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Best Psychology, General Schools in New York

New York has 80 colleges offering Psychology, General programs tracked by the College Scorecard, producing 7,834 recent graduates. Graduates earn $30,621 on average within two years, roughly in line with the national average of $29,219.

School choice matters significantly: Barnard College graduates earn $48,432 while Wells College graduates earn $17,560 — a $30,872 gap. Research each program's curriculum, employer connections, and career services before deciding.

80
Schools in NY
$30,621
NY Avg. Earnings
$29,219
National Avg.
1044
Schools Nationally

Public vs Private: Psychology, General in New York

Public Schools (27)
$30,331
avg. 2yr earnings
Private Schools (52)
$30,765
avg. 2yr earnings

Private schools produce $434 more in early earnings on average, but typically cost more. Compare net price to determine which offers better ROI.

Psychology, General Schools in New York, Ranked by Earnings

#1
B

Barnard College

New York, NY · Private

$48,432
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $38,848
Graduates: 27
Acceptance: 8.0%
#2
C

Colgate University

Hamilton, NY · Private

$47,260
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $48,179
Graduates: 28
Acceptance: 11.9%
#3
H

Hamilton College

Clinton, NY · Private

$46,087
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 11.8%
#4
C

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private

$44,747
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $36,163
Graduates: 44
Acceptance: 8.2%
#5
F

Fordham University

Bronx, NY · Private

$36,900
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $36,127
Graduates: 146
Acceptance: 56.3%
#6
S

Skidmore College

Saratoga Springs, NY · Private

$36,668
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $34,416
Graduates: 39
Acceptance: 22.9%
#7
B

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY · Public

$36,488
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,317
Graduates: 197
Acceptance: 37.7%
#8
C

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

New York, NY · Public

$35,546
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $33,883
Graduates: 122
Acceptance: 50.5%
#9
P

Pace University

New York, NY · Private

$35,416
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,250
Graduates: 41
Acceptance: 77.1%
#10
C

CUNY York College

Jamaica, NY · Public

$35,341
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,191
Graduates: 244
Acceptance: 59.4%
#11
U

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · Private

$35,060
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,079
Graduates: 74
Acceptance: 35.9%
#12
U

Union College

Schenectady, NY · Private

$35,060
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $36,157
Graduates: 16
Acceptance: 43.8%
#13
M

Marist University

Poughkeepsie, NY · Private

$34,633
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $34,617
Graduates: 60
Acceptance: 64.7%
#14
S

SUNY Old Westbury

Old Westbury, NY · Public

$34,135
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $32,696
Graduates: 128
Acceptance: 84.6%
#15
H

Hobart William Smith Colleges

Geneva, NY · Private

$33,281
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 57.3%
#16
M

Manhattanville University

Purchase, NY · Private

$32,925
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,290
Graduates: 42
Acceptance: 84.7%
#17
V

Vassar College

Poughkeepsie, NY · Private

$32,708
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 17.7%
#18
C

CUNY City College

New York, NY · Public

$32,177
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,175
Graduates: 468
Acceptance: 58.1%
#19
C

College of Staten Island CUNY

Staten Island, NY · Public

$31,616
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $31,820
Graduates: 251
Acceptance: N/A
#20
S

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, NY · Public

$31,523
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $31,254
Graduates: 142
Acceptance: 70.2%
#21
S

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · Private

$31,495
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $32,210
Graduates: 192
Acceptance: 41.7%
#22
C

CUNY Graduate School and University Center

New York, NY · Public

$31,314
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $41,124
Graduates: 34
Acceptance: 38.6%
#23
I

Iona University

New Rochelle, NY · Private

$31,314
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $31,977
Graduates: 38
Acceptance: 91.1%
#24
S

St Lawrence University

Canton, NY · Private

$31,314
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $33,742
Graduates: 49
Acceptance: 58.5%
#25
T

The College of Saint Rose

Albany, NY · Private

$31,314
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $26,672
Graduates: 36
Acceptance: 73.4%
#26
S

SUNY College at Geneseo

Geneseo, NY · Public

$31,314
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,549
Graduates: 122
Acceptance: 63.5%
#27
R

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · Private

$31,305
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 58.5%
#28
N

Nazareth University

Rochester, NY · Private

$31,236
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,684
Graduates: 29
Acceptance: 79.5%
#29
R

Russell Sage College

Troy, NY · Private

$31,133
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $33,886
Graduates: 23
Acceptance: 76.2%
#30
S

Siena College

Loudonville, NY · Private

$31,133
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $31,761
Graduates: 90
Acceptance: 70.6%
#31
C

CUNY Medgar Evers College

Brooklyn, NY · Public

$31,042
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $32,154
Graduates: 113
Acceptance: 83.4%
#32
S

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY · Public

$31,007
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,078
Graduates: 337
Acceptance: 49.0%
#33
W

Wagner College

Staten Island, NY · Private

$30,984
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $26,760
Graduates: 21
Acceptance: 83.5%
#34
E

Empire State University

Saratoga Springs, NY ·

$30,926
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $36,299
Graduates: 132
Acceptance: N/A
#35
E

Elmira College

Elmira, NY · Private

$30,771
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $23,469
Graduates: 40
Acceptance: 90.8%
#36
M

Marymount Manhattan College

New York, NY · Private

$30,771
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $23,621
Graduates: 21
Acceptance: 78.9%
#37
M

Mercy University

Dobbs Ferry, NY · Private

$30,499
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,209
Graduates: 153
Acceptance: 85.5%
#38
S

SUNY Brockport

Brockport, NY · Public

$30,318
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,640
Graduates: 130
Acceptance: 71.3%
#39
S

St. John's University-New York

Queens, NY · Private

$30,228
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $25,085
Graduates: 136
Acceptance: 79.7%
#40
S

SUNY at Purchase College

Purchase, NY · Public

$30,047
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $23,080
Graduates: 58
Acceptance: 72.8%
#41
C

CUNY Queens College

Queens, NY · Public

$30,004
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,897
Graduates: 361
Acceptance: 68.5%
#42
S

St. John Fisher University

Rochester, NY · Private

$29,995
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,389
Graduates: 38
Acceptance: 67.8%
#43
T

Touro University

New York, NY · Private

$29,995
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $34,462
Graduates: 162
Acceptance: 63.0%
#44
M

Mount Saint Mary College

Newburgh, NY · Private

$29,956
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,041
Graduates: 35
Acceptance: 82.5%
#45
S

State University of New York at New Paltz

New Paltz, NY · Public

$29,882
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,853
Graduates: 85
Acceptance: 58.7%
#46
C

Cazenovia College

Cazenovia, NY · Private

$29,685
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,956
Graduates: 31
Acceptance: N/A
#47
M

Molloy University

Rockville Centre, NY · Private

$29,685
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $31,177
Graduates: 30
Acceptance: 75.6%
#48
S

SUNY at Fredonia

Fredonia, NY · Public

$29,487
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $31,687
Graduates: 35
Acceptance: 79.2%
#49
C

CUNY Hunter College

New York, NY · Public

$29,482
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $27,951
Graduates: 525
Acceptance: 54.0%
#50
C

CUNY Lehman College

Bronx, NY · Public

$29,443
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $35,822
Graduates: 245
Acceptance: 55.4%
#51
N

New York University

New York, NY · Private

$29,443
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 9.4%
#52
S

SUNY Buffalo State University

Buffalo, NY · Public

$29,322
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,625
Graduates: 118
Acceptance: 75.9%
#53
S

St. Joseph's University-New York

Brooklyn, NY · Private

$29,250
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,268
Graduates: 66
Acceptance: 71.4%
#54
I

Ithaca College

Ithaca, NY · Private

$29,141
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $26,055
Graduates: 64
Acceptance: 69.9%
#55
M

Manhattan University

Riverdale, NY · Private

$29,141
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,067
Graduates: 36
Acceptance: 78.5%
#56
H

Hartwick College

Oneonta, NY · Private

$28,960
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $37,184
Graduates: 19
Acceptance: 68.7%
#57
C

CUNY Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY · Public

$28,932
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,308
Graduates: 406
Acceptance: 53.7%
#58
L

Le Moyne College

Syracuse, NY · Private

$28,719
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $27,823
Graduates: 87
Acceptance: 75.3%
#59
S

St Bonaventure University

Saint Bonaventure, NY · Private

$28,598
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,115
Graduates: 18
Acceptance: 81.5%
#60
S

State University of New York at Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, NY · Public

$28,327
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,208
Graduates: 122
Acceptance: 75.2%
#61
H

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY · Private

$28,302
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $24,883
Graduates: 79
Acceptance: 70.6%
#62
S

SUNY Polytechnic Institute

Utica, NY · Public

$28,133
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,540
Graduates: 21
Acceptance: 78.4%
#63
H

Hilbert College

Hamburg, NY · Private

$28,019
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 98.0%
#64
A

Adelphi University

Garden City, NY · Private

$27,488
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $22,578
Graduates: 32
Acceptance: 77.5%
#65
S

State University of New York at Oswego

Oswego, NY · Public

$27,429
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $26,508
Graduates: 169
Acceptance: 80.4%
#66
U

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY · Public

$27,346
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $27,689
Graduates: 360
Acceptance: 69.3%
#67
S

St. Francis College

Brooklyn, NY · Private

$27,181
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,379
Graduates: 29
Acceptance: N/A
#68
S

SUNY College at Potsdam

Potsdam, NY · Public

$26,933
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $24,369
Graduates: 68
Acceptance: 85.5%
#69
S

State University of New York at Cortland

Cortland, NY · Public

$26,353
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,182
Graduates: 101
Acceptance: 50.7%
#70
U

University of Mount Saint Vincent

Bronx, NY · Private

$26,121
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $24,216
Graduates: 46
Acceptance: 84.6%
#71
U

University at Albany

Albany, NY · Public

$26,005
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $30,796
Graduates: 381
Acceptance: 69.9%
#72
C

Clarkson University

Potsdam, NY · Private

$25,194
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 77.2%
#73
T

The New School

New York, NY · Private

$25,194
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $20,773
Graduates: 21
Acceptance: 62.5%
#74
U

Utica University

Utica, NY · Private

$25,194
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $28,371
Graduates: 25
Acceptance: 87.2%
#75
D

D'Youville University

Buffalo, NY · Private

$24,035
2yr Earnings
Acceptance: 82.3%
#76
L

Long Island University

Brookville, NY · Private

$23,538
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $27,579
Graduates: 85
Acceptance: 89.8%
#77
A

Alfred University

Alfred, NY · Private

$22,420
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $29,901
Graduates: 45
Acceptance: 48.3%
#78
S

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Sparkill, NY · Private

$22,329
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $24,212
Graduates: 22
Acceptance: 82.2%
#79
A

Alliance University

New York, NY · Private

$21,964
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $23,197
Graduates: 21
Acceptance: N/A
#80
W

Wells College

Aurora, NY · Private

$17,560
2yr Earnings
1yr Earnings: $23,774
Graduates: 23
Acceptance: 69.7%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best school for Psychology, General in New York?
Barnard College ranks #1 for Psychology, General in New York with median graduate earnings of $48,432 within two years of graduation. There are 80 schools offering Psychology, General programs in the state.
How much do Psychology, General graduates earn in New York?
Psychology, General graduates in New York earn an average of $30,621 within two years of graduation. This is 5% above the national average of $29,219 for this major.
What is the hardest Psychology, General school to get into in New York?
Barnard College is the most selective Psychology, General program in New York with an acceptance rate of 8.0%. The average acceptance rate across Psychology, General programs in the state is 64.5%.
Should I attend a public or private school for Psychology, General in New York?
In New York, private Psychology, General programs produce average earnings of $30,765 vs $30,331 at public schools. However, public schools typically cost less — consider net price relative to earnings when calculating ROI. There are 27 public and 52 private options in the state.

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Data updated June 2026. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.