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Best Biology Colleges in New York

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 50 schools · Agent Insights
50
Schools Analyzed
$70,660
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
69%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$23,617
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 50 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 50
Avg. earnings at 10yr $70,660
Avg. graduation rate 69%
Avg. net price $23,617
Avg. median debt $20,230

How We Ranked

Biology programs in New York ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$73K$131K$0$50KNET PRICECornell UniversityBinghamton UniversityColgate UniversityBarnard CollegeColumbia University

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

Cornell University95%Binghamton University83%Colgate University91%Barnard College93%Columbia University in t…96%Hamilton College91%CUNY Hunter College59%Vassar College90%CUNY Brooklyn College55%University of Rochester85%CUNY Queens College56%Albany College of Pharma…68%SUNY College at Geneseo72%New York Institute of Te…58%Canisius University69%CUNY Lehman College50%Skidmore College82%Le Moyne College72%SUNY College of Environm…68%CUNY York College31%

Top 3

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Graduation95%
Earnings$104,043
Net Price$28,690

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#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

Graduation83%
Earnings$80,596
Net Price$21,620

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#3

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

Graduation91%
Earnings$85,139
Net Price$28,786

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Full Rankings

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · 15,995 students · Private nonprofit

9% accepted 95% graduate $104,043 earnings
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#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY · 14,655 students · Public

39% accepted 83% graduate $80,596 earnings
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#3

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY · 3,180 students · Private nonprofit

14% accepted 91% graduate $85,139 earnings
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#4

Barnard College

New York, NY · 3,264 students · Private nonprofit

9% accepted 93% graduate $80,516 earnings
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#5

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · 8,973 students · Private nonprofit

4% accepted 96% graduate $102,491 earnings
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#6

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY · 2,030 students · Private nonprofit

14% accepted 91% graduate $78,411 earnings
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#7

CUNY Hunter College

New York, NY · 16,289 students · Public

54% accepted 59% graduate $63,163 earnings
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#8

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY · 2,444 students · Private nonprofit

19% accepted 90% graduate $71,366 earnings
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#9

CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY · 10,543 students · Public

58% accepted 55% graduate $60,752 earnings
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#10

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · 6,331 students · Private nonprofit

40% accepted 85% graduate $79,042 earnings
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#11

CUNY Queens College

Queens, NY · 12,550 students · Public

64% accepted 56% graduate $62,763 earnings
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#12

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Albany, NY · 481 students · Private nonprofit

53% accepted 68% graduate $131,426 earnings
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#13

SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo, NY · 3,869 students · Public

66% accepted 72% graduate $67,316 earnings
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#14

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, NY · 3,440 students · Private nonprofit

81% accepted 58% graduate $70,080 earnings
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#15

Canisius University

Buffalo, NY · 1,685 students · Private nonprofit

72% accepted 69% graduate $60,681 earnings
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#16

CUNY Lehman College

Bronx, NY · 10,696 students · Public

57% accepted 50% graduate $58,013 earnings
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#17

Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY · 2,694 students · Private nonprofit

21% accepted 82% graduate $69,363 earnings
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#18

Le Moyne College

Syracuse, NY · 2,439 students · Private nonprofit

83% accepted 72% graduate $62,731 earnings
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#19

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Syracuse, NY · 1,839 students · Public

63% accepted 68% graduate $55,763 earnings
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#20

CUNY York College

Jamaica, NY · 4,345 students · Public

64% accepted 31% graduate $56,945 earnings
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#21

New York University

New York, NY · 28,663 students · Private nonprofit

9% accepted 88% graduate $82,509 earnings
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#22

CUNY City College

New York, NY · 12,505 students · Public

60% accepted 56% graduate $66,039 earnings
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#23

St Lawrence University

Canton, NY · 1,918 students · Private nonprofit

54% accepted 79% graduate $67,258 earnings
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#24

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · 5,714 students · Private nonprofit

63% accepted 83% graduate $102,051 earnings
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#25

CUNY Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, NY · 3,233 students · Public

86% accepted 21% graduate $46,498 earnings
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#26

State University of New York at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, NY · 3,769 students · Public

78% accepted 59% graduate $56,403 earnings
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#27

SUNY Old Westbury

Old Westbury, NY · 4,162 students · Public

84% accepted 46% graduate $58,526 earnings
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#28

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY · 2,196 students · Private nonprofit

77% accepted 74% graduate $89,696 earnings
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#29

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY · 18,101 students · Public

49% accepted 77% graduate $74,502 earnings
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#30

State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz, NY · 6,086 students · Public

62% accepted 70% graduate $58,073 earnings
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#31

Yeshiva University

New York, NY · 2,852 students · Private nonprofit

56% accepted 83% graduate $71,353 earnings
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#32

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, NY · 4,643 students · Public

70% accepted 70% graduate $60,386 earnings
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#33

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY · 5,276 students · Private nonprofit

66% accepted 68% graduate $75,482 earnings
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#34

Fordham University

Bronx, NY · 10,512 students · Private nonprofit

59% accepted 81% graduate $85,569 earnings
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#35

Niagara University

Niagara University, NY · 2,653 students · Private nonprofit

87% accepted 72% graduate $56,196 earnings
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#36

Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY · 1,786 students · Private nonprofit

64% accepted 75% graduate $68,831 earnings
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#37

Siena College

Loudonville, NY · 3,409 students · Private nonprofit

69% accepted 75% graduate $76,079 earnings
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#38

Union College

Schenectady, NY · 2,046 students · Private nonprofit

44% accepted 83% graduate $88,604 earnings
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#39

Roberts Wesleyan University

Rochester, NY · 1,149 students · Private nonprofit

71% accepted 65% graduate $55,031 earnings
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#40

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · 15,477 students · Private nonprofit

46% accepted 82% graduate $79,164 earnings
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#41

SUNY Brockport

Brockport, NY · 5,784 students · Public

71% accepted 56% graduate $54,496 earnings
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#42

SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia, NY · 2,755 students · Public

78% accepted 52% graduate $54,247 earnings
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#43

SUNY Buffalo State University

Buffalo, NY · 5,097 students · Public

73% accepted 35% graduate $52,334 earnings
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#44

Marist University

Poughkeepsie, NY · 5,182 students · Private nonprofit

57% accepted 80% graduate $77,819 earnings
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#45

Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY · 4,242 students · Private nonprofit

69% accepted 75% graduate $63,548 earnings
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#46

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY · 6,488 students · Private nonprofit

68% accepted 68% graduate $69,039 earnings
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#47

Mercy University

Dobbs Ferry, NY · 5,735 students · Private nonprofit

86% accepted 47% graduate $52,055 earnings
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#48

Hartwick College

Oneonta, NY · 1,087 students · Private nonprofit

70% accepted 50% graduate $61,107 earnings
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#49

Mount Saint Mary College

Newburgh, NY · 1,148 students · Private nonprofit

89% accepted 66% graduate $67,705 earnings
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#50

Daemen University

Amherst, NY · 1,643 students · Private nonprofit

68% accepted 59% graduate $61,808 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics. →

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). →

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.

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