New York offers one of the largest selections of accredited colleges and universities in the nation offering a diversity of degrees and professional training programs. Below is a comprehensive list of regionally and/or nationally accredited 4-year colleges and universities in the state of New York. To find a college or university in a specific region within New York please make your selection from the cities section below.
- Adelphi University
- Albany College of Pharmacy
- Alfred University
- Bard College
- Barnard College
- Boricua College
- Canisius College
- Cazenovia College
- City University of New York System
- Clarkson University
- Colgate University
- College of Mount St. Vincent
- College of New Rochelle
- College of Saint Rose
- Columbia University
- Concordia College
- Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art
- Cornell University
- Culinary Institute of America
- Daemen College
- Dominican College
- Dowling College
- Elmira College
- Excelsior College
- Five Towns College
- Fordham University
- Hamilton College
- Hartwick College
- Hilbert College
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Hofstra University
- Houghton College
- Iona College
- Ithaca College
- The Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- The Juilliard School
- Keuka College
- Le Moyne College
- Laboratory Institute of Merchandising
- Long Island University
- Manhattan College
- Manhattan School of Music
- Manhattanville College
- Marist College
- Marymount Manhattan College
- Medaille College
- Mercy College
- Metropolitan College of New York
- Molloy College
- Monroe College
- Mount Saint Mary College
- Nazareth College
- New York Institute of Technology
- New York University
- Niagara University
- Nyack College
- Pace University
- Parsons The New School for Design
- Paul Smith’s College
- Polytechnic Institute of New York University
- Pratt Institute
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Roberts Wesleyan College
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Sage College of Albany
- Saint Bonaventure University
- Saint Francis College
- Saint John Fisher College
- Saint John’s University
- Saint Joseph’s College
- Saint Lawrence University
- Saint Thomas Aquinas College
- Sarah Lawrence College
- School of Visual Arts
- Siena College
- Skidmore College
- State University of New York System
- Albany
- Binghamton
- Buffalo
- Stony Brook
- College at Brockport
- College at Buffalo (Buffalo State College)
- College at Cortland
- College at Fredonia
- College at Geneseo
- College at New Paltz
- College at Old Westbury
- College at Oneonta
- College at Oswego
- College at Plattsburgh
- College at Potsdam
- College at Purchase
- College of Agriculture & Technology at Cobleskill
- College of Agriculture & Technology at Morrisville (Morrisville State College)
- College of Environmental Science & Forestry
- College of Technology at Alfred (Alfred State University)
- College of Technology at Canton
- College of Technology at Delhi
- Downstate Medical Center
- Empire State College
- Farmingdale State College
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome
- Upstate Medical University
- Syracuse University
- Touro College
- Union College
- United States Merchant Marine Academy
- United States Military Academy
- University of Rochester
- Utica College of Syracuse University
- Vassar College
- Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology
- Wagner College
- Webb Institute
- Wells College
- Yeshiva University
Search accredited 4-year New York colleges and universities by cities.
- Albany
- Alfred
- Amherst
- Annandale-on-Hudson
- Aurora
- Binghamton
- Brockport
- Bronx
- Bronxville
- Brooklyn
- Brooklyn Heights
- Buffalo
- Canton
- Cazenovia
- Clinton
- Cobleskill
- Cortland
- Dix Hills
- Delhi
- Dobbs Ferry
- Elmira
- Farmingdale
- Flushing
- Fredonia
- Garden City
- Geneseo
- Geneva
- Glen Cove
- Hamburg
- Hamilton
- Hempstead
- Houghton
- Hyde Park
- Ithaca
- Jamaica
- Keuka Park
- Kings Point
- Loudonville
- Morrisville
- New Paltz
- New Rochelle
- New York
- Newburgh
- Niagara University
- Nyack
- Oakdale
- Old Westbury
- Oneonta
- Orangeburg
- Oswego
- Plattsburgh
- Potsdam
- Poughkeepsie
- Purchase
- Queens
- Riverdale
- Rochester
- Rockville Centre
- Saratoga Springs
- Schenectady
- Sparkill
- St. Bonaventure
- Staten Island
- Stony Brook
- Syracuse
- Troy
- Utica
- West Point
