2026 Best Colleges for Design in New York

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35 New York schools ranked in Kollegio's 2026 Best Colleges for Design ranking, based on U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard data.

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$67,000

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Average aid package

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$82,308

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1200

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#1 Best Colleges for Design

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy

Acceptance rate

58.5%

Institution type

4YEAR

Total Tuition Cost

$57,100

Avg. Cost after Aid

$40,000

#2 Best Colleges for Design

Syracuse University

Syracuse

Acceptance rate

41.7%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$55,920

Avg. Cost after Aid

$44,000

#3 Best Colleges for Design

Marist College

Poughkeepsie

Acceptance rate

56.5%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$40,675

Avg. Cost after Aid

$38,000

#4 Best Colleges for Design

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester

Acceptance rate

71.4%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$50,225

Avg. Cost after Aid

$35,000

#5 Best Colleges for Design

Farmingdale State College--SUNY

Farmingdale

Acceptance rate

63.3%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$7,070

Avg. Cost after Aid

$6,000

#6 Best Colleges for Design

State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz

Acceptance rate

58.7%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$7,070

Avg. Cost after Aid

$18,481

#7 Best Colleges for Design

Queens College of the City University of New York

Flushing

Acceptance rate

68.5%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$6,930

Avg. Cost after Aid

$3,750

#8 Best Colleges for Design

St. John's College (IL)

Queens

Acceptance rate

83.4%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$43,962

Avg. Cost after Aid

$29,656

#9 Best Colleges for Design

SUNY College--Cortland

Cortland

Acceptance rate

59.8%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$7,070

Avg. Cost after Aid

$18,000

#10 Best Colleges for Design

SUNY--Oneonta

Oneonta

Acceptance rate

69.6%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$7,070

Avg. Cost after Aid

$18,000

#11 Best Colleges for Design

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury

Acceptance rate

78.1%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$38,060

Avg. Cost after Aid

$23,000

#12 Best Colleges for Design

Daemen University

Amherst

Acceptance rate

76.2%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$30,590

Avg. Cost after Aid

$20,000

#13 Best Colleges for Design

Mount Saint Mary College

Newburgh

Acceptance rate

82.5%

Institution type

4YEAR

Total Tuition Cost

$34,782

Avg. Cost after Aid

$23,000

#14 Best Colleges for Design

Pratt Institute

Brooklyn

Acceptance rate

53.2%

Institution type

4YEAR

Total Tuition Cost

$53,566

Avg. Cost after Aid

$46,000

#15 Best Colleges for Design

Nazareth University

Rochester

Acceptance rate

79.5%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$35,890

Avg. Cost after Aid

$31,000

#16 Best Colleges for Design

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill

Acceptance rate

82.2%

Institution type

UPWG

Total Tuition Cost

$34,500

Avg. Cost after Aid

$19,000

#17 Best Colleges for Design

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica

Acceptance rate

78.4%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$7,070

Avg. Cost after Aid

$10,000

#18 Best Colleges for Design

Russell Sage College

Troy

Acceptance rate

76.2%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$32,394

Avg. Cost after Aid

$23,000

#19 Best Colleges for Design

Lehman College of the City University of New York

Bronx

Acceptance rate

55.4%

Institution type

4YEAR

Total Tuition Cost

$6,930

Avg. Cost after Aid

$4,974

#20 Best Colleges for Design

Long Island University

Brooklyn

Acceptance rate

89.8%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$37,296

Avg. Cost after Aid

$23,000

#21 Best Colleges for Design

State University of New York at Oswego

Oswego

Acceptance rate

80.4%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$7,070

Avg. Cost after Aid

$17,231

#22 Best Colleges for Design

The New School for Public Engagement

New York

Acceptance rate

62.5%

Institution type

UNIV

Total Tuition Cost

$51,122

Avg. Cost after Aid

N/A

#23 Best Colleges for Design

SUNY--Fredonia

Fredonia

Acceptance rate

79.2%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$7,070

Avg. Cost after Aid

$16,000

#24 Best Colleges for Design

SUNY Brockport

Brockport

Acceptance rate

71.3%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$7,070

Avg. Cost after Aid

$15,844

#25 Best Colleges for Design

Purchase College--SUNY

Purchase

Acceptance rate

74.0%

Institution type

COMP

Total Tuition Cost

$7,070

Avg. Cost after Aid

$19,000

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