First-Gen Fit Rankings: New York

Sorted by First-Gen Fit Score · 191 schools · Data: U.S. Dept. of Education

🏆 24 Excellent (80+) ✅ 41 Good (60–79) ⚠️ 72 Fair (40–59) ⚠️ 54 Low (<40)

#	College	Fit Score	First-Gen Rate	Pell Rate	Net Price <$30k	Retention
1	Yeshiva Kollel Tifereth Elizer Brooklyn	100 🏆 Excellent	—	93.3%	—	—
2	Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary Ossining	95 🏆 Excellent	—	82%	$3,505	100%
3	United States Military Academy West Point	95 🏆 Excellent	—	—	—	94.6%
4	Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary Spring Valley	94 🏆 Excellent	—	92.2%	$4,122	98.3%
5	Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel Monroe	93 🏆 Excellent	—	87.4%	$3,915	94%
6	Talmudical Seminary of Bobov Brooklyn	91 🏆 Excellent	—	96.9%	$1,852	68.7%
7	Mechon L'hoyroa Monsey	91 🏆 Excellent	—	72.6%	—	—
8	Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Brooklyn	89 🏆 Excellent	—	89.5%	$8,131	98.8%
9	United Talmudical Seminary Brooklyn	89 🏆 Excellent	—	87.4%	$6,446	90.9%
10	Yeshivath Viznitz Monsey	89 🏆 Excellent	—	92.8%	$7,589	95.9%
11	Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka Brooklyn	88 🏆 Excellent	—	91.7%	$5,174	79.5%
12	Yeshiva Karlin Stolin Brooklyn	87 🏆 Excellent	—	80.4%	$5,958	79%
13	Yeshivas Sanz Klauzenburg Brooklyn	87 🏆 Excellent	—	78.7%	$9,765	100%
14	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York	86 🏆 Excellent	—	56.9%	$607	88.6%
15	Yeshiva Yesoda Hatorah Vetz Chaim Brooklyn	86 🏆 Excellent	—	80.4%	$10,426	100%
16	Yeshiva of Kasho Brooklyn	86 🏆 Excellent	—	81.9%	$8,505	90.4%
17	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York	84 🏆 Excellent	—	59.8%	$1,073	81.6%
18	CUNY City College New York	83 🏆 Excellent	—	60.5%	$1,251	79.3%
19	Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander Brooklyn	83 🏆 Excellent	—	78.1%	$12,633	100%
20	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn	82 🏆 Excellent	—	57%	$1,029	80.1%
21	CUNY Lehman College Bronx	82 🏆 Excellent	—	59.9%	$1,589	73.1%
22	Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College Chester	82 🏆 Excellent	—	79.8%	$10,236	82%
23	CUNY Hunter College New York	81 🏆 Excellent	—	55.9%	$1,029	77.7%
24	Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary Staten Island	80 🏆 Excellent	—	52%	—	100%
25	Boricua College New York	79 ✅ Good	—	86%	$14,809	86.5%
26	Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary Brooklyn	78 ✅ Good	—	58.8%	$3,385	76.7%
27	CUNY Queens College Queens	77 ✅ Good	—	47.2%	$1,541	78.7%
28	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn	76 ✅ Good	—	55.1%	$3,810	64.9%
29	College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island	75 ✅ Good	—	49.6%	$3,903	75.7%
30	Bet Medrash Gadol Ateret Torah Brooklyn	75 ✅ Good	—	66.7%	$11,529	87.1%
31	Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah Brooklyn	74 ✅ Good	—	64.6%	$10,333	80.6%
32	Rabbinical College Ohr Yisroel Brooklyn	74 ✅ Good	—	35.7%	$2,790	93.6%
33	Yeshiva D'monsey Rabbinical College Monsey	73 ✅ Good	—	75.6%	$8,105	48.5%
34	Yeshiva Shaar Ephraim Monsey	73 ✅ Good	—	74.8%	$9,607	55%
35	CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn	72 ✅ Good	—	56.3%	$4,368	49.7%
36	Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College Brooklyn	72 ✅ Good	—	91.3%	$16,464	76%
37	Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas Brooklyn	70 ✅ Good	—	84.2%	$22,890	97.7%
38	CUNY York College Jamaica	69 ✅ Good	—	40.1%	$2,861	57.4%
39	SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury	69 ✅ Good	—	49.3%	$6,645	71.8%
40	Villa Maria College Buffalo	69 ✅ Good	—	64.8%	$13,049	76.5%
41	The College of Westchester White Plains	69 ✅ Good	—	62.3%	$15,129	79.3%
42	Farmingdale State College Farmingdale	68 ✅ Good	—	36.3%	$4,933	81.6%
43	Russell Sage College Troy	67 ✅ Good	—	42%	$6,662	77.9%
44	Yeshiva Sholom Shachna Brooklyn	67 ✅ Good	—	45.8%	$10,206	84.6%
45	Rabbinical Seminary of America Flushing	66 ✅ Good	—	16.4%	$0	80.2%
46	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo	66 ✅ Good	—	55.6%	$7,405	57.7%
47	Mercy University Dobbs Ferry	65 ✅ Good	—	50.1%	$11,974	75.7%
48	Columbia University in the City of New York New York	64 ✅ Good	—	22.7%	$4,570	98%
49	Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Derech Ayson Rabbinical Seminary Far Rockaway	64 ✅ Good	—	19.3%	$6,300	100%
50	SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton	64 ✅ Good	—	50.4%	$10,908	69.5%
51	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York	63 ✅ Good	—	27.9%	$3,749	91.9%
52	Cornell University Ithaca	63 ✅ Good	—	18.4%	$1,776	98.4%
53	Mesivtha Tifereth Jerusalem of America New York	63 ✅ Good	—	40%	$11,164	85.7%
54	SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam	63 ✅ Good	—	40.3%	$8,623	77.7%
55	Daemen University Amherst	62 ✅ Good	—	46.2%	$10,773	75.7%
56	Davis College Pottersville	62 ✅ Good	—	40.2%	$12,875	100%
57	Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin Brooklyn	62 ✅ Good	—	18.1%	$6,084	92.5%
58	University at Albany Albany	62 ✅ Good	—	43.7%	$11,112	83.4%
59	Stony Brook University Stony Brook	62 ✅ Good	—	39.4%	$12,943	89.8%
60	SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica	62 ✅ Good	—	39.7%	$7,442	69.2%
61	Empire State University Saratoga Springs	62 ✅ Good	—	36.8%	$8,989	65.7%
62	State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh	61 ✅ Good	—	40.6%	$9,400	73.2%
63	United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point	61 ✅ Good	—	7.8%	$1,773	84.5%
64	St. Francis College Brooklyn	60 ✅ Good	—	55.7%	$15,700	64.8%
65	State University of New York at Oswego Oswego	60 ✅ Good	—	39.7%	$8,714	70.5%
66	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi	59 ⚠️ Fair	—	49%	$12,025	56.9%
67	SUNY Brockport Brockport	59 ⚠️ Fair	—	40.2%	$10,911	71.8%
68	SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia	59 ⚠️ Fair	—	38.8%	$9,395	76.2%
69	State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz	59 ⚠️ Fair	—	31.9%	$10,541	85%
70	Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz Brooklyn	58 ⚠️ Fair	—	64%	$20,648	78.7%
71	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill	57 ⚠️ Fair	—	43.3%	$13,279	68.7%
72	SUNY Oneonta Oneonta	57 ⚠️ Fair	—	36%	$11,044	75.5%
73	Yeshiva Gedolah Kesser Torah Monsey	57 ⚠️ Fair	—	29.3%	—	84.2%
74	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York	56 ⚠️ Fair	—	38.5%	—	—
75	New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury	56 ⚠️ Fair	—	45.1%	$17,084	78%
76	SUNY at Purchase College Purchase	56 ⚠️ Fair	—	35.5%	$11,835	80.3%
77	Colgate University Hamilton	55 ⚠️ Fair	—	12.5%	$6,086	93.4%
78	Keuka College Keuka Park	55 ⚠️ Fair	—	49.9%	$19,368	73.4%
79	University of Mount Saint Vincent Bronx	55 ⚠️ Fair	—	46.2%	$19,203	73.1%
80	Niagara University Niagara University	55 ⚠️ Fair	—	27.2%	$9,564	80.4%
81	Binghamton University Vestal	55 ⚠️ Fair	—	28.1%	$12,171	89.4%
82	SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo	55 ⚠️ Fair	—	27.6%	$10,018	87%
83	Beis Medrash Heichal Dovid Far Rockaway	55 ⚠️ Fair	—	14.8%	$8,444	83.5%
84	Hamilton College Clinton	54 ⚠️ Fair	—	17.7%	$8,028	94.8%
85	Manhattanville University Purchase	54 ⚠️ Fair	—	35.1%	$13,548	73.9%
86	St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn	54 ⚠️ Fair	—	34%	$16,876	80.7%
87	University at Buffalo Buffalo	54 ⚠️ Fair	—	33.1%	$14,668	85.2%
88	Molloy University Rockville Centre	53 ⚠️ Fair	—	33.7%	$17,548	85.2%
89	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse	53 ⚠️ Fair	—	19.7%	$9,473	87%
90	State University of New York at Cortland Cortland	53 ⚠️ Fair	—	27.4%	$12,550	81.1%
91	Utica University Utica	53 ⚠️ Fair	—	33.4%	$13,290	70.7%
92	Rabbinical College of Ohr Shimon Yisroel Brooklyn	53 ⚠️ Fair	—	84.6%	$31,932	61.5%
93	Alfred University Alfred	52 ⚠️ Fair	—	38.5%	$16,512	77.5%
94	Canisius University Buffalo	52 ⚠️ Fair	—	32.2%	$12,781	72.6%
95	D'Youville University Buffalo	52 ⚠️ Fair	—	39.2%	$16,259	73.4%
96	Le Moyne College Syracuse	52 ⚠️ Fair	—	31%	$14,535	83.6%
97	University of Rochester Rochester	52 ⚠️ Fair	—	17.3%	$9,678	90.7%
98	Hilbert College Hamburg	51 ⚠️ Fair	—	48.2%	$20,903	63.8%
99	Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths	51 ⚠️ Fair	—	36.3%	$16,732	75.2%
100	St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill	51 ⚠️ Fair	—	21.6%	$11,746	73.4%
101	St. John Fisher University Rochester	51 ⚠️ Fair	—	28.7%	$16,054	86.4%
102	SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck	51 ⚠️ Fair	—	22.1%	$11,726	83.5%
103	Barnard College New York	50 ⚠️ Fair	—	15.9%	$11,600	96.6%
104	Excelsior University Albany	50 ⚠️ Fair	—	28.2%	—	—
105	Elmira College Elmira	49 ⚠️ Fair	—	37.9%	$17,392	69.8%
106	Five Towns College Dix Hills	49 ⚠️ Fair	—	34.4%	$17,588	69.7%
107	St Lawrence University Canton	49 ⚠️ Fair	—	21.4%	$13,420	90.8%
108	Skidmore College Saratoga Springs	49 ⚠️ Fair	—	12.8%	$9,932	89.7%
109	DeVry College of New York New York	49 ⚠️ Fair	—	51.4%	$12,855	0%
110	St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure	48 ⚠️ Fair	—	26.8%	$15,651	85.9%
111	Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva	47 ⚠️ Fair	—	25.1%	$14,650	86.4%
112	New York University New York	47 ⚠️ Fair	—	17.9%	$16,977	95.8%
113	Union College Schenectady	47 ⚠️ Fair	—	14.4%	$11,776	90.2%
114	Berkeley College-New York New York	46 ⚠️ Fair	—	52.3%	$33,638	55.2%
115	Syracuse University Syracuse	46 ⚠️ Fair	—	17.1%	$15,817	90.1%
116	Vassar College Poughkeepsie	46 ⚠️ Fair	—	19.2%	$15,953	94.9%
117	Webb Institute Glen Cove	46 ⚠️ Fair	—	8.6%	—	92.6%
118	Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh	45 ⚠️ Fair	—	22.3%	$18,747	73.6%
119	Roberts Wesleyan University Rochester	45 ⚠️ Fair	—	35.4%	$22,922	83.6%
120	Adelphi University Garden City	44 ⚠️ Fair	—	31%	$24,095	82.9%
121	Hartwick College Oneonta	44 ⚠️ Fair	—	35.6%	$22,584	74.4%
122	Houghton University Houghton	44 ⚠️ Fair	—	28.5%	$19,147	84%
123	Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York	44 ⚠️ Fair	—	4.1%	—	95.7%
124	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany	43 ⚠️ Fair	—	28.9%	$22,404	85.8%
125	Touro University New York	43 ⚠️ Fair	—	30.2%	$26,605	88.8%
126	Wagner College Staten Island	43 ⚠️ Fair	—	23.9%	$20,993	83.4%
127	Metropolitan College of New York New York	42 ⚠️ Fair	—	65.1%	$28,752	20%
128	Dominican University New York Orangeburg	42 ⚠️ Fair	—	48.4%	$40,695	66.4%
129	Upstate Medical University Syracuse	42 ⚠️ Fair	—	27.1%	—	—
130	Yeshivath Shaar Hatorah Kew Gardens	42 ⚠️ Fair	—	7.1%	—	86.2%
131	Talmudical Institute of Upstate New York Rochester	41 ⚠️ Fair	—	37.5%	—	33.3%
132	LIM College New York	40 ⚠️ Fair	—	37.7%	$34,978	73.3%
133	Long Island University Brookville	40 ⚠️ Fair	—	17.1%	$22,019	77.2%
134	Nazareth University Rochester	40 ⚠️ Fair	—	26.3%	$22,796	84.8%
135	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester	40 ⚠️ Fair	—	27.2%	$24,680	88.8%
136	Bais Medrash Elyon Monsey	40 ⚠️ Fair	—	11.4%	—	75%
137	Yeshiva Zichron Aryeh Far Rockaway	40 ⚠️ Fair	—	16.7%	—	66.7%
138	Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson	39 ⚠️ Low	—	16.7%	$19,012	84.6%
139	Clarkson University Potsdam	39 ⚠️ Low	—	21.6%	$21,335	84.8%
140	Iona University New Rochelle	39 ⚠️ Low	—	28.3%	$25,785	76.9%
141	Manhattan University Riverdale	39 ⚠️ Low	—	36%	$27,281	76%
142	Ithaca College Ithaca	37 ⚠️ Low	—	19.1%	$21,901	84.7%
143	Pace University New York	37 ⚠️ Low	—	27.3%	$26,473	75.5%
144	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy	36 ⚠️ Low	—	19.9%	$24,078	90.7%
145	Siena College Loudonville	36 ⚠️ Low	—	24.5%	$26,417	82.7%
146	St. John's University-New York Queens	36 ⚠️ Low	—	24.2%	$27,787	78.7%
147	Hofstra University Hempstead	35 ⚠️ Low	—	25.3%	$28,219	83.6%
148	Yeshiva University New York	34 ⚠️ Low	—	13.4%	$24,103	91.5%
149	Central Yeshiva Beth Joseph Brooklyn	34 ⚠️ Low	—	27.3%	—	—
150	Fordham University Bronx	33 ⚠️ Low	—	21.4%	$32,474	88.5%
151	The Juilliard School New York	33 ⚠️ Low	—	13.9%	$30,168	97.9%
152	Marymount Manhattan College New York	33 ⚠️ Low	—	28.4%	$30,722	70.2%
153	Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn	33 ⚠️ Low	—	18.9%	$38,545	88.3%
154	Marist University Poughkeepsie	32 ⚠️ Low	—	14.5%	$26,083	86.1%
155	School of Visual Arts New York	32 ⚠️ Low	—	15.6%	$50,966	85.5%
156	Yeshiva Ohr Yisrael Brooklyn	32 ⚠️ Low	—	29.4%	—	25%
157	Manhattan School of Music New York	31 ⚠️ Low	—	12%	$31,392	93%
158	The New School New York	30 ⚠️ Low	—	15%	$50,140	84.8%
159	Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville	27 ⚠️ Low	—	11.8%	$29,876	87.4%
160	Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York	26 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
161	New York College of Health Professions Syosset	25 ⚠️ Low	—	0%	—	—
162	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Brooklyn	24 ⚠️ Low	—	3.2%	—	—
163	Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing New York	21 ⚠️ Low	—	0.7%	—	—
164	Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College Lawrence	5 ⚠️ Low	—	4.1%	—	—
165	Albany Law School Albany	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
166	Albany Medical College Albany	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
167	Bank Street College of Education New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
168	Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
169	Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Rochester	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
170	CUNY School of Law Long Island City	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
171	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
172	Northeast College of Health Sciences Seneca Falls	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
173	New York Law School New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
174	New York Medical College Valhalla	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
175	New York College of Podiatric Medicine New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
176	The Rockefeller University New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
177	St Bernard's School of Theology and Ministry Rochester	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
178	Saint Vladimirs Orthodox Theological Seminary Yonkers	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
179	SUNY College of Optometry New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
180	Teachers College at Columbia University New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
181	Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
182	Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
183	HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
184	New York Academy of Art New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
185	Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
186	New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Mineola	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
187	Northeastern Seminary Rochester	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
188	Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
189	Elmezzi Graduate School of Molecular Medicine Manhasset	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
190	IE New York College New York	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—
191	Academy for Jewish Religion Yonkers	0 ⚠️ Low	—	—	—	—

Data: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. First-Gen Fit Score is a composite index for informational purposes only.

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