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Where your 3.4 fits: Safety, Target or Reach, from each college's reported average GPA and acceptance rate. A guide, not a prediction.
Colleges in New YorkEvery college we list in New York, with its average GPA and test scores where it reports them.
Showing 30 of 223 colleges
Colleges that report an average GPA (14) · best fit first
CUNY City CollegeFairly easy to get into,60% admitted
Average GPA3.40As reported by the college for 2024–25
SAT, middle 50%540–700 R&W530–730 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.4their average 3.40Target
Farmingdale State CollegeFairly easy to get into,63% admitted
Average GPA3.27As reported by the college for 2024–25
SAT, middle 50%520–620 R&W520–620 Math
ACT, middle 50%20–28
Your 3.4their average 3.27Target
Yeshiva UniversityFairly easy to get into,56% admitted
Average GPA3.49As reported by the college for 2023–24
SAT, middle 50%670–740 R&W670–770 Math
ACT, middle 50%29–33
Your 3.4their average 3.49Target
St. John Fisher UniversityFairly easy to get into,66% admitted
Average GPA3.52As reported by the college for 2025–26
SAT, middle 50%560–650 R&W560–650 Math
ACT, middle 50%23–28
Your 3.4their average 3.52Target
SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryFairly easy to get into,63% admitted
Average GPA3.41As reported by the college for 2025–26
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.4their average 3.41Target
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeFairly easy to get into,57% admitted
Average GPA3.17As reported by the college for 2023–24
SAT, middle 50%480–620 R&W450–600 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.4their average 3.17Safety
New York UniversityVery hard to get into,9.2% admitted
Average GPA3.81As reported by the college for 2025–26
SAT, middle 50%720–760 R&W760–800 Math
ACT, middle 50%34–35
Your 3.4their average 3.81Reach
CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeModerate to get into,48% admitted
Average GPA3.66As reported by the college for 2024–25
SAT, middle 50%550–690 R&W550–710 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Your 3.4their average 3.66Reach
Rochester Institute of TechnologyFairly easy to get into,67% admitted
Average GPA3.90As reported by the college for 2025–26
SAT, middle 50%650–720 R&W650–740 Math
ACT, middle 50%29–33
Your 3.4their average 3.90Reach
University of RochesterModerate to get into,40% admitted
Average GPA3.72As reported by the college for 2024–25
SAT, middle 50%680–750 R&W730–790 Math
ACT, middle 50%31–34
Your 3.4their average 3.72Reach
United States Military AcademyHard to get into,12% admitted
Average GPA4.10Weighted, as reported by the college for 2024–25
SAT, middle 50%600–710 R&W600–720 Math
ACT, middle 50%27–33
Your 3.4their weighted average 4.10Reach
Colgate UniversityHard to get into,14% admitted
Average GPA3.85As reported by the college for 2024–25
SAT, middle 50%710–760 R&W720–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%33–34
Your 3.4their average 3.85Reach
Manhattan UniversityEasy to get into,79% admitted
Average GPA3.60As reported by the college for 2025–26
SAT, middle 50%580–680 R&W600–678 Math
ACT, middle 50%25–29
Your 3.4their average 3.60Reach
Hobart William Smith CollegesFairly easy to get into,64% admitted
Average GPA3.62As reported by the college for 2024–25
SAT, middle 50%610–700 R&W580–685 Math
ACT, middle 50%28–32
Your 3.4their average 3.62Reach
More colleges in your filters (no GPA reported)
University at BuffaloFairly easy to get into,74% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%600–680 R&W610–700 Math
ACT, middle 50%27–32
Stony Brook UniversityModerate to get into,49% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%650–730 R&W680–770 Math
ACT, middle 50%29–33
CUNY Hunter CollegeFairly easy to get into,54% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%550–700 R&W550–720 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Cornell UniversityVery hard to get into,8.8% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%730–770 R&W770–800 Math
ACT, middle 50%33–35
Syracuse UniversityModerate to get into,46% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%640–720 R&W630–720 Math
ACT, middle 50%29–32
St. John’s University New YorkEasy to get into,83% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%580–670 R&W570–670 Math
ACT, middle 50%24–29
Binghamton UniversityModerate to get into,39% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%670–740 R&W670–760 Math
ACT, middle 50%30–32
CUNY New York City College of TechnologyEasy to get into,80% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%460–570 R&W440–570 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
CUNY Queens CollegeFairly easy to get into,64% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%500–650 R&W510–640 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
University at AlbanyFairly easy to get into,69% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%–
ACT, middle 50%–
Long Island UniversityEasy to get into,86% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%560–670 R&W550–680 Math
ACT, middle 50%21–30
CUNY Lehman CollegeFairly easy to get into,57% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%440–590 R&W410–560 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
CUNY Brooklyn CollegeFairly easy to get into,58% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%460–660 R&W490–680 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Fordham UniversityFairly easy to get into,59% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%660–730 R&W660–750 Math
ACT, middle 50%30–33
CUNY College of Staten IslandEasy to get into,92% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%460–620 R&W430–630 Math
ACT, middle 50%–
Columbia University in the City of New YorkVery hard to get into,4% admitted
Average GPA–
SAT, middle 50%740–780 R&W770–800 Math
ACT, middle 50%34–35
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Alabama 59 Alaska 7 Arizona 40 Arkansas 47 California 286 Colorado 42 Connecticut 28 Delaware 5 Washington, D.C. 11 Florida 100 Georgia 89 Hawaii 14 Idaho 13 Illinois 117 Indiana 50 Iowa 52 Kansas 53 Kentucky 50 Louisiana 48 Maine 26 Maryland 45 Massachusetts 92 Michigan 77 Minnesota 69 Mississippi 33 Missouri 76 Montana 23 Nebraska 32 Nevada 10 New Hampshire 21 New Jersey 59 New Mexico 29 New York 223 North Carolina 122 North Dakota 19 Ohio 139 Oklahoma 41 Oregon 41 Pennsylvania 160 Rhode Island 12 South Carolina 55 South Dakota 19 Tennessee 66 Texas 164 Utah 18 Vermont 10 Virginia 82 Washington 62 West Virginia 32 Wisconsin 55 Wyoming 8 Northern Mariana Islands 1How to read the figures
University of MichiganHard to get into,16% admitted
Average GPA3.90As reported by the college for 2025–26
SAT, middle 50%680–750 R&W680–780 Math
ACT, middle 50%31–34
- How hard it is to get in: the share of first-year applicants the college admitted for fall 2024. Very hard is under 10%, Hard 10–24%, Moderate 25–49%, Fairly easy 50–74% and Easy 75% or more. Open admission colleges accept everyone, so they have no rate.
- Average GPA: the average high school GPA of the college's first-year students, from the college's own yearly report (its Common Data Set), with the year and, when the college says, whether it's weighted. Colleges calculate GPA in different ways, so use it as a rough guide, not a cutoff.
- Safety, Target and Reach: with your GPA in the box, where it fits at each college that reports an average GPA. Your GPA is compared with the college's average (0.15 or more above it, close to it, or below it), and the acceptance rate decides how much that counts: a college that admits under 15% of applicants is a reach for everyone. Colleges that don't report an average get no label: we never estimate one.
- SAT: the middle 50% of scores of first-year students who sent them, for reading and writing (R&W) and math. A quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it.
- ACT: the middle 50% of overall ACT scores, read the same way.
A dash means the college didn't report that figure.
Where the data comes from
| Figure | Source | Data year |
|---|---|---|
| Acceptance rate, SAT and ACT ranges | The U.S. Department of Education's yearly college survey | Fall 2024 |
| Average high school GPA (268 colleges) | Each college's own yearly report (Common Data Set) | 2023–24 to 2025–26 |
| Average SAT for the SAT filter and sort | College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education | Latest available |
Each college's page also has its enrollment, net price, admission factors and policies on AP and dual credit from the same survey, and gives the year of every figure. Admission policies change every year, so check anything important with the college's admissions office.
Sources
- IPEDS: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data SystemU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
- College Scorecard dataU.S. Department of Education (June 10, 2026 release)
- Common Data Set InitiativeThe standard format colleges use to publish their own admissions data