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.
- Clarkson University — Potsdam, NY · 29 avg ACT
- Le Moyne College — Syracuse, NY · 27 avg ACT
- University at Buffalo — Buffalo, NY · 28 avg ACT
- State University of New York at Oswego — Oswego, NY · 27 avg ACT
- Canisius University — Buffalo, NY · 28 avg ACT
- Niagara University — Niagara University, NY · 25 avg ACT
- State University of New York at Cortland — Cortland, NY · 25 avg ACT
- SUNY at Fredonia — Fredonia, NY · 27 avg ACT
- Hofstra University — Hempstead, NY · 29 avg ACT
- Keuka College — Keuka Park, NY · 26 avg ACT
- State University of New York at Plattsburgh — Plattsburgh, NY · 26 avg ACT
- SUNY College at Geneseo — Geneseo, NY · 28 avg ACT
- United States Merchant Marine Academy — Kings Point, NY · 27 avg ACT
- Alfred University — Alfred, NY · 25 avg ACT
- Hobart William Smith Colleges — Geneva, NY · 29 avg ACT
Target
Schools where the average admitted student is right around 30 ACT. These are realistic, competitive picks.
- Syracuse University — Syracuse, NY · 30 avg ACT
- St Lawrence University — Canton, NY · 31 avg ACT
- Rochester Institute of Technology — Rochester, NY · 31 avg ACT
- Stony Brook University — Stony Brook, NY · 31 avg ACT
- Union College — Schenectady, NY · 30 avg ACT
- Skidmore College — Saratoga Springs, NY · 31 avg ACT
- Pratt Institute-Main — Brooklyn, NY · 30 avg ACT
- United States Military Academy — West Point, NY · 31 avg ACT
- Sarah Lawrence College — Bronxville, NY · 31 avg ACT
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences — Albany, NY · 30 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
- New York University — New York, NY · 34 avg ACT
- University of Rochester — Rochester, NY · 33 avg ACT
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — Troy, NY · 33 avg ACT
- Colgate University — Hamilton, NY · 33 avg ACT
- Hamilton College — Clinton, NY · 34 avg ACT
- Fordham University — Bronx, NY · 32 avg ACT
- Binghamton University — Vestal, NY · 32 avg ACT
- Vassar College — Poughkeepsie, NY · 33 avg ACT
- Webb Institute — Glen Cove, NY · 33 avg ACT
- Barnard College — New York, NY · 33 avg ACT
- Jewish Theological Seminary of America — New York, NY · 33 avg ACT
All colleges that accept a 30 ACT, nationwide
Colleges in New York That Accept a 30 ACT on PickACampus