New York State's colleges and universities have a lot of depth: the state offers Ivy League universities Cornell and Columbia, strong SUNY colleges like Geneseo and Binghamton, top liberal arts colleges like Hamilton and Vassar, and some real bargains within the CUNY system.
Colgate University
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My list of the top 12 New York State universities and colleges includes small, large, public and private schools. If there's a school I've omitted that you think should be on the list, share your opinion below.
To get a partial sense of what it takes to get admitted to New York's top colleges, I've created comparison tables of test score data: SAT Scores | ACT Scores
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How about Bucknell University? It is one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges. You have listed Gettysburg and Lafayette, but not Bucknell. Please explain. Thank you!
You’ve replied to the post on top New York State colleges. When I cover top Pennsylvania colleges, Bucknell will certainly make the cut. If it’s the liberal arts colleges list you’re looking at, many of Bucknell’s strongest programs (business, engineering, education) are preprofessional, not in the liberal arts.
Two of my kids attended Bucknell and I can attest that they have some very strong liberal arts programs. They got a better education, by far, than did my oldest who went to Cornell.