88 New York Colleges Make Money's 2020-21 'Best' List

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26 August, 2020

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NEW YORK — More than six months into the new coronavirus pandemic, colleges are struggling to resume in-person classes and, in some cases, reverting back to online courses only days into the new semester. Such challenges raise a question: Is a college degree today worth the actual cost? Enter Money magazine. The publication this week released its annual ranking of the best colleges for the money. The list, which includes 88 schools in New York, is meant to assuage the financial anxiety associated with the high price of college in the United States. The 2020 list includes more than 700 colleges and universities. Colleges included in Money's rankings had to meet certain criteria, such as having a graduation rate at or above the median and having at least 500 students. Colleges were then ranked based on 26 factors in three categories: quality of education, affordability and outcomes. Each category is weighted equally in calculating the rankings. See the full methodology used by Money. The following colleges in New York were included on this year's list, with their ranking and location: 33 CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College, New York39 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York44 Columbia University in the City of New York, New York49 Cornell University, Ithaca54 Hamilton College, Clinton69 Stony Brook University, Stony Brook73 Binghamton University, Vestal84 Colgate University, Hamilton94 University at Buffalo, Buffalo99 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse107 SUNY Cortland, Cortland113 CUNY City College, New York115 CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York119 SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta128 Union College, Schenectady133 CUNY Hunter College, New York136 SUNY at Albany, Albany138 St Lawrence University, Canton145 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie147 Barnard College, New York157 State University of New York at New Paltz, New Paltz162 CUNY Queens College, Queens163 SUNY Maritime College, Throggs Neck164 CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn167 CUNY Lehman College, Bronx172 Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale187 SUNY College at Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh195 Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs197 University of Rochester, Rochester206 Molloy College, Rockville Centre211 St. Joseph's College-New York, Brooklyn216 Siena College, Loudonville218 Clarkson University, Potsdam224 SUNY College at Geneseo, Geneseo226 Manhattan College, Riverdale227 Le Moyne College, Syracuse232 SUNY College at Brockport, Brockport239 Syracuse University, Syracuse254 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy267 Iona College, New Rochelle271 Niagara University, Niagara281 New York University, New York286 Canisius College, Buffalo287 Yeshiva University, New York303 SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Utica323 The Sage Colleges, Troy329 Marist College, Poughkeepsie336 St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill344 Hobart William Smith Colleges, Geneva372 Ithaca College, Ithaca373 SUNY at Fredonia, Fredonia382 SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego402 Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester405 SUNY College of Technology at Alfred, Alfred407 Fordham University, Bronx418 College of Mount Saint Vincent, Bronx424 Hilbert College, Hamburg425 SUNY College at Potsdam, Potsdam432 Alfred University, Alfred439 Saint John Fisher College, Rochester440 SUNY College at Old Westbury, Old Westbury445 St John's University-New York, Queens458 Adelphi University, Garden City464 Houghton College, Houghton468 St Bonaventure University, Saint Bonaventure478 Elmira College, Elmira479 Wagner College, Staten Island499 SUNY at Purchase College, Purchase507 Touro College, New York508 Daemen College, Amherst515 Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry546 Keuka College, Keuka Park562 The College of Saint Rose, Albany585 Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester587 Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson595 SUNY Buffalo State, Buffalo603 Utica College, Utica617 SUNY College of Technology at Delhi, Delhi627 Dominican College of Blauvelt, Orangeburg643 Hofstra University, Hempstead647 Pratt Institute-Main, Brooklyn668 Nazareth College, Rochester674 SUNY College of Technology at Canton, Canton681 Cazenovia College, Cazenovia687 The New School, New York701 Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville706 Nyack College, New York714 St Francis College, Brooklyn Heights According to Money, the top 10 colleges for your money are: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts Stanford University, Stanford, California. Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Duke University, Durham, North Carolina University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee University of California-San Diego University of California-Davis See the full rankings and read more about Money's list.