Cheapest In-State Tuition in New York
Ranked by in-state tuition & fees (100 colleges with at least 200 undergraduates). Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.
| # | College | In-state tuition & fees | Net price | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY · Public | $895 | $6,174 | $90,610 |
| 2 | CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY · Public | $5,170 | $4,976 | $42,306 |
| 3 | CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College New York, NY · Public | $5,194 | $5,833 | — |
| 4 | CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx, NY · Public | $5,206 | $4,462 | $41,307 |
| 5 | CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside, NY · Public | $5,210 | $4,458 | $44,214 |
| 6 | CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City, NY · Public | $5,218 | $6,120 | $41,653 |
| 7 | CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn, NY · Public | $5,252 | $5,606 | $42,621 |
| 8 | CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx, NY · Public | $5,254 | $5,297 | $40,485 |
| 9 | Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie, NY · Public | $5,670 | $10,065 | $43,929 |
| 10 | Herkimer County Community College Herkimer, NY · Public | $5,776 | $13,419 | $39,199 |
| 11 | Genesee Community College Batavia, NY · Public | $5,900 | $8,334 | $39,674 |
| 12 | SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla, NY · Public | $5,948 | $9,373 | $46,822 |
| 13 | Monroe Community College Rochester, NY · Public | $6,006 | $6,353 | $40,174 |
| 14 | Columbia-Greene Community College Hudson, NY · Public | $6,048 | $6,559 | $44,441 |
| 15 | Erie Community College Buffalo, NY · Public | $6,100 | $7,765 | $41,228 |
| 16 | Onondaga Community College Syracuse, NY · Public | $6,102 | $8,562 | $41,190 |
| 17 | Schenectady County Community College Schenectady, NY · Public | $6,190 | $8,947 | $40,902 |
| 18 | Fulton-Montgomery Community College Johnstown, NY · Public | $6,198 | $6,696 | $39,535 |
| 19 | Mohawk Valley Community College Utica, NY · Public | $6,218 | $8,987 | $39,850 |
| 20 | Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua, NY · Public | $6,234 | $13,898 | $40,054 |
| 21 | Jefferson Community College Watertown, NY · Public | $6,264 | $11,923 | $39,991 |
| 22 | Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY · Public | $6,294 | $19,095 | $62,696 |
| 23 | Nassau Community College Garden City, NY · Public | $6,330 | $7,095 | $48,248 |
| 24 | Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake, NY · Public | $6,468 | $8,482 | $38,354 |
| 25 | Orange County Community College Middletown, NY · Public | $6,526 | $6,794 | $44,117 |
| 26 | SUNY Corning Community College Corning, NY · Public | $6,534 | $7,373 | $38,817 |
| 27 | Suffolk County Community College Selden, NY · Public | $6,630 | $5,258 | $49,907 |
| 28 | Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge, NY · Public | $6,666 | $5,035 | $41,896 |
| 29 | North Country Community College Saranac Lake, NY · Public | $6,682 | $11,868 | $38,276 |
| 30 | Hudson Valley Community College Troy, NY · Public | $6,796 | $8,501 | $45,460 |
| 31 | Clinton Community College Plattsburgh, NY · Public | $6,831 | $9,112 | $39,246 |
| 32 | Jamestown Community College Jamestown, NY · Public | $6,840 | $9,850 | $38,242 |
| 33 | SUNY Adirondack Queensbury, NY · Public | $6,844 | $10,389 | $41,267 |
| 34 | Rockland Community College Suffern, NY · Public | $6,862 | $11,282 | $50,243 |
| 35 | Niagara County Community College Sanborn, NY · Public | $6,894 | $6,876 | $42,285 |
| 36 | Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden, NY · Public | $6,970 | $12,723 | $40,707 |
| 37 | Cayuga County Community College Auburn, NY · Public | $7,056 | $8,662 | $38,709 |
| 38 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY · Public | $7,235 | — | $65,991 |
| 39 | CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY · Public | $7,332 | $5,127 | $49,365 |
| 40 | CUNY City College New York, NY · Public | $7,340 | $3,776 | $66,039 |
| 41 | CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, NY · Public | $7,352 | $5,718 | $46,498 |
| 42 | CUNY York College Jamaica, NY · Public | $7,358 | $4,456 | $56,945 |
| 43 | CUNY Hunter College New York, NY · Public | $7,382 | $2,984 | $63,163 |
| 44 | CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY · Public | $7,410 | $3,148 | $58,013 |
| 45 | CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY · Public | $7,452 | $3,103 | $60,752 |
| 46 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY · Public | $7,464 | $3,033 | $75,971 |
| 47 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY · Public | $7,470 | $3,203 | $56,195 |
| 48 | College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY · Public | $7,490 | $5,579 | $53,501 |
| 49 | CUNY Queens College Queens, NY · Public | $7,538 | $4,195 | $62,763 |
| 50 | Empire State University Saratoga Springs, NY · Public | $7,648 | $11,676 | $54,080 |
| 51 | Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $8,400 | $21,437 | $35,023 |
| 52 | SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury, NY · Public | $8,422 | $11,282 | $58,526 |
| 53 | SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY · Public | $8,533 | $11,346 | $52,334 |
| 54 | State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY · Public | $8,572 | $18,809 | $58,073 |
| 55 | SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, NY · Public | $8,589 | $22,367 | $95,951 |
| 56 | SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton, NY · Public | $8,624 | $8,940 | $39,710 |
| 57 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY · Public | $8,625 | $14,164 | $64,355 |
| 58 | Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY · Public | $8,626 | $10,867 | $69,781 |
| 59 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, NY · Public | $8,742 | $15,268 | $47,860 |
| 60 | Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $8,750 | $10,755 | $39,230 |
| 61 | SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY · Public | $8,752 | $16,353 | $54,496 |
| 62 | SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam, NY · Public | $8,768 | $13,624 | $47,866 |
| 63 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill, NY · Public | $8,768 | $18,701 | $45,030 |
| 64 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi, NY · Public | $8,772 | $17,225 | $51,629 |
| 65 | State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY · Public | $8,825 | $16,236 | $57,566 |
| 66 | SUNY Morrisville Morrisville, NY · Public | $8,825 | $15,939 | $43,295 |
| 67 | SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY · Public | $8,831 | $19,158 | $60,386 |
| 68 | SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY · Public | $8,831 | $15,897 | $54,247 |
| 69 | State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY · Public | $8,874 | $22,345 | $60,236 |
| 70 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY · Public | $8,892 | $15,016 | $50,445 |
| 71 | SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY · Public | $8,953 | $18,913 | $45,092 |
| 72 | SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY · Public | $8,999 | $18,211 | $67,316 |
| 73 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY · Public | $9,035 | $17,156 | $56,403 |
| 74 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY · Public | $9,303 | $18,952 | $55,763 |
| 75 | Ohel Margulia Seminary Monsey, NY · Private nonprofit | $9,700 | $15,111 | — |
| 76 | Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $10,000 | $9,136 | $20,707 |
| 77 | Rabbinical Seminary of America Flushing, NY · Private nonprofit | $10,000 | $4,844 | — |
| 78 | Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid Far Rockaway, NY · Private nonprofit | $10,480 | $10,909 | — |
| 79 | Binghamton University Vestal, NY · Public | $10,567 | $21,620 | $80,596 |
| 80 | Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $10,800 | $22,870 | — |
| 81 | University at Albany Albany, NY · Public | $10,866 | $17,167 | $67,979 |
| 82 | Yeshivath Zichron Moshe South Fallsburg, NY · Private nonprofit | $10,880 | $8,894 | — |
| 83 | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY · Public | $10,931 | $18,784 | $74,502 |
| 84 | University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY · Public | $10,936 | $20,995 | $70,814 |
| 85 | Derech Hachaim Seminary Monroe, NY · Private nonprofit | $11,000 | $15,748 | — |
| 86 | Associated Beth Rivkah Schools Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $11,200 | $22,709 | $17,686 |
| 87 | Word of Life Bible Institute Pottersville, NY · Private nonprofit | $11,500 | $14,516 | $36,173 |
| 88 | Yeshivath Viznitz Monsey, NY · Private nonprofit | $12,000 | $8,929 | — |
| 89 | Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $12,300 | — | — |
| 90 | Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary Spring Valley, NY · Private nonprofit | $12,300 | $4,543 | $17,360 |
| 91 | Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $12,500 | $5,646 | $36,545 |
| 92 | Seminar L'moros Bais Yaakov Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $12,500 | $23,921 | $24,366 |
| 93 | Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok Monsey, NY · Private nonprofit | $12,600 | $13,376 | — |
| 94 | Boricua College New York, NY · Private nonprofit | $13,025 | $15,245 | $35,348 |
| 95 | Talmudical Seminary of Bobov Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $13,200 | $2,840 | $22,432 |
| 96 | Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary Ossining, NY · Private nonprofit | $13,200 | $3,822 | $36,442 |
| 97 | Yeshiva Yesoda Hatorah Vetz Chaim Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $14,000 | $11,549 | — |
| 98 | Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College Chester, NY · Private nonprofit | $14,000 | $10,880 | $41,785 |
| 99 | United Talmudical Seminary Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $15,000 | $6,640 | $25,113 |
| 100 | Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | $15,200 | $4,876 | — |