College Rankings - Most Applicants Per Year in New York

Applying to college means competing with other students for a spot in a class. Competition at these schools is high because these colleges and universities receive the most applications per year.

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1
St. John's University
Queens, NY
54,871
2
New York University
New York, NY
40,910
3
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
36,387
4
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
31,792
5
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
30,256
6
SUNY Binghamton University
Vestal, NY
28,101
7
SUNY Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
26,911
8
Columbia University
New York, NY
26,179
9
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
25,884
10
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
22,703
11
SUNY University at Albany
Albany, NY
21,960
12
SUNY University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
21,357
13
CUNY City College of New York
New York, NY
20,672
14
CUNY Baruch College
New York, NY
18,716
15
CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
18,455
16
CUNY Queens College
Flushing, NY
18,453
17
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
15,806
18
SUNY New Paltz
New Paltz, NY
15,204
19
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
14,987
20
CUNY Lehman College
Bronx, NY
14,934
21
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
14,583
22
West Point
West Point, NY
13,954
23
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
13,436
24
CUNY John Jay Criminal Justice
New York, NY
12,911
25
SUNY Cortland
Cortland, NY
12,348