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152 schools · Sorted by Compass Score

  • Compass ScoreSolid

    SUNY College of Technology at Canton

    Solid: Compass grade C+
    Canton, NY · Public · 4-year · 2,919 students

    About $15,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value StrongAcademics Strong
  • Compass ScoreSolid

    CUNY Medgar Evers College

    Top 5% for low net price
    Brooklyn, NY · Public · 4-year · 3,846 students

    About $6,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value ExcellentAcademics Fair
  • Compass ScoreSolid

    The College of Westchester

    Solid: Compass grade C+
    White Plains, NY · Private for-profit · 4-year · 891 students

    About $16,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value StrongAcademics Strong
  • Compass ScoreSolid

    Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North

    Solid: Compass grade C+
    Liverpool, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 471 students

    About $15,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value FairAcademics Fair
  • Compass ScoreSolid

    DeVry College of New York

    Top 25% for low net price
    New York, NY · Private for-profit · 4-year · 233 students

    About $13,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value StrongAcademics Fair
  • Compass ScoreSolid

    Rabbinical College Beth Shraga

    Solid: Compass grade C+
    Monsey, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 48 students

    All-maleAll-male: the school enrolls men only.Value not rated yet
  • Compass ScoreSolid

    Bais Binyomin Academy

    Solid: Compass grade C+
    Monsey, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 50 students

    About $26,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value not rated yet
  • Compass ScoreSolid

    Bryant & Stratton College-Online

    Solid: Compass grade C+
    Orchard Park, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 9,418 students

    About $15,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value FairAcademics Fair
  • Compass ScoreSolid

    Berkeley College-New York

    Solid: Compass grade C+
    New York, NY · Private for-profit · 4-year · 1,902 students

    About $34,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value FairAcademics Fair
  • Compass ScoreSolid

    Metropolitan College of New York

    Solid: Compass grade C+
    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 663 students

    About $29,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value FairAcademics Fair
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    Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing

    Top 1% for graduation
    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 273 students

    Value not rated yetAcademics Excellent
  • Not yet rated

    Yeshivas Sanz Klauzenburg

    Top 16% for low net price
    Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 107 students

    About $10,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value not rated yetAcademics Strong
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    Pacific College of Health and Science

    Top 13% for low debt
    New York, NY · Private for-profit · 4-year · 678 students

    About $57,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value FairAcademics Strong
  • Not yet rated

    Yeshiva of Kasho

    Top 13% for low net price
    Brooklyn, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 174 students

    About $9,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value not rated yetAcademics Strong
  • Not yet rated

    Bryant & Stratton College-Greece

    Top 20% for low net price
    Rochester, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 333 students

    About $12,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value StrongAcademics Fair
  • Not yet rated

    Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,840 students

    About $14,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value StrongAcademics Fair
  • Not yet rated

    Excelsior University

    Top 8% for earnings
    Albany, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 14,477 students

    Value not rated yet
  • Not yet rated

    CUNY Graduate School and University Center

    Top 14% for low debt
    New York, NY · Public · 4-year · 9,116 students

    Value not rated yet
  • Not yet rated

    SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

    Top 1% for earnings
    Brooklyn, NY · Public · 4-year · 2,204 students

    Value not rated yet
  • Not yet rated

    Relay Graduate School of Education

    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 1,911 students

    Value not rated yet
  • Not yet rated

    Upstate Medical University

    Top 4% for earnings
    Syracuse, NY · Public · 4-year · 1,286 students

    Value not rated yet
  • Not yet rated

    Helene Fuld College of Nursing

    Top 1% for earnings
    New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 722 students

    About $47,000 a year after aid, on average

    Value Strong
  • Not yet rated

    Northeast College of Health Sciences

    Seneca Falls, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 528 students

    Value not rated yet
  • Not yet rated

    Jamestown Business College

    Jamestown, NY · Private for-profit · 4-year · 251 students

    Value not rated yet
  • Not yet rated

    New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine

    Mineola, NY · Private nonprofit · 4-year · 179 students

    Value not rated yet

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