Colleges in New York That Accept a 28 ACT
A 28 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 28 ACT. You are above their typical applicant.
- 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
- Mount Saint Mary College — Newburgh, NY · 22 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
- 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
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 28 ACT. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 29 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
- 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
- SUNY at Purchase College — Purchase, NY · 29 avg ACT
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 28 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
- Fordham University — Bronx, NY · 32 avg ACT
- Binghamton University — Vestal, NY · 32 avg ACT
- Syracuse University — Syracuse, NY · 30 avg ACT
- Stony Brook University — Stony Brook, NY · 31 avg ACT
- Skidmore College — Saratoga Springs, NY · 31 avg ACT
- Rochester Institute of Technology — Rochester, NY · 31 avg ACT
- St Lawrence University — Canton, NY · 31 avg ACT
- Pratt Institute-Main — Brooklyn, NY · 30 avg ACT
- Sarah Lawrence College — Bronxville, NY · 31 avg ACT
- United States Military Academy — West Point, NY · 31 avg ACT
All colleges that accept a 28 ACT, nationwide
Colleges in New York That Accept a 28 ACT on PickACampus
