New York: aid after freshman year

Four-year colleges in New York, ranked by the gap between the average freshman grant and the average grant in later years.

Official price reports: SUNY state-operated campuses · CUNY senior colleges (systemwide)

We have IPEDS 2022-23 grant data for 128 four-year colleges in New York. At 108 of them, the average grant for continuing undergraduates was lower than the average freshman grant. The median gap was $1,566 per recipient, compared with $1,064 nationally.

The largest gaps: Columbia University in the City of New York ($14,983), New York University ($9,777), Barnard College ($8,152). Median gap at public colleges: $778 (38 colleges); at private nonprofits: $2,392 (90 colleges).

Explain the numbers

Freshman grant: total grant aid to first-time, full-time freshmen divided by the number who got grants (2022-23).
Later years: the same average for all other degree-seeking undergraduates who got grants, including transfers and part-time students.
Drop: freshman average minus later-years average. Above zero means later-year recipients averaged less. In New York, 108 of 128 colleges are above zero and 108 meet our traditional 4-year filter.
Median: half of the colleges in New York have a smaller drop than $1,566, half larger.
IPEDS data runs about two years behind; current-year prices come from state reports where available.

Averages across recipients, not a prediction for one student. Colleges with large part-time or online enrollment are marked; read the methodology. See 2026-27 published costs for this state.

#	College	Freshman grant	Later years	Drop
1	Columbia University in the City of New York New York · Private	$65,173	$50,190	$14,983
2	New York University New York · Private	$48,269	$38,492	$9,777
3	Barnard College New York · Private	$56,190	$48,039	$8,152
4	Vassar College Poughkeepsie · Private	$53,840	$46,422	$7,418
5	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy · Private	$43,994	$36,964	$7,030
6	Long Island University Brookville · Private · large part-time/online share	$29,747	$23,253	$6,493
7	Daemen University Amherst · Private	$25,136	$18,735	$6,401
8	St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure · Private	$27,508	$21,214	$6,295
9	Keuka College Keuka Park · Private	$27,624	$21,382	$6,243
10	Mount Saint Mary College Newburgh · Private · large part-time/online share	$27,222	$21,044	$6,178
11	Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North Liverpool · Private	$14,970	$9,004	$5,966
12	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester · Private	$31,931	$26,011	$5,920
13	Hilbert College Hamburg · Private	$17,839	$11,992	$5,847
14	Niagara University Niagara University · Private	$31,682	$26,019	$5,663
15	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany · Private	$25,414	$19,780	$5,634
16	The College of Saint Rose Albany · Private	$28,162	$22,648	$5,514
17	Roberts Wesleyan University Rochester · Private	$26,173	$20,741	$5,432
18	New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury · Private	$30,945	$25,682	$5,263
19	Molloy College Rockville Centre · Private	$22,111	$16,864	$5,248
20	D'Youville University Buffalo · Private	$22,559	$17,527	$5,032
21	St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn · Private	$20,939	$16,004	$4,935
22	Russell Sage College Troy · Private	$27,394	$22,614	$4,780
23	St. Thomas Aquinas College Sparkill · Private · large part-time/online share	$30,197	$25,537	$4,660
24	Pace University New York · Private	$34,148	$29,577	$4,571
25	Manhattan College Riverdale · Private	$34,438	$29,946	$4,492
26	Wagner College Staten Island · Private	$35,322	$30,834	$4,488
27	St. John's University-New York Queens · Private · large part-time/online share	$33,773	$29,344	$4,429
28	Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva · Private	$47,463	$43,310	$4,152
29	Mercy University Dobbs Ferry · Private	$15,611	$11,579	$4,032
30	University of Mount Saint Vincent Bronx · Private	$29,860	$25,862	$3,998
31	Hamilton College Clinton · Private	$54,359	$50,391	$3,967
32	Adelphi University Garden City · Private	$28,776	$24,961	$3,815
33	Hofstra University Hempstead · Private	$33,007	$29,214	$3,794
34	Marymount Manhattan College New York · Private	$25,446	$21,897	$3,549
35	Ithaca College Ithaca · Private	$31,876	$28,593	$3,282
36	Dominican University New York Orangeburg · Private	$22,544	$19,444	$3,100
37	St. John Fisher University Rochester · Private	$23,599	$20,505	$3,094
38	Le Moyne College Syracuse · Private	$29,066	$26,012	$3,054
39	Nazareth University Rochester · Private	$24,793	$21,802	$2,992
40	Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson · Private	$56,380	$53,410	$2,970
41	Utica University Utica · Private · large part-time/online share	$14,241	$11,374	$2,867
42	Iona University New Rochelle · Private	$29,258	$26,554	$2,704
43	SUNY Brockport Brockport · Public	$10,241	$7,587	$2,654
44	Clarkson University Potsdam · Private	$43,097	$40,623	$2,474
45	Talmudical Seminary of Bobov Brooklyn · Private	$17,745	$15,273	$2,472
46	Siena College Loudonville · Private	$29,727	$27,294	$2,433
47	Canisius University Buffalo · Private	$22,779	$20,426	$2,352
48	SUNY College at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh · Public	$11,162	$9,053	$2,109
49	Marist College Poughkeepsie · Private	$23,836	$21,785	$2,051
50	Elmira College Elmira · Private	$26,386	$24,371	$2,015
51	Union College Schenectady · Private	$38,751	$36,736	$2,015
52	Villa Maria College Buffalo · Private	$17,794	$15,780	$2,014
53	CUNY Lehman College Bronx · Public · large part-time/online share	$9,389	$7,411	$1,978
54	Manhattanville College Purchase · Private	$28,762	$26,791	$1,971
55	The New School New York · Private	$20,504	$18,565	$1,939
56	Yeshiva University New York · Private	$31,055	$29,197	$1,858
57	Colgate University Hamilton · Private	$56,696	$54,886	$1,810
58	Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary Ossining · Private	$12,535	$10,732	$1,803
59	St. Francis College Brooklyn · Private · large part-time/online share	$18,540	$16,816	$1,724
60	University of Rochester Rochester · Private	$41,700	$40,049	$1,651
61	American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York · Private	$17,627	$15,977	$1,650
62	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York · Public	$9,867	$8,236	$1,631
63	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York · Private	$39,187	$37,575	$1,611
64	Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion Brooklyn · Private	$10,796	$9,210	$1,586
65	State University of New York at Oswego Oswego · Public	$10,518	$8,973	$1,545
66	CUNY City College New York · Public	$9,236	$7,725	$1,511
67	CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn · Public · large part-time/online share	$9,290	$7,821	$1,469
68	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York · Public	$9,284	$7,819	$1,465
69	Empire State University Saratoga Springs · Public · large part-time/online share	$7,071	$5,708	$1,363
70	Hartwick College Oneonta · Private	$39,578	$38,218	$1,360
71	The Juilliard School New York · Private · large part-time/online share	$38,649	$37,312	$1,337
72	CUNY Queens College Queens · Public · large part-time/online share	$8,904	$7,644	$1,260
73	Associated Beth Rivkah Schools Brooklyn · Private	$8,218	$7,006	$1,212
74	Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology Flushing · Private · large part-time/online share	$7,718	$6,560	$1,158
75	CUNY Hunter College New York · Public	$9,624	$8,512	$1,112
76	SUNY Old Westbury Old Westbury · Public	$9,516	$8,441	$1,075
77	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn · Public · large part-time/online share	$7,904	$6,854	$1,050
78	SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia · Public	$9,404	$8,356	$1,047
79	Binghamton University Vestal · Public	$10,832	$9,862	$969
80	Touro University New York · Private · large part-time/online share	$11,190	$10,297	$894
81	Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel Monroe · Private	$15,409	$14,551	$858
82	College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island · Public	$8,174	$7,369	$805
83	Fashion Institute of Technology New York · Public	$7,940	$7,151	$789
84	University at Buffalo Buffalo · Public	$9,996	$9,209	$787
85	CUNY York College Jamaica · Public · large part-time/online share	$7,896	$7,112	$785
86	CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn · Public · large part-time/online share	$7,896	$7,127	$770
87	Wells College Aurora · Private	$27,056	$26,307	$749
88	Rabbinical Seminary of America Flushing · Private	$10,651	$9,982	$669
89	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse · Public · large part-time/online share	$8,675	$8,036	$639
90	Fordham University Bronx · Private	$33,278	$32,643	$635
91	Alfred University Alfred · Private	$28,371	$27,741	$630
92	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi · Public	$9,072	$8,482	$590
93	Farmingdale State College Farmingdale · Public	$8,523	$7,973	$549
94	Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science Paul Smiths · Private	$24,536	$23,990	$546
95	Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo · Private · large part-time/online share	$9,382	$8,854	$528
96	Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn · Private	$25,213	$24,703	$510
97	Culinary Institute of America Hyde Park · Private	$18,211	$17,746	$465
98	Stony Brook University Stony Brook · Public	$10,266	$9,838	$428
99	SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam · Public	$9,778	$9,359	$420
100	Bryant & Stratton College-Online Orchard Park · Private · large part-time/online share	$5,948	$5,563	$385
101	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill · Public	$8,668	$8,290	$378
102	Cornell University Ithaca · Private	$56,741	$56,384	$356
103	SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton · Public · large part-time/online share	$8,491	$8,180	$311
104	SUNY Morrisville Morrisville · Public	$8,815	$8,536	$279
105	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo · Public	$8,921	$8,642	$279
106	University at Albany Albany · Public	$9,747	$9,506	$241
107	SUNY at Purchase College Purchase · Public	$9,627	$9,456	$172
108	SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica · Public	$8,137	$8,088	$49
109	Beth Medrash Meor Yitzchok Monsey · Private	$9,662	$9,747	−$85
110	SUNY Oneonta Oneonta · Public	$9,255	$9,345	−$90
111	Yeshiva of Machzikai Hadas Brooklyn · Private	$11,760	$11,916	−$156
112	Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz Brooklyn · Private	$7,455	$7,646	−$191
113	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred · Public	$8,952	$9,193	−$242
114	SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck · Public	$8,231	$8,482	−$250
115	State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz · Public	$8,776	$9,039	−$262
116	SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo · Public	$7,738	$8,027	−$289
117	Yeshivath Viznitz Monsey · Private	$9,724	$10,046	−$322
118	Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville · Private	$35,677	$36,019	−$342
119	State University of New York at Cortland Cortland · Public	$8,034	$8,463	−$428
120	Skidmore College Saratoga Springs · Private	$49,522	$50,048	−$526
121	St Lawrence University Canton · Private	$43,490	$44,235	−$745
122	Houghton University Houghton · Private	$7,149	$7,983	−$834
123	Congregation Talmidei Mesivta Tiferes Shmiel Aleksander Brooklyn · Private	$15,222	$16,158	−$936
124	United Talmudical Seminary Brooklyn · Private	$13,156	$14,128	−$972
125	Yeshiva of Kasho Brooklyn · Private	$8,497	$9,537	−$1,040
126	Syracuse University Syracuse · Private	$29,110	$31,802	−$2,692
127	Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary Spring Valley · Private	$14,395	$17,169	−$2,774
128	Manhattan School of Music New York · Private	$22,868	$26,305	−$3,437

Source: IPEDS SFA 2022-23.

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