Best Colleges in New York
All 277 colleges in New York, ranked by overall quality and led by Cornell University, Columbia University in the City of New York and New York University. 81 public, 196 private. median out-of-state tuition $17,408. lowest in-state tuition $895 at United States Merchant Marine Academy. Each school below shows its acceptance rate, tuition and average SAT.
By major in New York
- 1. Cornell University — Ithaca, NY · 8.8% acceptance · SAT 1,535 · $69,314 tuition · 95% grad rate
- 2. Columbia University in the City of New York — New York, NY · 4% acceptance · SAT 1,553 · $71,845 tuition · 96% grad rate
- 3. New York University — New York, NY · 9.2% acceptance · SAT 1,520 · $62,796 tuition · 88% grad rate
- 4. University of Rochester — Rochester, NY · 40.1% acceptance · SAT 1,488 · $67,080 tuition · 85% grad rate
- 5. Syracuse University — Syracuse, NY · 45.9% acceptance · SAT 1,375 · $65,528 tuition · 84% grad rate
- 6. St Lawrence University — Canton, NY · 54% acceptance · SAT 1,371 · $65,900 tuition · 79% grad rate
- 7. Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 77% acceptance · SAT 1,304 · $59,398 tuition · 75% grad rate
- 8. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Troy, NY · 63.5% acceptance · SAT 1,456 · $64,081 tuition · 84% grad rate
- 9. Colgate University — Hamilton, NY · 13.9% acceptance · SAT 1,508 · $70,306 tuition · 91% grad rate
- 10. Hamilton College — Clinton, NY · 13.6% acceptance · SAT 1,506 · $68,960 tuition · 91% grad rate
- 11. Le Moyne College — Syracuse, NY · 83% acceptance · SAT 1,255 · $40,330 tuition · 73% grad rate
- 12. Nazareth University — Rochester, NY · 74.7% acceptance · SAT 1,216 · $42,450 tuition · 73% grad rate
- 13. Rochester Institute of Technology — Rochester, NY · 66.9% acceptance · SAT 1,383 · $59,274 tuition · 70% grad rate
- 14. Fordham University — Bronx, NY · 59.3% acceptance · SAT 1,418 · $64,915 tuition · 82% grad rate
- 15. Stony Brook University — Stony Brook, NY · 49% acceptance · SAT 1,419 · $32,741 tuition · 76% grad rate
- 16. University at Buffalo — Buffalo, NY · 74.2% acceptance · SAT 1,295 · $31,536 tuition · 75% grad rate
- 17. Binghamton University — Vestal, NY · 38.6% acceptance · SAT 1,415 · $30,447 tuition · 82% grad rate
- 18. State University of New York at Oswego — Oswego, NY · 80.6% acceptance · SAT 1,187 · $18,735 tuition · 60% grad rate
- 19. Canisius University — Buffalo, NY · 72.4% acceptance · $34,500 tuition · 66% grad rate
- 20. Niagara University — Niagara University, NY · 87.4% acceptance · SAT 1,168 · $39,345 tuition · 75% grad rate
- 21. Vassar College — Poughkeepsie, NY · 18.6% acceptance · SAT 1,494 · $71,030 tuition · 91% grad rate
- 22. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art — New York, NY · 20.7% acceptance · SAT 1,410 · $46,820 tuition · 81% grad rate
- 23. State University of New York at Cortland — Cortland, NY · 59.8% acceptance · $18,784 tuition · 68% grad rate
- 24. Utica University — Utica, NY · 92% acceptance · SAT 1,110 · $26,930 tuition · 56% grad rate
- 25. SUNY at Fredonia — Fredonia, NY · 77.7% acceptance · SAT 1,250 · $19,771 tuition · 50% grad rate
- 26. Hofstra University — Hempstead, NY · 68.1% acceptance · SAT 1,319 · $57,660 tuition · 69% grad rate
- 27. Ithaca College — Ithaca, NY · 69% acceptance · SAT 1,312 · $53,540 tuition · 76% grad rate
- 28. Union College — Schenectady, NY · 43.9% acceptance · SAT 1,395 · $69,039 tuition · 80% grad rate
- 29. Skidmore College — Saratoga Springs, NY · 21.1% acceptance · SAT 1,405 · $67,290 tuition · 83% grad rate
- 30. Keuka College — Keuka Park, NY · 68.1% acceptance · $39,332 tuition · 58% grad rate
- 31. State University of New York at Plattsburgh — Plattsburgh, NY · 78.4% acceptance · SAT 1,165 · $18,945 tuition · 59% grad rate
- 32. SUNY College at Geneseo — Geneseo, NY · 66.5% acceptance · SAT 1,286 · $19,569 tuition · 71% grad rate
- 33. SUNY College at Potsdam — Potsdam, NY · 77.7% acceptance · $18,678 tuition · 45% grad rate
- 34. Pratt Institute-Main — Brooklyn, NY · 73.3% acceptance · SAT 1,290 · $61,845 tuition · 74% grad rate
- 35. Webb Institute — Glen Cove, NY · 14% acceptance · SAT 1,496 · $63,214 tuition · 88% grad rate
- 36. United States Military Academy — West Point, NY · 12.5% acceptance · SAT 1,355 · 87% grad rate
- 37. United States Merchant Marine Academy — Kings Point, NY · 34.2% acceptance · SAT 1,207 · $895 tuition · 82% grad rate
- 38. Yeshiva University — New York, NY · 55.6% acceptance · SAT 1,426 · $51,800 tuition · 83% grad rate
- 39. Barnard College — New York, NY · 8.8% acceptance · SAT 1,520 · $69,888 tuition · 93% grad rate
- 40. CUNY Graduate School and University Center — New York, NY · 68.5% acceptance · $15,185 tuition
- 41. Alfred University — Alfred, NY · 73.8% acceptance · SAT 1,279 · $41,500 tuition · 57% grad rate
- 42. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College — New York, NY · 47.5% acceptance · SAT 1,280 · $15,414 tuition · 72% grad rate
- 43. Bard College — Annandale-On-Hudson, NY · 52.1% acceptance · SAT 1,380 · $66,436 tuition · 68% grad rate
- 44. CUNY Brooklyn College — Brooklyn, NY · 58.4% acceptance · SAT 1,140 · $15,402 tuition · 54% grad rate
- 45. CUNY Hunter College — New York, NY · 53.8% acceptance · SAT 1,280 · $15,332 tuition · 57% grad rate
- 46. CUNY Lehman College — Bronx, NY · 56.6% acceptance · SAT 970 · $15,360 tuition · 51% grad rate
- 47. CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice — New York, NY · 57.1% acceptance · SAT 1,080 · $15,420 tuition · 56% grad rate
- 48. Hobart William Smith Colleges — Geneva, NY · 64% acceptance · SAT 1,319 · $65,117 tuition · 77% grad rate
- 49. CUNY City College — New York, NY · 60% acceptance · SAT 1,260 · $15,290 tuition · 57% grad rate
- 50. State University of New York at New Paltz — New Paltz, NY · 61.6% acceptance · SAT 1,265 · $18,822 tuition · 72% grad rate
- 51. Sarah Lawrence College — Bronxville, NY · 61.7% acceptance · SAT 1,366 · $66,862 tuition · 71% grad rate
- 52. CUNY York College — Jamaica, NY · 64.1% acceptance · SAT 880 · $15,308 tuition · 32% grad rate
- 53. The New School — New York, NY · 63.5% acceptance · $58,694 tuition · 69% grad rate
- 54. Touro University — New York, NY · 60.8% acceptance · SAT 1,348 · $22,450 tuition · 72% grad rate
- 55. Marist University — Poughkeepsie, NY · 56.5% acceptance · SAT 1,295 · $47,750 tuition · 80% grad rate
- 56. St. John Fisher University — Rochester, NY · 66.4% acceptance · SAT 1,214 · $41,190 tuition · 74% grad rate
- 57. CUNY Queens College — Queens, NY · 64.4% acceptance · SAT 1,120 · $15,488 tuition · 53% grad rate
- 58. Hartwick College — Oneonta, NY · 69.6% acceptance · SAT 1,200 · $54,962 tuition · 53% grad rate
- 59. Farmingdale State College — Farmingdale, NY · 63.3% acceptance · SAT 1,147 · $18,536 tuition · 53% grad rate
- 60. University at Albany — Albany, NY · 69.1% acceptance · $31,256 tuition · 61% grad rate
- 61. SUNY Oneonta — Oneonta, NY · 69.6% acceptance · SAT 1,230 · $19,781 tuition · 69% grad rate
- 62. Siena College — Loudonville, NY · 69% acceptance · SAT 1,254 · $46,580 tuition · 75% grad rate
- 63. SUNY Brockport — Brockport, NY · 70.7% acceptance · SAT 1,193 · $15,822 tuition · 55% grad rate
- 64. St. Joseph's University-New York — Brooklyn, NY · 72.1% acceptance · SAT 1,190 · $36,550 tuition · 69% grad rate
- 65. SUNY at Purchase College — Purchase, NY · 74.1% acceptance · SAT 1,312 · $19,203 tuition · 63% grad rate
- 66. Elmira College — Elmira, NY · 77% acceptance · SAT 1,314 · $38,976 tuition · 65% grad rate
- 67. Hilbert College — Hamburg, NY · 97.2% acceptance · $33,740 tuition · 56% grad rate
- 68. Houghton University — Houghton, NY · 88.7% acceptance · SAT 1,284 · $18,430 tuition · 65% grad rate
- 69. Marymount Manhattan College — New York, NY · 82.6% acceptance · SAT 1,214 · $41,870 tuition · 49% grad rate
- 70. Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology — Flushing, NY · $29,810 tuition · 39% grad rate
- 71. Adelphi University — Garden City, NY · 65.9% acceptance · SAT 1,219 · $49,110 tuition · 67% grad rate
- 72. SUNY Adirondack — Queensbury, NY · $9,616 tuition · 37% grad rate
- 73. Bryant & Stratton College-Albany — Albany, NY · $18,374 tuition · 29% grad rate
- 74. Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — Albany, NY · 52.7% acceptance · SAT 1,252 · $41,475 tuition · 68% grad rate
- 75. American Academy of Dramatic Arts-New York — New York, NY · 92% acceptance · $40,650 tuition · 96% grad rate
- 76. American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service — New York, NY · $20,018 tuition · 25% grad rate
- 77. Berkeley College-New York — New York, NY · $29,800 tuition · 44% grad rate
- 78. Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing — New York, NY · 100% grad rate
- 79. Boricua College — New York, NY · $13,025 tuition · 81% grad rate
- 80. SUNY Broome Community College — Binghamton, NY · $14,288 tuition · 23% grad rate
- 81. Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North — Liverpool, NY · $18,768 tuition · 32% grad rate
- 82. Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo — Buffalo, NY · $18,910 tuition · 21% grad rate
- 83. Bryant & Stratton College-Greece — Rochester, NY · $20,073 tuition · 10% grad rate
- 84. St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens — Rego Park, NY · $17,433 tuition · 56% grad rate
- 85. Cayuga County Community College — Auburn, NY · $12,336 tuition · 30% grad rate
- 86. Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz — Brooklyn, NY · 87.4% acceptance · $8,400 tuition · 5% grad rate
- 87. Clinton Community College — Plattsburgh, NY · $6,831 tuition · 37% grad rate
- 88. Cochran School of Nursing — Yonkers, NY
- 89. Metropolitan College of New York — New York, NY · 90% acceptance · $20,188 tuition · 40% grad rate
- 90. Columbia-Greene Community College — Hudson, NY · $11,448 tuition · 46% grad rate
- 91. SUNY Corning Community College — Corning, NY · $10,326 tuition · 34% grad rate
- 92. Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital — East Syracuse, NY · 77.8% acceptance · $21,213 tuition · 100% grad rate
- 93. Culinary Institute of America — Hyde Park, NY · 91.2% acceptance · SAT 1,060 · $39,850 tuition · 63% grad rate
- 94. CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College — New York, NY · $8,050 tuition · 25% grad rate
- 95. CUNY Bronx Community College — Bronx, NY · $8,086 tuition · 16% grad rate
- 96. College of Staten Island CUNY — Staten Island, NY · 92.3% acceptance · SAT 1,040 · $15,440 tuition · 34% grad rate
- 97. CUNY Hostos Community College — Bronx, NY · $8,134 tuition · 16% grad rate
- 98. CUNY Kingsborough Community College — Brooklyn, NY · $8,132 tuition · 28% grad rate
- 99. CUNY LaGuardia Community College — Long Island City, NY · $8,098 tuition · 24% grad rate
- 100. CUNY Medgar Evers College — Brooklyn, NY · 86.1% acceptance · SAT 920 · $15,302 tuition · 20% grad rate
- 101. CUNY New York City College of Technology — Brooklyn, NY · 80.3% acceptance · SAT 1,010 · $15,282 tuition · 21% grad rate
- 102. CUNY Queensborough Community College — Bayside, NY · $8,090 tuition · 24% grad rate
- 103. D'Youville University — Buffalo, NY · 81.4% acceptance · SAT 1,130 · $34,940 tuition · 67% grad rate
- 104. Daemen University — Amherst, NY · 68.3% acceptance · $35,218 tuition · 59% grad rate
- 105. Dominican University New York — Orangeburg, NY · 63.3% acceptance · $34,220 tuition · 53% grad rate
- 106. Dutchess Community College — Poughkeepsie, NY · $10,670 tuition · 30% grad rate
- 107. Belanger School of Nursing — Schenectady, NY · $12,444 tuition · 100% grad rate
- 108. Erie Community College — Buffalo, NY · $11,300 tuition · 28% grad rate
- 109. Fashion Institute of Technology — New York, NY · 60.2% acceptance · $16,874 tuition · 81% grad rate
- 110. Finger Lakes Community College — Canandaigua, NY · $8,418 tuition · 30% grad rate
- 111. Five Towns College — Dix Hills, NY · 53.8% acceptance · $30,250 tuition · 55% grad rate
- 112. Fulton-Montgomery Community College — Johnstown, NY · $6,798 tuition · 40% grad rate
- 113. Genesee Community College — Batavia, NY · $6,500 tuition · 31% grad rate
- 114. Helene Fuld College of Nursing — New York, NY · 17% acceptance · $25,852 tuition
- 115. Herkimer County Community College — Herkimer, NY · $5,776 tuition · 35% grad rate
- 116. Hudson Valley Community College — Troy, NY · $11,852 tuition · 35% grad rate
- 117. Iona University — New Rochelle, NY · 86.9% acceptance · SAT 1,217 · $47,260 tuition · 56% grad rate
- 118. Jamestown Community College — Jamestown, NY · $6,840 tuition · 40% grad rate
- 119. Jefferson Community College — Watertown, NY · $11,700 tuition · 28% grad rate
- 120. Jewish Theological Seminary of America — New York, NY · 48.6% acceptance · SAT 1,500 · $67,357 tuition · 90% grad rate
- 121. The Juilliard School — New York, NY · 9.2% acceptance · $57,950 tuition · 93% grad rate
- 122. Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary — Ossining, NY · $13,200 tuition · 63% grad rate
- 123. LIM College — New York, NY · 95.9% acceptance · SAT 1,035 · $33,504 tuition · 51% grad rate
- 124. Long Island University — Brookville, NY · 86.2% acceptance · SAT 1,224 · $42,432 tuition · 57% grad rate
- 125. Machzikei Hadath Rabbinical College — Brooklyn, NY · 100% acceptance · $13,500 tuition · 33% grad rate
- 126. Mandl School-The College of Allied Health — New York, NY · $21,700 tuition · 48% grad rate
- 127. Manhattan University — Riverdale, NY · 78.9% acceptance · SAT 1,270 · $53,400 tuition · 64% grad rate
- 128. Manhattan School of Music — New York, NY · 40.8% acceptance · $57,050 tuition · 78% grad rate
- 129. Manhattanville University — Purchase, NY · 87.3% acceptance · $44,604 tuition · 58% grad rate
- 130. Maria College of Albany — Albany, NY · 44.5% acceptance · $18,740 tuition · 30% grad rate
- 131. St. Peter's Hospital College of Nursing — Albany, NY · 100% acceptance · $15,358 tuition
- 132. Mercy University — Dobbs Ferry, NY · 85.8% acceptance · $22,880 tuition · 46% grad rate
- 133. Mesivta Torah Vodaath Rabbinical Seminary — Brooklyn, NY · 80% acceptance · $15,200 tuition · 50% grad rate
- 134. Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute — Brooklyn, NY · 89.3% acceptance · $13,600 tuition · 73% grad rate
- 135. Mohawk Valley Community College — Utica, NY · $8,851 tuition · 38% grad rate
- 136. Molloy University — Rockville Centre, NY · 81.7% acceptance · SAT 1,187 · $39,790 tuition · 70% grad rate
- 137. Monroe University — Bronx, NY · 67.5% acceptance · $18,464 tuition · 57% grad rate
- 138. Monroe Community College — Rochester, NY · $11,056 tuition · 27% grad rate
- 139. Mount Saint Mary College — Newburgh, NY · 88.9% acceptance · SAT 1,150 · $43,450 tuition · 65% grad rate
- 140. Montefiore School of Nursing — Mount Vernon, NY
- 141. University of Mount Saint Vincent — Bronx, NY · 85.1% acceptance · SAT 1,090 · $44,540 tuition · 57% grad rate
- 142. Nassau Community College — Garden City, NY · $12,130 tuition · 23% grad rate
- 143. Niagara County Community College — Sanborn, NY · $12,030 tuition · 32% grad rate
- 144. North Country Community College — Saranac Lake, NY · $9,370 tuition · 29% grad rate
- 145. New York Institute of Technology — Old Westbury, NY · 81% acceptance · SAT 1,311 · $46,560 tuition · 59% grad rate
- 146. Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary — Peekskill, NY · 100% acceptance · $10,150 tuition
- 147. Onondaga Community College — Syracuse, NY · $11,392 tuition · 27% grad rate
- 148. Orange County Community College — Middletown, NY · $12,334 tuition · 25% grad rate
- 149. Pace University — New York, NY · 75.9% acceptance · SAT 1,266 · $53,290 tuition · 60% grad rate
- 150. Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science — Paul Smiths, NY · 76.5% acceptance · $33,009 tuition · 51% grad rate
- 151. Plaza College — Forest Hills, NY · 30% acceptance · $15,450 tuition · 68% grad rate
- 152. Davis College — Pottersville, NY · 56.3% acceptance · $18,000 tuition · 27% grad rate
- 153. Rabbinical Academy Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin — Brooklyn, NY · 93.6% acceptance · $10,800 tuition · 46% grad rate
- 154. Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion — Brooklyn, NY · $10,000 tuition · 83% grad rate
- 155. Rabbinical College of Long Island — Long Beach, NY · 100% acceptance · $10,290 tuition · 23% grad rate
- 156. Rabbinical Seminary of America — Flushing, NY · 98.5% acceptance · $10,000 tuition · 30% grad rate
- 157. Roberts Wesleyan University — Rochester, NY · 70.6% acceptance · SAT 1,170 · $38,826 tuition · 67% grad rate
- 158. Rockland Community College — Suffern, NY · $6,862 tuition · 29% grad rate
- 159. Russell Sage College — Troy, NY · 53.3% acceptance · $38,164 tuition · 56% grad rate
- 160. St Bonaventure University — Saint Bonaventure, NY · 81.7% acceptance · SAT 1,197 · $41,735 tuition · 67% grad rate
- 161. St. Francis College — Brooklyn, NY · $28,775 tuition · 55% grad rate
- 162. St. Joseph's College of Nursing — Syracuse, NY · 100% acceptance · $23,816 tuition · 100% grad rate
- 163. St. Thomas Aquinas College — Sparkill, NY · 93.1% acceptance · SAT 1,000 · $39,450 tuition · 54% grad rate
- 164. Samaritan Hospital School of Nursing — Troy, NY · 100% acceptance · $15,358 tuition · 50% grad rate
- 165. Schenectady County Community College — Schenectady, NY · $8,974 tuition · 32% grad rate
- 166. Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College — Lawrence, NY · $11,700 tuition
- 167. Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing — Utica, NY · 100% acceptance · $30,000 tuition
- 168. St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island — Staten Island, NY · $17,492 tuition · 46% grad rate
- 169. St. John's University-New York — Queens, NY · 83.4% acceptance · SAT 1,244 · $53,020 tuition · 66% grad rate
- 170. Sullivan County Community College — Loch Sheldrake, NY · $12,132 tuition · 33% grad rate
- 171. SUNY College of Technology at Alfred — Alfred, NY · 75.7% acceptance · SAT 1,094 · $16,837 tuition · 55% grad rate
- 172. SUNY College of Technology at Canton — Canton, NY · 92.2% acceptance · $13,572 tuition · 38% grad rate
- 173. SUNY College of Technology at Delhi — Delhi, NY · 89% acceptance · SAT 1,004 · $12,762 tuition · 45% grad rate
- 174. SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill — Cobleskill, NY · 84% acceptance · $18,678 tuition · 42% grad rate
- 175. SUNY Morrisville — Morrisville, NY · 91.5% acceptance · SAT 1,130 · $19,245 tuition · 28% grad rate
- 176. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry — Syracuse, NY · 63.3% acceptance · $22,263 tuition · 66% grad rate
- 177. SUNY Polytechnic Institute — Utica, NY · 81.4% acceptance · SAT 1,201 · $21,215 tuition · 55% grad rate
- 178. SUNY Buffalo State University — Buffalo, NY · 73% acceptance · SAT 1,070 · $19,653 tuition · 33% grad rate
- 179. SUNY Old Westbury — Old Westbury, NY · 83.6% acceptance · $18,842 tuition · 45% grad rate
- 180. SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University — Brooklyn, NY
- 181. Empire State University — Saratoga Springs, NY · $17,558 tuition · 41% grad rate
- 182. SUNY Maritime College — Throggs Neck, NY · 72.4% acceptance · SAT 1,214 · $19,159 tuition · 64% grad rate
- 183. Upstate Medical University — Syracuse, NY
- 184. Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences — New York, NY · $27,066 tuition · 57% grad rate
- 185. Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah — Brooklyn, NY · 77.2% acceptance · $8,750 tuition · 22% grad rate
- 186. Tompkins Cortland Community College — Dryden, NY · $12,855 tuition · 26% grad rate
- 187. Trocaire College — Buffalo, NY · 97.5% acceptance · $20,640 tuition · 31% grad rate
- 188. Excelsior University — Albany, NY
- 189. Ulster County Community College — Stone Ridge, NY · $12,146 tuition · 34% grad rate
- 190. United Talmudical Seminary — Brooklyn, NY · $15,000 tuition · 58% grad rate
- 191. Villa Maria College — Buffalo, NY · 86.6% acceptance · $28,670 tuition · 31% grad rate
- 192. School of Visual Arts — New York, NY · 92.6% acceptance · SAT 1,320 · $51,400 tuition · 76% grad rate
- 193. Wagner College — Staten Island, NY · 88% acceptance · SAT 1,243 · $53,200 tuition · 65% grad rate
- 194. The College of Westchester — White Plains, NY · 94.4% acceptance · $25,191 tuition · 38% grad rate
- 195. SUNY Westchester Community College — Valhalla, NY · $12,486 tuition · 25% grad rate
- 196. Yeshiva Karlin Stolin — Brooklyn, NY · $13,300 tuition · 23% grad rate
- 197. Yeshiva Derech Chaim — Brooklyn, NY · 88.2% acceptance · $12,700 tuition · 80% grad rate
- 198. Yeshiva of Nitra Rabbinical College — Chester, NY · $14,000 tuition · 11% grad rate
- 199. Yeshivath Viznitz — Monsey, NY · $12,000 tuition · 69% grad rate
- 200. Yeshivath Zichron Moshe — South Fallsburg, NY · 30% acceptance · $10,880 tuition · 70% grad rate
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