10 Best Colleges For Jobs In New York For 2019

One of the biggest things that incoming college freshmen consider when they’re thinking about what school to attend is the likelihood that a school will improve their job prospects.

Jobs are hard to come by nowadays, after all, and the everyday expenses of living in a country like America aren’t cheap.

Compared to a lot of other states, New York has some unique advantages as far as attending college here goes. There are impressive research universities, quality state schools, and the ability to study majors that will prepare you well for the job market.

All that made us curious — with so many good colleges to attend in NY, which ones, in particular, were most likely to help their graduates land a job? Using data from IPEDS as well as College Scorecard as a baseline, we created this list of some of the best colleges for jobs in New York.

The full list can be found further down, but first, here’s a look at the top ten best colleges for jobs in New York:

Siena College
Manhattan College
Clarkson University
SUNY Cortland
Ithaca College
Union College
Saint John Fisher College
St Bonaventure University
Hobart William Smith Colleges
SUNY at Fredonia

If you go to one of these schools, chances are, you’re not surprised. After all, you know how great you have it.

But for the rest of you — keep reading and we’ll get to just why these schools have some of the best programs the state of New York has to offer.

How We Determined The Best Schools In New York For Jobs

Using the College Scorecard Data, we searched for the college in each state with the highest listed job placement ratings, looking specifically at employment levels at year 10 after students have graduated.

We limited the analysis to the 129 public and non-profit, four year institutions colleges in New York that offer at least a bachelors degree.

Then, we ranked each college from best to worst on the percentage of graduates with jobs. For the purposes of readability, each school’s rating was then rounded down to the last two decimal places.

The school with the highest percentage of grads with jobs, Siena College, earned the distinction of being the ‘Best College For Jobs in New York.’

Best Colleges For Getting A Job In New York

Rank	College	Employed
1	Siena College	95.13%
2	Manhattan College	94.7%
3	Clarkson University	94.45%
4	SUNY Cortland	94.44%
5	Ithaca College	94.3%
6	Union College	94.22%
7	Saint John Fisher College	93.95%
8	St Bonaventure University	93.9%
9	Hobart William Smith Colleges	93.88%
10	SUNY at Fredonia	93.81%
11	SUNY Oneonta	93.81%
12	Utica College	93.66%
13	Hartwick College	93.66%
14	Niagara University	93.59%
15	Canisius College	93.58%
16	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	93.52%
17	SUNY College at Geneseo	93.34%
18	Colgate University	93.13%
19	The College of Saint Rose	93.11%
20	Syracuse University	93.11%
21	SUNY College at Plattsburgh	92.78%
22	Le Moyne College	92.73%
23	Elmira College	92.68%
24	SUNY Maritime College	92.67%
25	Wagner College	92.61%
26	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	92.52%
27	Daemen College	92.27%
28	SUNY College at Brockport	92.18%
29	SUNY at Albany	92.1%
30	Weill Cornell Medical College	92.09%
31	Cornell University	92.09%
32	Mount Saint Mary College	91.98%
33	University of Rochester	91.84%
34	Adelphi University	91.84%
35	Molloy College	91.81%
36	Iona College	91.8%
37	Cazenovia College	91.75%
38	SUNY College at Oswego	91.65%
39	University at Buffalo	91.62%
40	Keuka College	91.62%
41	Rochester Institute of Technology	91.62%
42	St. Joseph’s College-New York	91.62%
43	Binghamton University	91.56%
44	SUNY Buffalo State	91.5%
45	Dominican College of Blauvelt	91.49%
46	Nazareth College	91.46%
47	St. Thomas Aquinas College	91.38%
48	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred	91.37%
49	Marist College	91.25%
50	Medaille College	91.2%
51	St Lawrence University	91.02%
52	Alfred University	91.0%
53	SUNY Polytechnic Institute	91.0%
54	The Sage Colleges	90.98%
55	Hamilton College	90.67%
56	Pace University	90.57%
57	Manhattanville College	90.56%
58	Hofstra University	90.54%
59	Farmingdale State College	90.5%
60	State University of New York at New Paltz	90.44%
61	Culinary Institute of America	90.35%
62	College of Mount Saint Vincent	90.22%
63	American Musical and Dramatic Academy	90.2%
64	Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science	90.18%
65	St John’s University-New York	90.1%
66	Fordham University	90.09%
67	Brooklyn Law School	90.03%
68	Roberts Wesleyan College	89.64%
69	SUNY College at Potsdam	89.61%
70	New York University	89.57%
71	Skidmore College	89.5%
72	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	89.47%
73	Vassar College	89.41%
74	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi	89.3%
75	Stony Brook University	89.22%
76	SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill	89.19%
77	LIU Brentwood	89.08%
78	Long Island University	89.08%
79	LIU Brooklyn	89.08%
80	LIU Hudson at Westchester	89.08%
81	LIU Riverhead	89.08%
82	St Francis College	88.97%
83	CUNY Lehman College	88.91%
84	Marymount Manhattan College	88.86%
85	New York Institute of Technology	88.3%
86	Barnard College	88.29%
87	SUNY Morrisville	88.22%
88	CUNY York College	88.18%
89	Pratt Institute-Main	87.98%
90	Teachers College at Columbia University	87.97%
91	SUNY at Purchase College	87.79%
92	Hilbert College	87.74%
93	Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology	87.48%
94	Columbia University in the City of New York	87.47%
95	SUNY College of Technology at Canton	87.24%
96	CUNY New York City College of Technology	87.15%
97	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	87.0%
98	CUNY City College	86.88%
99	Sarah Lawrence College	86.87%
100	D’Youville College	86.6%
101	SUNY College at Old Westbury	86.56%
102	Bard College	86.5%
103	Houghton College	85.96%
104	CUNY Brooklyn College	85.86%
105	Maria College of Albany	85.74%
106	CUNY Hunter College	85.68%
107	Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel	85.67%
108	College of Staten Island CUNY	85.51%
109	CUNY Queens College	85.44%
110	Trocaire College	85.17%
111	Concordia College-New York	85.16%
112	CUNY Medgar Evers College	85.04%
113	United Talmudical Seminary	84.87%
114	Mercy College	84.73%
115	Fashion Institute of Technology	84.55%
116	Nyack College	84.15%
117	Davis College	82.12%
118	Villa Maria College	81.95%
119	SUNY Empire State College	81.84%
120	The New School	81.64%
121	New York College of Health Professions	81.61%
122	Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion	81.16%
123	Metropolitan College of New York	80.39%
124	Yeshiva University	80.31%
125	Boricua College	80.23%
126	The College of New Rochelle	79.58%
127	Touro College	78.94%
128	Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah	73.6%
129	Central Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitz	70.24%

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Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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