Colleges in New York That Accept a 1500 SAT

A 1500 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 1500 SAT. You are above their typical applicant.

• Syracuse University — Syracuse, NY · 1375 avg SAT
• St Lawrence University — Canton, NY · 1371 avg SAT
• Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 1304 avg SAT
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Troy, NY · 1456 avg SAT
• Le Moyne College — Syracuse, NY · 1255 avg SAT
• Nazareth University — Rochester, NY · 1216 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
• University at Buffalo — Buffalo, NY · 1295 avg SAT
• Binghamton University — Vestal, NY · 1415 avg SAT
• State University of New York at Oswego — Oswego, NY · 1187 avg SAT
• Niagara University — Niagara University, NY · 1168 avg SAT
• The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art — New York, NY · 1410 avg SAT
• Utica University — Utica, NY · 1110 avg SAT

Target

Schools where the average admitted student is right around 1500 SAT. These are realistic, competitive picks.

• Cornell University — Ithaca, NY · 1535 avg SAT
• New York University — New York, NY · 1520 avg SAT
• University of Rochester — Rochester, NY · 1488 avg SAT
• Colgate University — Hamilton, NY · 1508 avg SAT
• Hamilton College — Clinton, NY · 1506 avg SAT
• Vassar College — Poughkeepsie, NY · 1494 avg SAT
• Webb Institute — Glen Cove, NY · 1496 avg SAT
• Barnard College — New York, NY · 1520 avg SAT
• Jewish Theological Seminary of America — New York, NY · 1500 avg SAT

Reach

Schools where the average admitted student is above 1500 SAT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.

• Columbia University in the City of New York — New York, NY · 1553 avg SAT

All colleges that accept a 1500 SAT, nationwide

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