Colleges in New York that accept a 32 ACT score.
62 four-year colleges in New York are within reach of a 32. 23 of them admit a 32 squarely inside their published range. The least expensive is United States Merchant Marine Academy at $6,174 a year after aid. Each card shows whether a 32 is a reach, in range, or a strong fit, and what that school actually costs. All figures from the U.S. Department of Education.
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Farmingdale State College
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
SUNY at Fredonia
State University of New York at Oswego
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
Niagara University
SUNY College at Geneseo
Stony Brook University
State University of New York at New Paltz
SUNY at Purchase College
St. Joseph's University-New York
SUNY Oneonta
Houghton University
University at Buffalo
Columbia University in the City of New York
Binghamton University
Le Moyne College
SUNY Maritime College
Elmira College
New York Institute of Technology
Molloy University
Mount Saint Mary College
Alfred University
St Bonaventure University
Manhattan University
Wagner College
St Lawrence University
Cornell University
Colgate University
Barnard College
St. John Fisher University
Hamilton College
Iona University
University of Rochester
Nazareth University
Touro University
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
St. John's University-New York
Clarkson University
Adelphi University
Pace University
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Skidmore College
Long Island University
Siena University
Ithaca College
Hofstra University
Union College
Bard College
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
New York University
Syracuse University
Vassar College
Sarah Lawrence College
Marist University
Fordham University
Yeshiva University
Pratt Institute-Main
Webb Institute
A few ACT points would change this list, and the aid behind it.
Find where their points are hiding →Schools shown have a published admitted ACT range within four points of a 32. Net price is total cost of attendance (tuition, fees, housing, books) minus grant and scholarship aid, for students receiving federal aid. Admitted ACT range is the 25th to 75th percentile of admitted students. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
Common questions
What colleges in New York accept a 32 ACT score?
62 four-year colleges in New York are within reach of a 32 ACT score, 23 of which admit a 32 squarely within their published 25th to 75th percentile range. The lowest average net price among them is $6,174 a year at United States Merchant Marine Academy. Figures come from U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard data.
Is a 32 a good ACT score for New York colleges?
A 32 places a student inside the admitted range at 23 four-year colleges in New York. Whether it is a good score depends on the target school: a score above a school's 75th percentile is typically where merit scholarship consideration begins, and crossing that threshold can reduce what a family pays by thousands of dollars a year.