Spike Rankings 2027
Best Value Colleges in New York
Where what you pay buys the most: strong earnings, low cost, students who finish, and little debt. How Spike ranks
How this list is ranked.
Months of pay to cover four years 45%, graduation 25%, debt 15%, average net price 15%.
19 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.
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19 colleges
Number 1: Columbia University in the City of New York- $15,370 average net price
- $109k after 10 years
- 7 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 2: CUNY Bernard M Baruch College- $657 average net price
- $84k after 10 years
- 0 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 3: CUNY Hunter College- $1,051 average net price
- $71k after 10 years
- 1 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 4: CUNY City College- $1,557 average net price
- $70k after 10 years
- 1 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 5: CUNY Brooklyn College- $950 average net price
- $67k after 10 years
- 1 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 6: The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art- $12,999 average net price
- $77k after 10 years
- 8 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 7: Fashion Institute of Technology- $16,514 average net price
- $72k after 10 years
- 11 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 8: Cornell University- $33,934 average net price
- $114k after 10 years
- 14 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 9: Stony Brook University- $18,902 average net price
- $83k after 10 years
- 11 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 10: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute- $32,758 average net price
- $113k after 10 years
- 14 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 11: New York University- $35,737 average net price
- $91k after 10 years
- 19 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 12: University of Rochester- $34,347 average net price
- $88k after 10 years
- 19 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 13: Clarkson University- $32,137 average net price
- $92k after 10 years
- 17 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 14: Syracuse University- $43,336 average net price
- $85k after 10 years
- 24 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 15: Fordham University- $42,760 average net price
- $93k after 10 years
- 22 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 16: Bard College- $27,126 average net price
- $55k after 10 years
- 24 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 17: Rochester Institute of Technology- $37,232 average net price
- $85k after 10 years
- 21 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 18: Pratt Institute-Main- $48,876 average net price
- $63k after 10 years
- 37 months of pay covers 4 years
Number 19: School of Visual Arts- $59,593 average net price
- $52k after 10 years
- 55 months of pay covers 4 years
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The payback measure compares four years of average net price with median pay. It does not subtract living costs or taxes, and it is not a forecast of how quickly you will repay debt.
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