Colleges in New York That Accept a 30 ACT
A 30 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 30 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
- 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
- Adelphi University — Garden City, NY · 26 avg ACT
- St. John Fisher University — Rochester, NY · 26 avg ACT
- SUNY College at Geneseo — Geneseo, NY · 28 avg ACT
- Hofstra University — Hempstead, NY · 29 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
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 30 ACT. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — Albany, NY · 30 avg ACT
- Union College — Schenectady, NY · 30 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
Reach
Schools where the average admitted student is above 30 ACT. Possible, but you would be applying from below the median.
- Cornell University — Ithaca, NY · 34 avg ACT
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Troy, NY · 33 avg ACT
- Jewish Theological Seminary of America — New York, NY · 33 avg ACT
- Colgate University — Hamilton, NY · 33 avg ACT
- Barnard College — New York, NY · 33 avg ACT
- New York University — New York, NY · 34 avg ACT
- Webb Institute — Glen Cove, NY · 33 avg ACT
- Hamilton College — Clinton, NY · 34 avg ACT
- Fordham University — Bronx, NY · 32 avg ACT
- University of Rochester — Rochester, NY · 33 avg ACT
- Binghamton University — Vestal, NY · 32 avg ACT
- Vassar College — Poughkeepsie, NY · 33 avg ACT
All colleges that accept a 30 ACT, nationwide
Colleges in New York That Accept a 30 ACT on PickACampus
