Four-Year Colleges and Universities in New York

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Adelphi University (Garden City, NY): Private research university
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (Albany, NY): Private specialized health care college
Alfred State College (Alfred, NY): Public specialized multipurpose undergraduate college in the SUNY system
Alfred University (Alfred, NY): Private comprehensive university

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Alliance University (New York, NY): Private Christian undergraduate liberal arts university
Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY): Private liberal arts college
Barnard College (New York, NY): Private liberal arts college for women
Baruch College, CUNY (New York, NY): Public liberal arts college
Berkeley College—New York (New York, NY): Private proprietary undergraduate comprehensive college
Binghamton University (Binghamton, NY): Public comprehensive university in the SUNY system

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Boricua College (New York, NY): Private liberal arts college
Brooklyn College, CUNY (Brooklyn, NY): Public liberal arts college
Buffalo State College (Buffalo, NY): Public multipurpose arts and sciences college in the SUNY system
Canisius University (Buffalo, NY): Private Jesuit Catholic liberal arts and sciences college
Clarkson University (Potsdam, NY): Private research university

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Colgate University (Hamilton, NY): Private highly selective undergraduate liberal arts university
College of Mount St. Vincent (Riverdale, NY): Private Catholic liberal arts college
College of Staten Island CUNY (Staten Island, NY): Public liberal arts college

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Columbia University (New York, NY): Private comprehensive research university

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Cornell University (Ithaca, NY): Private Ivy League land-grant research university
D'Youville College (Buffalo, NY): Private Catholic comprehensive college
Daemen University (Amherst, NY): Private comprehensive university
Davis College (Johnson City, NY): Private Christian specialized undergraduate religious studies college
Dominican University, New York (Orangeburg, NY): Private liberal arts university
Elmira College (Elmira, NY): Private liberal arts college
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School (New York, NY): Private undergraduate liberal arts college
Excelsior College (Albany, NY): Private online learning multipurpose college with a focus on adult education
Farmingdale State College (Farmingdale, NY): Public undergraduate technology and applied sciences college in the SUNY system
Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, NY): Private specialized fashion technical college

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Five Towns College (Dix Hills, NY): Private proprietary specialized multipurpose college
Fordham University (Bronx, NY): Private Jesuit Catholic comprehensive research university

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Hamilton College (Clinton, NY): Private undergraduate liberal arts college
Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY): Private undergraduate liberal arts and sciences college
Hilbert College (Hamburg, NY): Private Catholic liberal arts college
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (Geneva, NY): Private liberal arts college for men
Hofstra University (Hempstead, NY): Private comprehensive university

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Houghton University (Houghton, NY): Private Christian liberal arts and sciences university
Hunter College, CUNY (New York, NY): Public comprehensive college
Iona University (New Rochelle, NY): Private Catholic liberal arts university

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Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY): Private liberal arts college

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Jewish Theological Seminary of America (New York, NY): Private Jewish seminary training school
John Jay College of Criminal Justice (New York, NY): Public criminal justice and liberal arts college in the CUNY system
Juilliard School (New York, NY): Private performing arts conservatory
Keuka College (Keuka Park, NY): Private liberal arts college
LIM College (New York, NY): Private specialized business and fashion college
Le Moyne College (Syracuse, NY): Private Jesuit Catholic liberal arts college
Lehman College, CUNY (Bronx, NY): Public liberal arts college
Long Island University—Brooklyn Campus (Brooklyn, NY): Private comprehensive university
Long Island University—C.W. Post Campus (Brookville, NY): Private comprehensive university
Manhattan College (Riverdale, NY): Private Catholic comprehensive college
Manhattan School of Music (New York, NY): Private specialized performing arts college
Manhattanville University (Purchase, NY): Private liberal arts college

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Marist College (Poughkeepsie, NY): Private comprehensive liberal arts college
Marymount Manhattan College (New York, NY): Private undergraduate liberal arts college

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Medgar Evers College, CUNY (Brooklyn, NY): Public undergraduate liberal arts college
Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry, NY): Private liberal arts and professional studies university

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Metropolitan College of New York (New York, NY): Private multipurpose college
Molloy University (Rockville Centre, NY): Private Catholic liberal arts university

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Monroe College (Bronx, NY): Private proprietary health sciences and professional studies college
Mount Saint Mary College (Newburgh, NY): Private Catholic liberal arts college
Nazareth College (Rochester, NY): Private comprehensive college
New York City College of Technology (Brooklyn, NY): Public specialized undergraduate tech college in the CUNY system
New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury, NY): Private specialized technical college

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New York School of Interior Design (New York, NY): Private specialized design college
New York University (New York, NY): Private comprehensive research university

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Niagara University (Niagara University, NY): Private Catholic comprehensive liberal arts university
Pace University (New York, NY): Private comprehensive university

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Parsons School of Design at The New School (New York, NY): Private specialized visual arts college
Paul Smith's College (Paul Smiths, NY): Private specialized undergraduate multipurpose college
Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY): Private specialized arts and design college
Purchase College (Purchase, NY): Public multipurpose liberal arts and sciences college in the SUNY system
Queens College, CUNY (Queens, NY): Public comprehensive liberal arts college
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY): Private specialized technical college
Roberts Wesleyan College (Rochester, NY): Private Christian liberal arts college
Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, NY): Private specialized technical college

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Russell Sage College (Troy, NY): Private specialized arts, sciences, and professional studies college
SUNY Brockport (Brockport, NY): Public comprehensive college
SUNY Canton (Canton, NY): Public specialized undergraduate technical college
SUNY Cobleskill (Cobleskill, NY): Public specialized undergraduate polytechnic college
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (Syracuse, NY): Public specialized environmental sciences and engineering college
SUNY Cortland (Cortland, NY): Public multipurpose arts and sciences college

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SUNY Delhi (Delhi, NY): Public specialized undergraduate technology college in the SUNY system
SUNY Empire State College (Saratoga Springs, NY): Public comprehensive university
SUNY Fredonia (Fredonia, NY): Public comprehensive liberal arts university
SUNY Geneseo (Geneseo, NY): Public multipurpose liberal arts and sciences college
SUNY Maritime College (Throggs Neck, NY): Public multipurpose and maritime college

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SUNY New Paltz (New Paltz, NY): Public multipurpose arts and sciences college
SUNY Old Westbury (Old Westbury, NY): Public comprehensive university
SUNY Oneonta (Oneonta, NY): Public multipurpose liberal arts and sciences college

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SUNY Oswego (Oswego, NY): Public multipurpose liberal arts and sciences college
SUNY Plattsburgh (Plattsburgh, NY): Public multipurpose liberal arts and sciences college
SUNY Polytechnic Institute (Utica, NY): Public specialized tech and health sciences college

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SUNY Potsdam (Potsdam, NY): Public multipurpose liberal arts and sciences college
Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY): Private liberal arts college
School of Visual Arts (New York, NY): Private specialized undergraduate visual arts college
Siena College (Loudonville, NY): Private Catholic liberal arts college

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Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, NY): Private undergraduate liberal arts college
St. Bonaventure University (St. Bonaventure, NY): Private Catholic comprehensive university

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St. Francis College (Brooklyn Heights, NY): Private Catholic liberal arts college
St. John Fisher College (Rochester, NY): Private Catholic liberal arts university
St. John's University (Queens, NY): Private Catholic comprehensive liberal arts university

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St. Joseph's University—Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY): Private Catholic liberal arts college
St. Joseph's University—Long Island (Patchogue, NY): Private Catholic liberal arts college
St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY): Private undergraduate liberal arts university
St. Thomas Aquinas College (Sparkill, NY): Private liberal arts university
Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY): Public research university in the SUNY system
Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY): Private research university
The City College of New York, CUNY (New York, NY): Public comprehensive university
The College of Saint Rose (Albany, NY): Private Catholic comprehensive college
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (New York, NY): Private specialized multipurpose institution
The Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park (Hyde Park, NY): Private specialized culinary college
The King's College (New York, NY): Private Christian liberal arts college
The New School College of Performing Arts (New York, NY): Private specialized arts college consisting of schools of music, jazz and contemporary music, and drama
The New School for Public Engagement (New York, NY): Multiple private professional studies schools
Touro College (New York, NY): Private Jewish comprehensive and professional education college
Union College (Schenectady, NY): Private undergraduate liberal arts and engineering college
United States Merchant Marine Academy (Kings Point, NY): Public federal undergraduate marine training institution
United States Military Academy (West Point, NY): Public federal undergraduate military training institution
University at Albany (Albany, NY): Public comprehensive university in the SUNY system

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University at Buffalo (Buffalo, NY): Public comprehensive university in the SUNY system
University of Rochester (Rochester, NY): Private research university
Utica College (Utica, NY): Private comprehensive college
Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY): Private undergraduate liberal arts college
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology (Flushing, NY): Private specialized technical college
Wagner College (Staten Island, NY): Private Lutheran liberal arts college

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Webb Institute (Glen Cove, NY): Private specialized naval architecture and marine engineering institution
Yeshiva University (New York, NY): Private Jewish comprehensive university
York College, CUNY (Jamaica, NY): Public liberal arts and career development college

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