Colleges in New York That Accept a 26 ACT
A 26 ACT 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 ACT, from U.S. Department of Education data. Only New York schools are listed here.
Likely
Schools where the average admitted student is below 26 ACT. You are above their typical applicant.
- Mount Saint Mary College — Newburgh, NY · 22 avg ACT
- State University of New York at Cortland — Cortland, NY · 25 avg ACT
- St Bonaventure University — Saint Bonaventure, NY · 24 avg ACT
- Niagara University — Niagara University, NY · 25 avg ACT
- Farmingdale State College — Farmingdale, NY · 24 avg ACT
- D'Youville University — Buffalo, NY · 24 avg ACT
- University of Mount Saint Vincent — Bronx, NY · 20 avg ACT
- Alfred University — Alfred, NY · 25 avg ACT
- Hartwick College — Oneonta, NY · 25 avg ACT
- St. Francis College — Brooklyn, NY · 24 avg ACT
- Mercy University — Dobbs Ferry, NY · 25 avg ACT
- Marymount Manhattan College — New York, NY · 25 avg ACT
- SUNY College of Technology at Canton — Canton, NY · 20 avg ACT
- SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill — Cobleskill, NY · 19 avg ACT
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 26 ACT. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- United States Merchant Marine Academy — Kings Point, NY · 27 avg ACT
- SUNY Maritime College — Throggs Neck, NY · 26 avg ACT
- Adelphi University — Garden City, NY · 26 avg ACT
- St. John Fisher University — Rochester, NY · 26 avg ACT
- St. John's University-New York — Queens, NY · 26 avg ACT
- Le Moyne College — Syracuse, NY · 27 avg ACT
- University at Albany — Albany, NY · 26 avg ACT
- St. Joseph's University-New York — Brooklyn, NY · 26 avg ACT
- Iona University — New Rochelle, NY · 26 avg ACT
- State University of New York at New Paltz — New Paltz, NY · 27 avg ACT
- Pace University — New York, NY · 26 avg ACT
- School of Visual Arts — New York, NY · 26 avg ACT
- Roberts Wesleyan University — Rochester, NY · 26 avg ACT
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute — Utica, NY · 27 avg ACT
- State University of New York at Oswego — Oswego, NY · 27 avg ACT
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 26 ACT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — Albany, NY · 30 avg ACT
- Union College — Schenectady, NY · 30 avg ACT
- Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 29 avg ACT
- Syracuse University — Syracuse, NY · 30 avg ACT
- Marist University — Poughkeepsie, NY · 28 avg ACT
- Molloy University — Rockville Centre, NY · 29 avg ACT
- University at Buffalo — Buffalo, NY · 28 avg ACT
- Hobart William Smith Colleges — Geneva, NY · 29 avg ACT
- SUNY College at Geneseo — Geneseo, NY · 28 avg ACT
- Hofstra University — Hempstead, NY · 29 avg ACT
- Pratt Institute-Main — Brooklyn, NY · 30 avg ACT
- New York Institute of Technology — Old Westbury, NY · 28 avg ACT
- Canisius University — Buffalo, NY · 28 avg ACT
- St. Thomas Aquinas College — Sparkill, NY · 29 avg ACT
- Long Island University — Brookville, NY · 28 avg ACT
All colleges that accept a 26 ACT, nationwide
Colleges in New York That Accept a 26 ACT on PickACampus
