Colleges in New York That Accept a 1200 SAT

A 1200 SAT is a safety at one school and a long shot at another, so these schools are split into likely, target and reach rather than one list. Every number is the school's own average admitted SAT, from U.S. Department of Education data. Only New York schools are listed here.

Likely

Schools where the average admitted student is below 1200 SAT. You are above their typical applicant.

• Utica University — Utica, NY · 1110 avg SAT
• CUNY Brooklyn College — Brooklyn, NY · 1140 avg SAT
• CUNY Lehman College — Bronx, NY · 970 avg SAT
• CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice — New York, NY · 1080 avg SAT
• CUNY York College — Jamaica, NY · 880 avg SAT
• CUNY Queens College — Queens, NY · 1120 avg SAT
• Farmingdale State College — Farmingdale, NY · 1147 avg SAT
• Culinary Institute of America — Hyde Park, NY · 1060 avg SAT
• College of Staten Island CUNY — Staten Island, NY · 1040 avg SAT
• CUNY Medgar Evers College — Brooklyn, NY · 920 avg SAT
• CUNY New York City College of Technology — Brooklyn, NY · 1010 avg SAT
• D'Youville University — Buffalo, NY · 1130 avg SAT
• LIM College — New York, NY · 1035 avg SAT
• Mount Saint Mary College — Newburgh, NY · 1150 avg SAT
• University of Mount Saint Vincent — Bronx, NY · 1090 avg SAT

Target

Schools where the average admitted student is right around 1200 SAT. These are realistic, competitive picks.

• Nazareth University — Rochester, NY · 1216 avg SAT
• State University of New York at Oswego — Oswego, NY · 1187 avg SAT
• Niagara University — Niagara University, NY · 1168 avg SAT
• State University of New York at Plattsburgh — Plattsburgh, NY · 1165 avg SAT
• United States Merchant Marine Academy — Kings Point, NY · 1207 avg SAT
• St. John Fisher University — Rochester, NY · 1214 avg SAT
• Hartwick College — Oneonta, NY · 1200 avg SAT
• SUNY Oneonta — Oneonta, NY · 1230 avg SAT
• SUNY Brockport — Brockport, NY · 1193 avg SAT
• St. Joseph's University-New York — Brooklyn, NY · 1190 avg SAT
• Marymount Manhattan College — New York, NY · 1214 avg SAT
• Adelphi University — Garden City, NY · 1219 avg SAT
• Iona University — New Rochelle, NY · 1217 avg SAT
• Long Island University — Brookville, NY · 1224 avg SAT
• Molloy University — Rockville Centre, NY · 1187 avg SAT

Reach

Schools where the average admitted student is above 1200 SAT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.

• Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 1304 avg SAT
• Le Moyne College — Syracuse, NY · 1255 avg SAT
• University at Buffalo — Buffalo, NY · 1295 avg SAT
• SUNY at Fredonia — Fredonia, NY · 1250 avg SAT
• Hofstra University — Hempstead, NY · 1319 avg SAT
• Ithaca College — Ithaca, NY · 1312 avg SAT
• SUNY College at Geneseo — Geneseo, NY · 1286 avg SAT
• Pratt Institute-Main — Brooklyn, NY · 1290 avg SAT
• Alfred University — Alfred, NY · 1279 avg SAT
• CUNY Bernard M Baruch College — New York, NY · 1280 avg SAT
• CUNY Hunter College — New York, NY · 1280 avg SAT
• Hobart William Smith Colleges — Geneva, NY · 1319 avg SAT
• CUNY City College — New York, NY · 1260 avg SAT
• State University of New York at New Paltz — New Paltz, NY · 1265 avg SAT
• Marist University — Poughkeepsie, NY · 1295 avg SAT

All colleges that accept a 1200 SAT, nationwide

Colleges in New York That Accept a 1200 SAT on PickACampus