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Colleges in New York for 1450 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 1450 on the SAT is inside the middle 50% at 18 of them, below the 25th percentile at 4 (a reach) and above the 75th percentile at 66 (above typical).

Those 18 typical colleges have a median net price of $34,605 and a median acceptance rate of 46%. By sector, 2 public and 15 private nonprofit; 18 report a test-optional policy.

Acceptance rates in this group run from 14% at Hamilton College to 93% at School of Visual Arts, so a score inside the middle 50% says little about an admission decision. The lowest net price among them is $13,269 at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

Nationwide, the 102 typical colleges for this score have a median net price of $30,306 and a median acceptance rate of 38%; in New York the figures are $34,605 and 46%. Test-optional colleges among the 18 in New York: 18. 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 18 typical ones: 18.
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 1450 (18)

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 18.

1450 SAT: Typical
College Middle 50%
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $13,269 · Acceptance rate: 21%
1295–1501
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $18,784 · Acceptance rate: 49%
1330–1500
Binghamton University
Vestal, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $21,620 · Acceptance rate: 39%
1340–1500
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,786 · Acceptance rate: 14%
1430–1540
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,985 · Acceptance rate: 14%
1450–1550
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $29,278 · Acceptance rate: 40%
1410–1540
Touro University
New York, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $29,627 · Acceptance rate: 61%
1218–1453
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $32,297 · Acceptance rate: 21%
1340–1480
Union College
Schenectady, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $34,561 · Acceptance rate: 44%
1310–1480
Bard College
Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $34,649 · Acceptance rate: 52%
1270–1450
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $34,906 · Acceptance rate: 67%
1300–1460
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $36,228 · Acceptance rate: 63%
1375–1510
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $39,343 · Acceptance rate: 19%
1450–1550
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
New York, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $43,195 · Acceptance rate: 49%
1440–1580
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $44,338 · Acceptance rate: 59%
1320–1480
Yeshiva University
New York, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $49,965 · Acceptance rate: 56%
1340–1510
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY
For-profit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $57,914 · Acceptance rate: 93%
1188–1490
Webb Institute
Glen Cove, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $73,043 · Acceptance rate: 14%
1430–1530

Reach: 1450 is below the 25th percentile (4)

Your score is below the school's 25th percentile. Closest first: the colleges whose 25th percentile is nearest above 1450. Showing all 4.

1450 SAT: Reach
College Middle 50%
Barnard College
New York, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,800 · Acceptance rate: 9%
1470–1560
New York University
New York, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $37,050 · Acceptance rate: 9%
1480–1560
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,690 · Acceptance rate: 9%
1500–1570
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $21,590 · Acceptance rate: 4%
1510–1580

Above typical: 1450 is above the 75th percentile (66)

Your score is above the school's 75th percentile. Closest first: the colleges whose 75th percentile is nearest below 1450. Showing 20 of 66.

1450 SAT: Above typical
College Middle 50%
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $38,793 · Acceptance rate: 46%
1270–1440
CUNY City College
New York, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $3,776 · Acceptance rate: 60%
1070–1430
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $41,437 · Acceptance rate: 62%
1240–1430
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $2,984 · Acceptance rate: 54%
1100–1420
New York Institute of Technology
Old Westbury, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $22,443 · Acceptance rate: 81%
1190–1420
St Lawrence University
Canton, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $28,651 · Acceptance rate: 54%
1255–1420
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $3,033 · Acceptance rate: 48%
1100–1400
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $34,176 · Acceptance rate: 68%
1230–1400
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $30,305 · Acceptance rate: 77%
1200–1390
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $33,926 · Acceptance rate: 69%
1230–1390
Pratt Institute-Main
Brooklyn, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $52,659 · Acceptance rate: 73%
1150–1390
Elmira College
Elmira, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $22,386 · Acceptance rate: 77%
1090–1385
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $31,563 · Acceptance rate: 64%
1190–1385
SUNY at Purchase College
Purchase, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $18,913 · Acceptance rate: 74%
1185–1380
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $20,995 · Acceptance rate: 74%
1210–1380
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Albany, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $29,882 · Acceptance rate: 53%
1110–1380
Houghton University
Houghton, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $20,519 · Acceptance rate: 89%
1170–1375
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $14,164 · Acceptance rate: 81%
1025–1370
SUNY at Fredonia
Fredonia, NY
Public · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $15,897 · Acceptance rate: 78%
1160–1370
Siena University
Loudonville, NY
Private nonprofit · 4-year · Test-optional
Net price: $33,733 · Acceptance rate: 69%
1110–1360

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