Colleges with the Highest Graduation Rate in New York
Ranked by graduation rate (100 colleges with at least 200 undergraduates). Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.
| # | College | Graduation rate | Net price | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 100% | — | $96,980 |
| 2 | St. Joseph's College of Nursing Syracuse, NY · Private nonprofit | 100% | — | $81,908 |
| 3 | Ohel Margulia Seminary Monsey, NY · Private nonprofit | 100% | $15,111 | — |
| 4 | Center for Allied Health Education Brooklyn, NY · Private for-profit | 100% | $48,150 | $107,249 |
| 5 | Austin Medical Assistant Training Forest Hills, NY · Private for-profit | 100% | $22,793 | — |
| 6 | Derech Hachaim Seminary Monroe, NY · Private nonprofit | 100% | $15,748 | — |
| 7 | Metropolitan Learning Institute Rego Park, NY · Private nonprofit | 99% | $12,699 | $25,916 |
| 8 | Electrical and HVAC/R Training Center Copiague, NY · Private for-profit | 99% | $24,289 | — |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 96% | $21,590 | $102,491 |
| 10 | Erie 1 BOCES West Seneca, NY · Public | 96% | $12,987 | $47,114 |
| 11 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY · Private nonprofit | 95% | $28,690 | $104,043 |
| 12 | Christine Valmy International School for Esthetics Skin Care & Makeup New York, NY · Private for-profit | 94% | $14,570 | — |
| 13 | Barnard College New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 93% | $28,800 | $80,516 |
| 14 | The Juilliard School New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 93% | $43,571 | $37,827 |
| 15 | New York Medical Career Training Center Flushing, NY · Private for-profit | 92% | $28,089 | $40,540 |
| 16 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY · Private nonprofit | 91% | $28,786 | $85,139 |
| 17 | Shear Ego International School of Hair Design Rochester, NY · Private for-profit | 91% | $29,578 | — |
| 18 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY · Private nonprofit | 91% | $39,343 | $71,366 |
| 19 | Hamilton College Clinton, NY · Private nonprofit | 91% | $28,985 | $78,411 |
| 20 | Access Careers Hempstead, NY · Private for-profit | 90% | — | — |
| 21 | Capri Cosmetology Learning Centers Nanuet, NY · Private for-profit | 89% | $17,425 | $30,190 |
| 22 | Long Island Nail Skin & Hair Institute Bethpage, NY · Private for-profit | 88% | $18,337 | $23,404 |
| 23 | New York University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 88% | $37,050 | $82,509 |
| 24 | New York Institute of Beauty Islandia, NY · Private for-profit | 87% | $27,491 | — |
| 25 | United States Military Academy West Point, NY · Public | 87% | — | — |
| 26 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit | 85% | $29,278 | $79,042 |
| 27 | Hunter Business School Levittown, NY · Private for-profit | 85% | $23,738 | $36,312 |
| 28 | Western Suffolk BOCES Northport, NY · Public | 84% | — | $49,667 |
| 29 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY · Private nonprofit | 84% | $36,228 | $102,051 |
| 30 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY · Private nonprofit | 84% | $38,793 | $79,164 |
| 31 | Yeshiva University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 83% | $49,965 | $71,353 |
| 32 | Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | 83% | $9,136 | $20,707 |
| 33 | Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY · Private nonprofit | 83% | $32,297 | $69,363 |
| 34 | United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY · Public | 82% | $6,174 | $90,610 |
| 35 | Fordham University Bronx, NY · Private nonprofit | 82% | $44,338 | $85,569 |
| 36 | Binghamton University Vestal, NY · Public | 82% | $21,620 | $80,596 |
| 37 | The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 81% | $13,269 | $83,847 |
| 38 | Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY · Public | 81% | $19,095 | $62,696 |
| 39 | Boricua College New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 81% | $15,245 | $35,348 |
| 40 | Word of Life Bible Institute Pottersville, NY · Private nonprofit | 80% | $14,516 | $36,173 |
| 41 | Union College Schenectady, NY · Private nonprofit | 80% | $34,561 | $88,604 |
| 42 | Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | 80% | — | — |
| 43 | Marist University Poughkeepsie, NY · Private nonprofit | 80% | $41,544 | $77,819 |
| 44 | Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-New York New York, NY · Private for-profit | 80% | $21,623 | $28,013 |
| 45 | St Lawrence University Canton, NY · Private nonprofit | 79% | $28,651 | $67,258 |
| 46 | AMG School of Nursing Brooklyn, NY · Private for-profit | 79% | $34,613 | — |
| 47 | Manhattan School of Music New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 78% | $51,754 | $26,878 |
| 48 | Apex Technical School Long Island City, NY · Private nonprofit | 78% | $14,826 | $41,093 |
| 49 | Associated Beth Rivkah Schools Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | 77% | $22,709 | $17,686 |
| 50 | Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY · Private nonprofit | 77% | $31,563 | $68,831 |
| 51 | Eastern Suffolk BOCES Sayville, NY · Public | 77% | $24,557 | $63,394 |
| 52 | Ithaca College Ithaca, NY · Private nonprofit | 76% | $33,926 | $63,548 |
| 53 | School of Visual Arts New York, NY · Private for-profit | 76% | $57,914 | $46,459 |
| 54 | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY · Public | 76% | $18,784 | $74,502 |
| 55 | University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY · Public | 75% | $20,995 | $70,814 |
| 56 | Long Island Beauty School-Hauppauge Hauppauge, NY · Private for-profit | 75% | $22,689 | $26,900 |
| 57 | Clarkson University Potsdam, NY · Private nonprofit | 75% | $30,305 | $89,696 |
| 58 | Siena University Loudonville, NY · Private nonprofit | 75% | $33,733 | $76,079 |
| 59 | Niagara University Niagara University, NY · Private nonprofit | 75% | $17,248 | $56,196 |
| 60 | St. John Fisher University Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit | 74% | $28,945 | $66,944 |
| 61 | Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | 74% | $22,870 | — |
| 62 | Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | 74% | $52,659 | $54,295 |
| 63 | Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES Liverpool, NY · Public | 73% | $19,002 | $40,658 |
| 64 | Le Moyne College Syracuse, NY · Private nonprofit | 73% | $22,277 | $62,731 |
| 65 | Nazareth University Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit | 73% | $29,357 | $56,458 |
| 66 | Touro University New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 72% | $29,627 | $53,419 |
| 67 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY · Public | 72% | $3,033 | $75,971 |
| 68 | Access Careers-Islandia Islandia, NY · Private for-profit | 72% | — | — |
| 69 | American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 72% | $41,416 | $26,975 |
| 70 | State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY · Public | 72% | $18,809 | $58,073 |
| 71 | SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY · Public | 71% | $18,211 | $67,316 |
| 72 | Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY · Private nonprofit | 71% | $41,437 | $53,603 |
| 73 | Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel Monroe, NY · Private nonprofit | 70% | $4,156 | $31,853 |
| 74 | Yeshivath Zichron Moshe South Fallsburg, NY · Private nonprofit | 70% | $8,894 | — |
| 75 | Molloy University Rockville Centre, NY · Private nonprofit | 70% | $24,347 | $77,789 |
| 76 | Manhattan School of Computer Technology Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | 70% | $11,706 | $26,020 |
| 77 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit | 70% | $34,906 | $76,571 |
| 78 | The New School New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 69% | $58,741 | $52,901 |
| 79 | Yeshivath Viznitz Monsey, NY · Private nonprofit | 69% | $8,929 | — |
| 80 | New York School of Interior Design New York, NY · Private nonprofit | 69% | $45,271 | $48,041 |
| 81 | SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY · Public | 69% | $19,158 | $60,386 |
| 82 | St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit | 69% | $19,035 | $63,905 |
| 83 | Hofstra University Hempstead, NY · Private nonprofit | 69% | $34,176 | $69,039 |
| 84 | Simon's Rock at Bard College Barrytown, NY · Private nonprofit | 68% | $31,625 | $46,543 |
| 85 | State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY · Public | 68% | $22,345 | $60,236 |
| 86 | Plaza College Forest Hills, NY · Private for-profit | 68% | $19,860 | $31,519 |
| 87 | Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY · Private nonprofit | 68% | $34,649 | $46,543 |
| 88 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, NY · Private nonprofit | 68% | $29,882 | $131,426 |
| 89 | D'Youville University Buffalo, NY · Private nonprofit | 67% | $20,433 | $66,942 |
| 90 | Adelphi University Garden City, NY · Private nonprofit | 67% | $30,783 | $75,482 |
| 91 | St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure, NY · Private nonprofit | 67% | $27,074 | $57,214 |
| 92 | Roberts Wesleyan University Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit | 67% | $23,130 | $55,031 |
| 93 | Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone Whitestone, NY · Private for-profit | 67% | $34,128 | $46,396 |
| 94 | Canisius University Buffalo, NY · Private nonprofit | 66% | $17,940 | $60,681 |
| 95 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY · Public | 66% | $18,952 | $55,763 |
| 96 | St. John's University-New York Queens, NY · Private nonprofit | 66% | $29,999 | $69,571 |
| 97 | Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh, NY · Private nonprofit | 65% | $25,522 | $67,705 |
| 98 | Houghton University Houghton, NY · Private nonprofit | 65% | $20,519 | $46,721 |
| 99 | Wagner College Staten Island, NY · Private nonprofit | 65% | $28,241 | $74,360 |
| 100 | Elmira College Elmira, NY · Private nonprofit | 65% | $22,386 | $57,550 |