Colleges in New York That Accept a 3.7 GPA

A 3.7 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 3.7 GPA. You are above their typical applicant.

• University at Buffalo — Buffalo, NY · 3.50 avg GPA
• SUNY College at Geneseo — Geneseo, NY · 3.50 avg GPA
• Le Moyne College — Syracuse, NY · 3.55 avg GPA
• University at Albany — Albany, NY · 3.00 avg GPA
• St. Joseph's University-New York — Brooklyn, NY · 3.30 avg GPA
• Nazareth University — Rochester, NY · 3.50 avg GPA
• Pratt Institute-Main — Brooklyn, NY · 3.50 avg GPA
• State University of New York at Cortland — Cortland, NY · 3.40 avg GPA
• SUNY Oneonta — Oneonta, NY · 3.30 avg GPA
• Niagara University — Niagara University, NY · 3.35 avg GPA
• Farmingdale State College — Farmingdale, NY · 3.30 avg GPA
• Canisius University — Buffalo, NY · 3.40 avg GPA
• The New School — New York, NY · 3.00 avg GPA
• Elmira College — Elmira, NY · 3.20 avg GPA
• Utica University — Utica, NY · 3.20 avg GPA

Target

Schools where the average admitted student is right around 3.7 GPA. These are realistic, competitive picks.

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Troy, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• New York University — New York, NY · 3.70 avg GPA
• Union College — Schenectady, NY · 3.72 avg GPA
• United States Merchant Marine Academy — Kings Point, NY · 3.72 avg GPA
• Fordham University — Bronx, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art — New York, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• University of Rochester — Rochester, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• Binghamton University — Vestal, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• Vassar College — Poughkeepsie, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 3.80 avg GPA
• Syracuse University — Syracuse, NY · 3.70 avg GPA
• Marist University — Poughkeepsie, NY · 3.60 avg GPA
• Yeshiva University — New York, NY · 3.72 avg GPA
• Stony Brook University — Stony Brook, NY · 3.85 avg GPA
• Skidmore College — Saratoga Springs, NY · 3.85 avg GPA

Reach

Schools where the average admitted student is above 3.7 GPA. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.

• Cornell University — Ithaca, NY · 4.05 avg GPA
• Columbia University in the City of New York — New York, NY · 4.12 avg GPA
• Colgate University — Hamilton, NY · 3.95 avg GPA
• Barnard College — New York, NY · 3.90 avg GPA
• Webb Institute — Glen Cove, NY · 4.00 avg GPA
• Hamilton College — Clinton, NY · 3.95 avg GPA

All colleges that accept a 3.7 GPA, nationwide

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