CUNY York College — Jamaica, New York. Public four-year institution.
SUNY Buffalo State University — Buffalo, New York. Public four-year institution.
SUNY Brockport — Brockport, New York. Public four-year institution.
Yeshiva University — New York, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Pratt Institute-Main — Brooklyn, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
SUNY Oneonta — Oneonta, New York. Public four-year institution.
Ithaca College — Ithaca, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Molloy College — Rockville Centre, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
Teachers College at Columbia University — New York, New York. Private nonprofit four-year institution.
SUNY College at Plattsburgh — Plattsburgh, New York. Public four-year institution.

Selection and source notes

Where enough eligible profiles were available, this guide includes the top 50, 25, or 10 by available enrollment; smaller groups include all eligible profiles. Profile source year: 2022. Check each institution directly for current information.

Sources: NCES IPEDS. Inclusion does not imply endorsement by COSMIQ, and it does not mean that any listed institution endorses COSMIQ.