Colleges in New York That Accept a 1300 SAT

A 1300 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 1300 SAT. You are above their typical applicant.

• Le Moyne College — Syracuse, NY · 1255 avg SAT
• 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
• Utica University — Utica, NY · 1110 avg SAT
• SUNY at Fredonia — Fredonia, NY · 1250 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
• 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 City College — New York, NY · 1260 avg SAT
• CUNY York College — Jamaica, NY · 880 avg SAT
• St. John Fisher University — Rochester, NY · 1214 avg SAT
• CUNY Queens College — Queens, NY · 1120 avg SAT

Target

Schools where the average admitted student is right around 1300 SAT. These are realistic, competitive picks.

• Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 1304 avg SAT
• University at Buffalo — Buffalo, NY · 1295 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
• State University of New York at New Paltz — New Paltz, NY · 1265 avg SAT
• Marist University — Poughkeepsie, NY · 1295 avg SAT
• SUNY at Purchase College — Purchase, NY · 1312 avg SAT
• Elmira College — Elmira, NY · 1314 avg SAT
• Houghton University — Houghton, NY · 1284 avg SAT

Reach

Schools where the average admitted student is above 1300 SAT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.

• Syracuse University — Syracuse, NY · 1375 avg SAT
• St Lawrence University — Canton, NY · 1371 avg SAT
• Rochester Institute of Technology — Rochester, NY · 1383 avg SAT
• Fordham University — Bronx, NY · 1418 avg SAT
• Stony Brook University — Stony Brook, NY · 1419 avg SAT
• Binghamton University — Vestal, NY · 1415 avg SAT
• The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art — New York, NY · 1410 avg SAT
• Union College — Schenectady, NY · 1395 avg SAT
• Skidmore College — Saratoga Springs, NY · 1405 avg SAT
• United States Military Academy — West Point, NY · 1355 avg SAT
• Yeshiva University — New York, NY · 1426 avg SAT
• Bard College — Annandale-On-Hudson, NY · 1380 avg SAT
• Sarah Lawrence College — Bronxville, NY · 1366 avg SAT
• Touro University — New York, NY · 1348 avg SAT

All colleges that accept a 1300 SAT, nationwide

Colleges in New York That Accept a 1300 SAT on PickACampus