Colleges in New York That Accept a 3.5 GPA

A 3.5 GPA 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 GPA, from U.S. Department of Education data. Only New York schools are listed here.

Likely

Schools where the average admitted student is below 3.5 GPA. You are above their typical applicant.

• Utica University — Utica, NY · 3.20 avg GPA
• SUNY at Fredonia — Fredonia, NY · 3.25 avg GPA
• Keuka College — Keuka Park, NY · 3.10 avg GPA
• State University of New York at Plattsburgh — Plattsburgh, NY · 3.20 avg GPA
• SUNY College at Potsdam — Potsdam, NY · 3.15 avg GPA
• CUNY Graduate School and University Center — New York, NY · 3.00 avg GPA
• CUNY Lehman College — Bronx, NY · 3.30 avg GPA
• CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice — New York, NY · 3.30 avg GPA
• CUNY York College — Jamaica, NY · 3.30 avg GPA
• The New School — New York, NY · 3.00 avg GPA
• Hartwick College — Oneonta, NY · 3.30 avg GPA
• Farmingdale State College — Farmingdale, NY · 3.30 avg GPA
• University at Albany — Albany, NY · 3.00 avg GPA
• SUNY Oneonta — Oneonta, NY · 3.30 avg GPA
• SUNY Brockport — Brockport, NY · 3.30 avg GPA

Target

Schools where the average admitted student is right around 3.5 GPA. These are realistic, competitive picks.

• Le Moyne College — Syracuse, NY · 3.55 avg GPA
• Nazareth University — Rochester, NY · 3.50 avg GPA
• University at Buffalo — Buffalo, NY · 3.50 avg GPA
• State University of New York at Oswego — Oswego, NY · 3.55 avg GPA
• Canisius University — Buffalo, NY · 3.40 avg GPA
• Niagara University — Niagara University, NY · 3.35 avg GPA
• State University of New York at Cortland — Cortland, NY · 3.40 avg GPA
• SUNY College at Geneseo — Geneseo, NY · 3.50 avg GPA
• Pratt Institute-Main — Brooklyn, NY · 3.50 avg GPA
• Alfred University — Alfred, NY · 3.60 avg GPA
• CUNY Bernard M Baruch College — New York, NY · 3.60 avg GPA
• Bard College — Annandale-On-Hudson, NY · 3.60 avg GPA
• CUNY Brooklyn College — Brooklyn, NY · 3.60 avg GPA
• CUNY Hunter College — New York, NY · 3.60 avg GPA
• Hobart William Smith Colleges — Geneva, NY · 3.60 avg GPA

Reach

Schools where the average admitted student is above 3.5 GPA. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.

• New York University — New York, NY · 3.70 avg GPA
• University of Rochester — Rochester, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• Syracuse University — Syracuse, NY · 3.70 avg GPA
• St Lawrence University — Canton, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 3.80 avg GPA
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Troy, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• Rochester Institute of Technology — Rochester, NY · 3.70 avg GPA
• Fordham University — Bronx, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• Stony Brook University — Stony Brook, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• Binghamton University — Vestal, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• Vassar College — Poughkeepsie, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art — New York, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• Hofstra University — Hempstead, NY · 3.70 avg GPA
• Ithaca College — Ithaca, NY · 3.70 avg GPA
• Union College — Schenectady, NY · 3.72 avg GPA

All colleges that accept a 3.5 GPA, nationwide

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