TuitionScope

Colleges in New York for 1150 SAT Scores: Where You Fall in the Middle 50%

New York has 88 main-campus colleges that report SAT percentiles to College Scorecard. A score of 1150 on the SAT is inside the middle 50% at 42 of them, below the 25th percentile at 41 (a reach) and above the 75th percentile at 5 (above typical).

Those 42 typical colleges have a median net price of $19,133 and a median acceptance rate of 74%. By sector, 20 public and 22 private nonprofit; 41 report a test-optional policy.

Acceptance rates in this group run from 34% at United States Merchant Marine Academy to 92% at College of Staten Island CUNY, so a score inside the middle 50% says little about an admission decision. The lowest net price among them is $2,984 at CUNY Hunter College.

Nationwide, the 479 typical colleges for this score have a median net price of $20,251 and a median acceptance rate of 78%; in New York the figures are $19,133 and 74%. Test-optional colleges among the 42 in New York: 41. Test-optional colleges often publish ranges that skew high.

How the groups are defined

One rule sorts every college, using the 25th and 75th percentile scores in the College Scorecard data. We never say a college will admit a score; we only show where it falls.

Who is counted
College Scorecard describes these percentiles as the middle 50% of first-time students who enrolled in the fall of 2024; admitted students who did not enroll are not included. Colleges can only report scores for students who submitted them, and colleges that do not require tests often report mostly higher scorers, so their ranges tend to skew high.
  • Reach. Your score is below the school's 25th percentile.
  • Typical. Your score is within the school's middle 50%, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
  • Above typical. Your score is above the school's 75th percentile.
  • SAT totals are approximate. Scorecard publishes 25th and 75th percentiles for the Reading and Writing and Math sections but not for the total, so we add the two 25th percentiles and the two 75th percentiles. Across the 866 colleges that also report Scorecard's average SAT score, the midpoint of that range differs from the average by a median of 15 points (90% are within 45).
  • We do not convert between the SAT and the ACT. This page uses SAT scores only; the other test has its own pages.
Test policy
The test policy comes from the admissions field Scorecard calls ADMCON7. We tag a college as test-optional when it reports that tests are neither required nor recommended, or are considered only if submitted. Test-optional colleges among the 42 typical ones: 41.
Left out: 1,471 of 2,356 main-campus colleges with missing or suppressed SAT percentiles, and 19 dropped because their figures contradict themselves: Scorecard's own average SAT score falls outside the summed section range, so the percentiles and the average describe different groups of students. None had a 25th percentile above the 75th or a value outside the valid range. 866 colleges are counted.
Data periodTest score percentiles: fall 2024 entering class. Acceptance rate: fall 2024 applicants. Net price: average for students receiving aid, academic year 2023-24 (in-state price at public colleges).
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.

Read the full methodology Test-optional colleges and how to read SAT/ACT ranges

Typical: the middle 50% includes 1150 (42)

Your score is within the school's middle 50%, from the 25th to the 75th percentile. Sorted by net price, lowest first; colleges with no reported net price come last. Showing all 42.

1150 SAT: Typical
College Middle 50%
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $2,984 · Acceptance rate: 54%
1100–1420
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $3,033 · Acceptance rate: 48%
1100–1400
CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $3,103 · Acceptance rate: 58%
950–1340
CUNY Lehman College
Bronx, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $3,148 · Acceptance rate: 57%
850–1150
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
New York, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $3,203 · Acceptance rate: 57%
930–1220
CUNY City College
New York, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $3,776 · Acceptance rate: 60%
1070–1430
CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $4,195 · Acceptance rate: 64%
1010–1290
College of Staten Island CUNY
Staten Island, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $5,579 · Acceptance rate: 92%
890–1250
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point, NY
Public · 4-year
Net price: $6,174 · Acceptance rate: 34%
1110–1300
Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $10,867 · Acceptance rate: 63%
1040–1240
SUNY Buffalo State University
Buffalo, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $11,346 · Acceptance rate: 73%
980–1240
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $14,164 · Acceptance rate: 81%
1025–1370
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred
Alfred, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $15,016 · Acceptance rate: 76%
990–1200
SUNY Morrisville
Morrisville, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $15,939 · Acceptance rate: 92%
990–1230
State University of New York at Oswego
Oswego, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $16,236 · Acceptance rate: 81%
1070–1270
SUNY Brockport
Brockport, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $16,353 · Acceptance rate: 71%
1100–1280
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $17,156 · Acceptance rate: 78%
1080–1250
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
Delhi, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $17,225 · Acceptance rate: 89%
910–1160
Niagara University
Niagara University, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $17,248 · Acceptance rate: 87%
1060–1235
St. Joseph's University-New York
Brooklyn, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $19,035 · Acceptance rate: 72%
1110–1270
Utica University
Utica, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $19,108 · Acceptance rate: 92%
990–1250
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $19,158 · Acceptance rate: 70%
1120–1310
D'Youville University
Buffalo, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $20,433 · Acceptance rate: 81%
995–1220
University of Mount Saint Vincent
Bronx, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $21,696 · Acceptance rate: 85%
1011–1178
SUNY Maritime College
Throggs Neck, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $22,367 · Acceptance rate: 72%
1123–1288
Elmira College
Elmira, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $22,386 · Acceptance rate: 77%
1090–1385
Roberts Wesleyan University
Rochester, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $23,130 · Acceptance rate: 71%
990–1305
Molloy University
Rockville Centre, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $24,347 · Acceptance rate: 82%
1088–1290
Alfred University
Alfred, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $25,620 · Acceptance rate: 74%
1095–1310
St Bonaventure University
Saint Bonaventure, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $27,074 · Acceptance rate: 82%
1065–1290
St. John Fisher University
Rochester, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,945 · Acceptance rate: 66%
1120–1300
Iona University
New Rochelle, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $29,188 · Acceptance rate: 87%
1110–1300
Nazareth University
Rochester, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $29,357 · Acceptance rate: 75%
1070–1320
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Albany, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $29,882 · Acceptance rate: 53%
1110–1380
St. John's University-New York
Queens, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $29,999 · Acceptance rate: 83%
1150–1340
Adelphi University
Garden City, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $30,783 · Acceptance rate: 66%
1120–1340
Hartwick College
Oneonta, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $31,320 · Acceptance rate: 70%
1070–1290
Long Island University
Brookville, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $33,062 · Acceptance rate: 86%
1110–1350
Siena University
Loudonville, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $33,733 · Acceptance rate: 69%
1110–1360
Culinary Institute of America
Hyde Park, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $36,113 · Acceptance rate: 91%
928–1183
Marymount Manhattan College
New York, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $36,861 · Acceptance rate: 83%
1105–1323
Pratt Institute-Main
Brooklyn, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $52,659 · Acceptance rate: 73%
1150–1390

Reach: 1150 is below the 25th percentile (41)

Your score is below the school's 25th percentile. Closest first: the colleges whose 25th percentile is nearest above 1150. Showing 20 of 41.

1150 SAT: Reach
College Middle 50%
SUNY at Fredonia
Fredonia, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $15,897 · Acceptance rate: 78%
1160–1370
Le Moyne College
Syracuse, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $22,277 · Acceptance rate: 83%
1160–1330
State University of New York at New Paltz
New Paltz, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $18,809 · Acceptance rate: 62%
1170–1340
Houghton University
Houghton, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $20,519 · Acceptance rate: 89%
1170–1375
Manhattan University
Riverdale, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $27,256 · Acceptance rate: 79%
1180–1358
Pace University
New York, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $30,892 · Acceptance rate: 76%
1180–1340
SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $18,913 · Acceptance rate: 74%
1185–1380
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
For-profit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $57,914 · Acceptance rate: 93%
1188–1490
SUNY College at Geneseo
Geneseo, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $18,211 · Acceptance rate: 66%
1190–1340
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $22,443 · Acceptance rate: 81%
1190–1420
Wagner College
Staten Island, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,241 · Acceptance rate: 88%
1190–1290
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $31,563 · Acceptance rate: 64%
1190–1385
Marist University
Poughkeepsie, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $41,544 · Acceptance rate: 57%
1190–1340
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $30,305 · Acceptance rate: 77%
1200–1390
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $20,995 · Acceptance rate: 74%
1210–1380
Touro University
New York, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $29,627 · Acceptance rate: 61%
1218–1453
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $33,926 · Acceptance rate: 69%
1230–1390
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $34,176 · Acceptance rate: 68%
1230–1400
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $41,437 · Acceptance rate: 62%
1240–1430
St Lawrence University
Canton, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,651 · Acceptance rate: 54%
1255–1420

Above typical: 1150 is above the 75th percentile (5)

Your score is above the school's 75th percentile. Closest first: the colleges whose 75th percentile is nearest below 1150. Showing all 5.

1150 SAT: Above typical
College Middle 50%
CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $5,127 · Acceptance rate: 80%
900–1140
LIM College
New York, NY
For-profit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $38,667 · Acceptance rate: 96%
960–1138
St. Thomas Aquinas College
Sparkill, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $19,994 · Acceptance rate: 93%
880–1085
CUNY Medgar Evers College
Brooklyn, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $5,718 · Acceptance rate: 86%
850–1020
CUNY York College
Jamaica, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $4,456 · Acceptance rate: 64%
790–960

National view

See all 479 typical colleges nationwide for 1150 SAT

More New York score bands

1150 SAT in other states

Nearby SAT scores

Every SAT score page

Keep reading