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Best ROI colleges in New York

Ten years of reported earnings premium, measured against four years of net price plus earnings forgone while studying.

127eligible colleges$45kcomparison earnings
LOWER10-YEAR ROIHIGHER
1
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY · Private nonprofit
+154%+$410,110
2
United States Merchant Marine AcademyKings Point, NY · Public
+151%+$308,334
3
SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, NY · Public
+114%+$308,482
4
Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · Private nonprofit
+100%+$295,810
5
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, NY · Public
+89%+$170,828
6
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY · Private nonprofit
+78%+$252,728
7
Helene Fuld College of NursingNew York, NY · Private nonprofit
+68%+$249,906
8
Molloy UniversityRockville Centre, NY · Private nonprofit
+60%+$165,532
9
Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, NY · Private nonprofit
+49%+$147,600
10
Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, NY · Private nonprofit
+42%+$121,396
11
CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY · Public
+33%+$62,994
12
University of RochesterRochester, NY · Private nonprofit
+33%+$97,478
13
Binghamton UniversityVestal, NY · Public
+32%+$85,340
14
Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY · Public
+31%+$79,444
15
Wagner CollegeStaten Island, NY · Private nonprofit
+21%+$60,066
16
Barnard CollegeNew York, NY · Private nonprofit
+18%+$53,400
17
New York UniversityNew York, NY · Private nonprofit
+17%+$57,240
18
New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, NY · Private nonprofit
+16%+$41,978
19
CUNY City CollegeNew York, NY · Public
+14%+$27,166
20
D'Youville UniversityBuffalo, NY · Private nonprofit
+14%+$35,598
21
Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY · Private nonprofit
+13%+$38,216
22
Pace UniversityNew York, NY · Private nonprofit
+13%+$39,132
23
Union CollegeSchenectady, NY · Private nonprofit
+11%+$36,016
24
Hamilton CollegeClinton, NY · Private nonprofit
+9%+$27,600
25
SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, NY · Public
+9%+$21,834
26
Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY · Private nonprofit
+9%+$27,926
27
University of Mount Saint VincentBronx, NY · Private nonprofit
+7%+$17,936
28
Trocaire CollegeBuffalo, NY · Private nonprofit
+6%+$14,166
29
CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, NY · Public
+4%+$8,670
30
Adelphi UniversityGarden City, NY · Private nonprofit
+4%+$11,248
31
Utica UniversityUtica, NY · Private nonprofit
+2%+$6,238
32
Fordham UniversityBronx, NY · Private nonprofit
+1%+$4,718
33
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, NY · Public
+0%+$878
34
College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, NY · Public
−1%−$2,716
35
Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, NY · Public
−2%−$3,738
36
CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, NY · Public
−2%−$4,122
37
Mount Saint Mary CollegeNewburgh, NY · Private nonprofit
−2%−$6,168
38
Daemen UniversityAmherst, NY · Private nonprofit
−5%−$12,822
39
Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, NY · Private nonprofit
−9%−$30,896
40
Long Island UniversityBrookville, NY · Private nonprofit
−9%−$28,288
41
Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY · Private nonprofit
−11%−$37,082
42
University at BuffaloBuffalo, NY · Public
−11%−$29,610
43
St. John's University-New YorkQueens, NY · Private nonprofit
−11%−$34,406
44
Iona UniversityNew Rochelle, NY · Private nonprofit
−16%−$48,082
45
Hofstra UniversityHempstead, NY · Private nonprofit
−16%−$51,554
46
Yeshiva UniversityNew York, NY · Private nonprofit
−16%−$61,900
47
Maria College of AlbanyAlbany, NY · Private nonprofit
−18%−$42,538
48
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, NY · Public
−19%−$36,862
49
St. Francis CollegeBrooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit
−20%−$51,726
50
University at AlbanyAlbany, NY · Public
−21%−$52,698

Eligibility requires a currently operating college, a reported bachelor’s-level program, at least 500 students, observed earnings and annual average net price of at least $1,000. State rank is relative only to eligible institutions in New York.

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