The Best Value Colleges in New York by Academic Quality per Dollar for 2023
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.
College | Net Price | Rating | Value |
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#1 Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, Private Not For Profit |
$22,126 | 95 | 99 |
#2 Hamilton CollegeClinton, Private Not For Profit |
$23,936 | 94 | 97 |
#3 Colgate UniversityHamilton, Private Not For Profit |
$25,935 | 93 | 97 |
#4 Cornell UniversityIthaca, Private Not For Profit |
$27,522 | 96 | 96 |
#5 Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, Private Not For Profit |
$26,028 | 90 | 96 |
#6 Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, Private Not For Profit |
$26,995 | 88 | 95 |
#7 Barnard CollegeNew York, Private Not For Profit |
$30,572 | 92 | 95 |
#8 University of RochesterRochester, Private Not For Profit |
$36,254 | 87 | 90 |
#9 Yeshiva UniversityNew York, Private Not For Profit |
$35,603 | 87 | 89 |
#10 New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, Private Not For Profit |
$21,912 | 69 | 87 |
#11 St Lawrence UniversityCanton, Private Not For Profit |
$31,578 | 75 | 87 |
#12 Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, Private Not For Profit |
$30,308 | 72 | 85 |
#13 Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, Public Not For Profit |
$16,478 | 76 | 83 |
#14 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAlbany, Private Not For Profit |
$30,891 | 80 | 82 |
#15 CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, Public Not For Profit |
$3,897 | 70 | 80 |
#16 SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica RomeUtica, Public Not For Profit |
$14,586 | 68 | 80 |
#17 Union CollegeSchenectady, Private Not For Profit |
$37,630 | 82 | 75 |
#18 State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, Public Not For Profit |
$16,079 | 68 | 76 |
#19 University at BuffaloBuffalo, Public Not For Profit |
$18,119 | 77 | 74 |
#20 SUNY at BinghamtonVestal, Public Not For Profit |
$19,061 | 76 | 74 |