55 colleges in New York with an average net price under $20,000 a year, ranked by what families actually pay after aid. Cheapest: CUNY Lehman College at $541.
Net price is the average a family pays after grant aid — not the published sticker price. Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard. Schools granting only associate degrees are excluded, so a community college appears here only if it also awards bachelor's degrees.
Compare these on the map| # | College | Net price / yr | Graduates | Accepted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY |
$541$12,464 | 48% | 57% |
| 2 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY |
$657$12,312 | 70% | 48% |
| 3 | CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY |
$950$12,517 | 53% | 58% |
| 4 | CUNY Hunter College New York, NY |
$1,051$12,400 | 59% | 54% |
| 5 | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY |
$1,110$12,497 | 54% | 57% |
| 6 | CUNY Queens College Queens, NY |
$1,272$12,914 | 53% | 64% |
| 7 | United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY |
$1,516$6,923 | 78% | 34% |
| 8 | CUNY City College New York, NY |
$1,557$12,926 | 50% | 60% |
| 9 | CUNY York College Jamaica, NY |
$1,956$13,293 | 27% | 64% |
| 10 | CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY |
$2,818$12,528 | 19% | 80% |
| 11 | College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY |
$3,153$13,314 | 36% | 92% |
| 12 | CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, NY |
$3,245$13,283 | 19% | 86% |
| 13 | Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary Spring Valley, NY |
$3,313$18,999 | 54% | — |
| 14 | CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY |
$4,766$11,928 | — | 68% |
| 15 | Talmudical Seminary of Bobov Brooklyn, NY |
$5,091$16,000 | 50% | 98% |
| 16 | Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel Monroe, NY |
$5,694$22,723 | 71% | — |
| 17 | Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY |
$6,146$15,354 | 49% | 63% |
| 18 | SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury, NY |
$8,991$19,645 | 43% | 84% |
| 19 | United Talmudical Seminary Brooklyn, NY |
$9,053$25,159 | 50% | — |
| 20 | Yeshivath Viznitz Monsey, NY |
$10,421$22,461 | 57% | — |
| 21 | SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY |
$10,886$24,279 | 34% | 73% |
| 22 | Empire State University Saratoga Springs, NY |
$11,131$20,825 | 48% | — |
| 23 | Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo, NY |
$12,430$23,789 | 17% | — |
| 24 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, NY |
$12,696$23,073 | 37% | 92% |
| 25 | Villa Maria College Buffalo, NY |
$12,863$33,543 | 32% | 87% |
| 26 | SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY |
$12,893$24,609 | 56% | 81% |
| 27 | The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY |
$12,999$64,164 | 82% | 21% |
| 28 | SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam, NY |
$13,628$25,481 | 55% | 78% |
| 29 | Monroe University Bronx, NY |
$13,911$28,574 | 52% | 68% |
| 30 | SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY |
$14,079$25,215 | 53% | 76% |
| 31 | Bryant & Stratton College-Online Orchard Park, NY |
$14,087$21,147 | 26% | — |
| 32 | St. Francis College Brooklyn, NY |
$14,219$39,014 | 51% | — |
| 33 | Mercy University Dobbs Ferry, NY |
$15,093$34,607 | 45% | 86% |
| 34 | SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY |
$15,275$25,841 | 55% | 78% |
| 35 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY |
$15,370$92,198 | 95% | 4% |
| 36 | State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY |
$15,606$28,193 | 56% | 78% |
| 37 | SUNY Morrisville Morrisville, NY |
$16,184$27,229 | 29% | 92% |
| 38 | State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY |
$16,300$27,791 | 58% | 81% |
| 39 | Fashion Institute of Technology New York, NY |
$16,514$24,857 | 81% | 60% |
| 40 | Niagara University Niagara University, NY |
$17,246$53,671 | 63% | 87% |
| 41 | SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY |
$17,315$27,497 | 50% | 71% |
| 42 | SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi, NY |
$17,334$27,758 | 46% | 89% |
| 43 | The College of Westchester White Plains, NY |
$17,774$33,455 | 45% | 94% |
| 44 | Canisius University Buffalo, NY |
$18,178$45,546 | 61% | 72% |
| 45 | University at Albany Albany, NY |
$18,266$30,376 | 63% | 69% |
| 46 | SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY |
$18,369$28,709 | 66% | 70% |
| 47 | SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY |
$18,375$28,694 | 72% | 63% |
| 48 | St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NY |
$18,853$43,993 | 68% | 72% |
| 49 | Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY |
$18,902$31,654 | 77% | 49% |
| 50 | SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY |
$18,952$28,344 | 70% | 66% |
| 51 | SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY |
$19,338$30,079 | 61% | 74% |
| 52 | Daemen University Amherst, NY |
$19,350$45,399 | 59% | 68% |
| 53 | State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY |
$19,499$29,524 | 69% | 62% |
| 54 | SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill, NY |
$19,526$28,512 | 45% | 84% |
| 55 | University of Mount Saint Vincent Bronx, NY |
$19,758$56,497 | 52% | 85% |