It isn\u2019t a simple decision to choose where to go to college, as the quality of a school can have an impact on a student\u2019s experience and future career success.<\/p>\n
WalletHub released its 2026\u2019s Best College & University Rankings report<\/a> to find top-performing schools with the lowest costs for undergraduates.<\/p>\n WalletHub compared nearly 800 higher-education institutions in the United States across 30 key measures, such as student-faculty ratio, graduation rate, and post-attendance median salary.<\/p>\n Here are the top 10 colleges and universities in New York, along with their locations and overall nationwide rankings.<\/p>\n 10 – Binghamton University<\/p>\n Location: Binghamton<\/p>\n Nationwide ranking: 74<\/p>\n 9 – University of Rochester<\/p>\n Location: Rochester<\/p>\n Nationwide ranking: 66<\/p>\n 8 – Colgate University<\/p>\n Location: Hamilton<\/p>\n Nationwide ranking: 61<\/p>\n 7 – New York University<\/p>\n Location: Manhattan<\/p>\n Nationwide ranking: 52<\/p>\n 6 – Barnard College<\/p>\n Location: Manhattan<\/p>\n Nationwide ranking: 41<\/p>\n 5 – Vassar College<\/p>\n Location: Poughkeepsie<\/p>\n Nationwide ranking: 39<\/p>\n 4 – The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art<\/p>\n Location: Manhattan<\/p>\n Nationwide ranking: 37<\/p>\n 3 – Hamilton College<\/p>\n Location: Clinton<\/p>\n Nationwide ranking: 33<\/p>\n 2 – Cornell University<\/p>\n Location: Ithaca<\/p>\n Nationwide ranking: 29<\/p>\n 1 – Columbia University<\/p>\n Location: Manhattan<\/p>\n Nationwide ranking: 11<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It isn\u2019t a simple decision to choose where to go to college, as the quality of a school…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-1320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}