Best Colleges in New York by ROI
125 schools analyzed. Average ROI score: 60/100.
125
Schools
60
Avg ROI Score
$22,789
Avg Net Price
96
Top Score
Top ROI School in New York
Columbia University in the City of New York (96/100)All New York Schools by ROI Score
125 schools
96
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Exceptional ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$21,590
Earnings
$102,491
Completion
96%
96
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Exceptional ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$28,690
Earnings
$104,043
Completion
95%
94
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Albany, NY
Exceptional ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$29,882
Earnings
$131,426
Completion
68%
94
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY
Exceptional ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$13,269
Earnings
$83,847
Completion
81%
93
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Exceptional ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$36,228
Earnings
$102,051
Completion
84%
93
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point, NY
Exceptional ValuePublic
Net Price
$6,174
Earnings
$90,610
Completion
82%
92
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Exceptional ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$28,786
Earnings
$85,139
Completion
91%
92
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
Exceptional ValuePublic
Net Price
$3,033
Earnings
$75,971
Completion
72%
91
SUNY Maritime College
Throggs Neck, NY
Exceptional ValuePublic
Net Price
$22,367
Earnings
$95,951
Completion
64%
90
Barnard College
New York, NY
Exceptional ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$28,800
Earnings
$80,516
Completion
93%
89
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$28,985
Earnings
$78,411
Completion
91%
89
Binghamton University
Vestal, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$21,620
Earnings
$80,596
Completion
82%
88
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$30,305
Earnings
$89,696
Completion
75%
87
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$18,784
Earnings
$74,502
Completion
76%
85
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$29,278
Earnings
$79,042
Completion
85%
85
Union College
Schenectady, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$34,561
Earnings
$88,604
Completion
80%
84
Manhattan University
Riverdale, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$27,256
Earnings
$86,316
Completion
64%
84
New York University
New York, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$37,050
Earnings
$82,509
Completion
88%
83
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$2,984
Earnings
$63,163
Completion
57%
83
Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$10,867
Earnings
$69,781
Completion
53%
83
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$20,995
Earnings
$70,814
Completion
75%
82
CUNY City College
New York, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$3,776
Earnings
$66,039
Completion
57%
82
Molloy University
Rockville Centre, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$24,347
Earnings
$77,789
Completion
70%
82
SUNY College at Geneseo
Geneseo, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$18,211
Earnings
$67,316
Completion
71%
81
CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$3,103
Earnings
$60,752
Completion
54%
81
CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$4,195
Earnings
$62,763
Completion
53%
79
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$44,338
Earnings
$85,569
Completion
82%
79
University at Albany
Albany, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$17,167
Earnings
$67,979
Completion
61%
79
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$14,164
Earnings
$64,355
Completion
55%
78
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$3,203
Earnings
$56,195
Completion
56%
78
CUNY Lehman College
Bronx, NY
Strong ValuePublic
Net Price
$3,148
Earnings
$58,013
Completion
51%
78
D'Youville University
Buffalo, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$20,433
Earnings
$66,942
Completion
67%
76
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$38,793
Earnings
$79,164
Completion
84%
76
Wagner College
Staten Island, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$28,241
Earnings
$74,360
Completion
65%
75
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$30,783
Earnings
$75,482
Completion
67%
75
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
New York, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$43,195
Earnings
$92,751
Completion
90%
75
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$34,906
Earnings
$76,571
Completion
70%
75
Siena College
Loudonville, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$33,733
Earnings
$76,079
Completion
75%
75
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
Strong ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$32,297
Earnings
$69,363
Completion
83%
74
Marist University
Poughkeepsie, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$41,544
Earnings
$77,819
Completion
80%
73
Daemen University
Amherst, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$18,693
Earnings
$61,808
Completion
59%
73
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$22,443
Earnings
$70,080
Completion
59%
73
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$39,343
Earnings
$71,366
Completion
91%
72
CUNY York College
Jamaica, NY
Fair ValuePublic
Net Price
$4,456
Earnings
$56,945
Completion
32%
72
St. Joseph's University-New York
Brooklyn, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$19,035
Earnings
$63,905
Completion
69%
72
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY
Fair ValuePublic
Net Price
$19,158
Earnings
$60,386
Completion
69%
71
St. John Fisher University
Rochester, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$28,945
Earnings
$66,944
Completion
74%
71
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Syracuse, NY
Fair ValuePublic
Net Price
$18,952
Earnings
$55,763
Completion
66%
71
SUNY Old Westbury
Old Westbury, NY
Fair ValuePublic
Net Price
$11,282
Earnings
$58,526
Completion
45%
70
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$31,563
Earnings
$68,831
Completion
77%
70
Iona University
New Rochelle, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$29,188
Earnings
$73,595
Completion
56%
70
Le Moyne College
Syracuse, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$22,277
Earnings
$62,731
Completion
73%
69
St Lawrence University
Canton, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$28,651
Earnings
$67,258
Completion
79%
68
University of Mount Saint Vincent
Bronx, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$21,696
Earnings
$65,756
Completion
57%
68
Pace University
New York, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$30,892
Earnings
$70,378
Completion
60%
68
St. John's University-New York
Queens, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$29,999
Earnings
$69,571
Completion
66%
68
State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, NY
Fair ValuePublic
Net Price
$18,809
Earnings
$58,073
Completion
72%
67
Canisius University
Buffalo, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$17,940
Earnings
$60,681
Completion
66%
67
College of Staten Island CUNY
Staten Island, NY
Fair ValuePublic
Net Price
$5,579
Earnings
$53,501
Completion
34%
67
Mount Saint Mary College
Newburgh, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$25,522
Earnings
$67,705
Completion
65%
67
Yeshiva University
New York, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$49,965
Earnings
$71,353
Completion
83%
66
Utica University
Utica, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$19,108
Earnings
$63,277
Completion
56%
65
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$34,176
Earnings
$69,039
Completion
69%
65
State University of New York at Cortland
Cortland, NY
Fair ValuePublic
Net Price
$22,345
Earnings
$60,236
Completion
68%
65
State University of New York at Oswego
Oswego, NY
Fair ValuePublic
Net Price
$16,236
Earnings
$57,566
Completion
60%
64
CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY
Fair ValuePublic
Net Price
$5,127
Earnings
$49,365
Completion
21%
62
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$33,926
Earnings
$63,548
Completion
76%
62
St. Thomas Aquinas College
Sparkill, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$19,994
Earnings
$62,909
Completion
54%
61
Niagara University
Niagara University, NY
Fair ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$17,248
Earnings
$56,196
Completion
75%
61
Empire State University
Saratoga Springs, NY
Fair ValuePublic
Net Price
$11,676
Earnings
$54,080
Completion
41%
59
Manhattanville University
Purchase, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$20,991
Earnings
$58,832
Completion
58%
59
SUNY Brockport
Brockport, NY
Below Average ValuePublic
Net Price
$16,353
Earnings
$54,496
Completion
55%
59
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY
Below Average ValuePublic
Net Price
$17,156
Earnings
$56,403
Completion
59%
57
Russell Sage College
Troy, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$22,917
Earnings
$58,316
Completion
56%
57
St. Francis College
Brooklyn, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$18,129
Earnings
$58,099
Completion
55%
56
CUNY Medgar Evers College
Brooklyn, NY
Below Average ValuePublic
Net Price
$5,718
Earnings
$46,498
Completion
20%
53
Elmira College
Elmira, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$22,386
Earnings
$57,550
Completion
65%
53
Mercy University
Dobbs Ferry, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$14,072
Earnings
$52,055
Completion
46%
53
SUNY Buffalo State University
Buffalo, NY
Below Average ValuePublic
Net Price
$11,346
Earnings
$52,334
Completion
33%
52
Roberts Wesleyan University
Rochester, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$23,130
Earnings
$55,031
Completion
67%
52
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
Delhi, NY
Below Average ValuePublic
Net Price
$17,225
Earnings
$51,629
Completion
45%
51
Keuka College
Keuka Park, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$24,338
Earnings
$58,289
Completion
58%
51
St Bonaventure University
Saint Bonaventure, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$27,074
Earnings
$57,214
Completion
67%
51
SUNY at Fredonia
Fredonia, NY
Below Average ValuePublic
Net Price
$15,897
Earnings
$54,247
Completion
50%
50
Touro University
New York, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$29,627
Earnings
$53,419
Completion
72%
49
Long Island University
Brookville, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$33,062
Earnings
$59,950
Completion
57%
49
Nazareth University
Rochester, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$29,357
Earnings
$56,458
Completion
73%
48
Hartwick College
Oneonta, NY
Below Average ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$31,320
Earnings
$61,107
Completion
53%
43
Alfred University
Alfred, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$25,620
Earnings
$54,897
Completion
57%
43
Dominican University New York
Orangeburg, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$41,832
Earnings
$61,171
Completion
53%
43
LIM College
New York, NY
Poor ValuePrivate For-Profit
Net Price
$38,667
Earnings
$58,956
Completion
51%
41
Pratt Institute-Main
Brooklyn, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$52,659
Earnings
$54,295
Completion
74%
41
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion
Brooklyn, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$9,136
Earnings
$20,707
Completion
83%
40
The New School
New York, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$58,741
Earnings
$52,901
Completion
69%
39
Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College
Chester, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$10,880
Earnings
$41,785
Completion
11%
39
Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel
Monroe, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$4,156
Earnings
$31,853
Completion
70%
38
Houghton University
Houghton, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$20,519
Earnings
$46,721
Completion
65%
37
Boricua College
New York, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$15,245
Earnings
$35,348
Completion
81%
37
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$41,437
Earnings
$53,603
Completion
71%
36
SUNY College of Technology at Canton
Canton, NY
Poor ValuePublic
Net Price
$15,268
Earnings
$47,860
Completion
38%
36
United Talmudical Seminary
Brooklyn, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$6,640
Earnings
$25,113
Completion
58%
35
SUNY College at Potsdam
Potsdam, NY
Poor ValuePublic
Net Price
$13,624
Earnings
$47,866
Completion
45%
35
Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah
Brooklyn, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$10,755
Earnings
$39,230
Completion
22%
34
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
Cobleskill, NY
Poor ValuePublic
Net Price
$18,701
Earnings
$45,030
Completion
42%
33
Bard College
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$34,649
Earnings
$46,543
Completion
68%
33
Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary
Ossining, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$3,822
Earnings
$36,442
Completion
63%
33
SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase, NY
Poor ValuePublic
Net Price
$18,913
Earnings
$45,092
Completion
63%
32
Hilbert College
Hamburg, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$22,723
Earnings
$48,309
Completion
56%
32
Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka
Brooklyn, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$5,646
Earnings
$36,545
Completion
22%
31
DeVry College of New York
New York, NY
Poor ValuePrivate For-Profit
Net Price
$12,855
Earnings
$45,987
Completion
31%
30
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science
Paul Smiths, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$26,683
Earnings
$46,145
Completion
51%
30
Davis College
Pottersville, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$12,875
Earnings
$38,450
Completion
27%
30
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
Poor ValuePrivate For-Profit
Net Price
$57,914
Earnings
$46,459
Completion
76%
30
Talmudical Seminary of Bobov
Brooklyn, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$2,840
Earnings
$22,432
Completion
39%
27
Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz
Brooklyn, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$21,437
Earnings
$35,023
Completion
5%
27
The Juilliard School
New York, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$43,571
Earnings
$37,827
Completion
93%
27
Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College
Brooklyn, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$16,515
Earnings
$41,527
Completion
33%
25
Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary
Spring Valley, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$4,543
Earnings
$17,360
Completion
59%
24
Marymount Manhattan College
New York, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$36,861
Earnings
$49,131
Completion
49%
20
Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$51,754
Earnings
$26,878
Completion
78%
17
Metropolitan College of New York
New York, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$28,882
Earnings
$46,236
Completion
40%
17
Five Towns College
Dix Hills, NY
Poor ValuePrivate For-Profit
Net Price
$22,992
Earnings
$35,887
Completion
55%
16
Berkeley College-New York
New York, NY
Poor ValuePrivate For-Profit
Net Price
$34,124
Earnings
$45,884
Completion
44%
15
Villa Maria College
Buffalo, NY
Poor ValuePrivate Nonprofit
Net Price
$13,494
Earnings
$38,857
Completion
31%
15
The College of Westchester
White Plains, NY
Poor ValuePrivate For-Profit
Net Price
$16,296
Earnings
$42,215
Completion
38%