Federal data

Largest liberal arts programs in New York

New York liberal arts programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1Excelsior UniversityAlbanyPrivate nonprofit, 4-year1,344
2New York UniversityNew YorkPrivate nonprofit, 4-year691
3CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew YorkPublic, 2-year475
4CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklynPublic, 2-year450
5Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxvillePrivate nonprofit, 4-year333
6CUNY Bronx Community CollegeBronxPublic, 2-year332
7College of Staten Island CUNYStaten IslandPublic, 4-year307
8CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBaysidePublic, 2-year215
9CUNY Hostos Community CollegeBronxPublic, 2-year189
10Touro UniversityNew YorkPrivate nonprofit, 4-year155
11Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-HudsonPrivate nonprofit, 4-year138
12D'Youville UniversityBuffaloPrivate nonprofit, 4-year136
13CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island CityPublic, 2-year124
14SUNY Westchester Community CollegeValhallaPublic, 2-year102
15CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew YorkPublic, 4-year97
16Orange County Community CollegeMiddletownPublic, 2-year92
17Daemen UniversityAmherstPrivate nonprofit, 4-year83
18CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklynPublic, 4-year80
19CUNY City CollegeNew YorkPublic, 4-year77
20The New SchoolNew YorkPrivate nonprofit, 4-year73
21Onondaga Community CollegeSyracusePublic, 2-year73
22Boricua CollegeNew YorkPrivate nonprofit, 4-year55
23Nassau Community CollegeGarden CityPublic, 2-year54
24Rockland Community CollegeSuffernPublic, 2-year53
25Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookPublic, 4-year51

Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.

How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.