Best Value Colleges & Universities in New York by Academic Quality per Dollar

Best Value Colleges in New York by Academic Quality per Dollar

These are the New York schools which appear on CollegeCalc's Best Value Colleges in America ranking and represent the colleges providing the finest education balanced against an affordable average net price. The best value in New York ranking goes to Columbia University in the City of New York with a 95th percentile national academic rank for a comparatively affordable $22,126 average net price.

Academic Rating is a CollegeCalc rating of a college's overall academics and effectiveness. The score ranges from zero to one hundred, with fifty being the median for all eligible colleges. Dollar value is a measure of a school's academic rating compared with the average price paid by students. Colleges which are ranked "n/a" didn't report sufficient data to formulate a score. Learn more about our rating methodology.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's 2021/2022 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021/2022 academic year.

New York's Best Value Colleges by Academic Quality per Dollar
College	Net Price	Rating	Value
#1 Columbia University in the City of New York New York, Private Not For Profit	$22,126	95	99
#2 Hamilton College Clinton, Private Not For Profit	$23,936	94	97
#3 Colgate University Hamilton, Private Not For Profit	$25,935	93	97
#4 Cornell University Ithaca, Private Not For Profit	$27,522	96	96
#5 Vassar College Poughkeepsie, Private Not For Profit	$26,028	90	96
#6 Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, Private Not For Profit	$26,995	88	95
#7 Barnard College New York, Private Not For Profit	$30,572	92	95
#8 University of Rochester Rochester, Private Not For Profit	$36,254	87	90
#9 Yeshiva University New York, Private Not For Profit	$35,603	87	89
#10 New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, Private Not For Profit	$21,912	69	87
#11 St Lawrence University Canton, Private Not For Profit	$31,578	75	87
#12 Clarkson University Potsdam, Private Not For Profit	$30,308	72	85
#13 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, Public Not For Profit	$16,478	76	83
#14 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, Private Not For Profit	$30,891	80	82
#15 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, Public Not For Profit	$3,897	70	80
#16 SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica Rome Utica, Public Not For Profit	$14,586	68	80
#17 Union College Schenectady, Private Not For Profit	$37,630	82	75
#18 State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, Public Not For Profit	$16,079	68	76
#19 University at Buffalo Buffalo, Public Not For Profit	$18,119	77	74
#20 SUNY at Binghamton Vestal, Public Not For Profit	$19,061	76	74

New York Academic Quality per Dollar Ranking

Best Value Colleges in New York by Academic Quality per Dollar