Spike Rankings 2027
Best Colleges in New York
Ranked on what happens to students: who finishes, what they earn, what they pay, and how far the college takes them. How Spike ranks
How this list is ranked.
Outcomes 35%, Lift 20%, Affordability 20%, Academics 15%, Opportunity 10%.
20 colleges qualify from Spike’s guide of 233. This page covers the New York colleges in the guide, not every college in the state. Colleges without enough reported data are left out.
Guide updated . Data snapshot: . Sources and data years.
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20 colleges
Number 1: Columbia University in the City of New York- 96% graduate
- $109k after 10 years
- $15,370 average net price
Number 2: Webb Institute- 88% graduate
- $14,510 average net price
Number 3: Cornell University- 95% graduate
- $114k after 10 years
- $33,934 average net price
Number 4: CUNY Bernard M Baruch College- 71% graduate
- $84k after 10 years
- $657 average net price
Number 5: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art- 81% graduate
- $77k after 10 years
- $12,999 average net price
Number 6: Fashion Institute of Technology- 81% graduate
- $72k after 10 years
- $16,514 average net price
Number 7: Stony Brook University- 76% graduate
- $83k after 10 years
- $18,902 average net price
Number 8: University of Rochester- 84% graduate
- $88k after 10 years
- $34,347 average net price
Number 9: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute- 82% graduate
- $113k after 10 years
- $32,758 average net price
Number 10: CUNY Hunter College- 58% graduate
- $71k after 10 years
- $1,051 average net price
Number 11: CUNY City College- 53% graduate
- $70k after 10 years
- $1,557 average net price
Number 12: CUNY Brooklyn College- 53% graduate
- $67k after 10 years
- $950 average net price
Number 13: New York University- 88% graduate
- $91k after 10 years
- $35,737 average net price
Number 14: Fordham University- 81% graduate
- $93k after 10 years
- $42,760 average net price
Number 15: Clarkson University- 73% graduate
- $92k after 10 years
- $32,137 average net price
Number 16: Syracuse University- 82% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- $43,336 average net price
Number 17: Rochester Institute of Technology- 70% graduate
- $85k after 10 years
- $37,232 average net price
Number 18: Pratt Institute-Main- 74% graduate
- $63k after 10 years
- $48,876 average net price
Number 19: School of Visual Arts- 77% graduate
- $52k after 10 years
- $59,593 average net price
Number 20: Bard College- 68% graduate
- $55k after 10 years
- $27,126 average net price
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The weights reflect Spike’s priorities. A higher overall rank does not mean a college is a better fit for every student.
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