Match #1
St. Thomas Aquinas College
Sparkill, NY
Profile closeness90/100
Admit rate93%
- 972 students
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb: Large
- Graduation rate 53%, close to 50%
- Enrollment 972 students, close to 921
The colleges most similar to Hilbert College are St. Thomas Aquinas College, College of Mount Saint Vincent, and D'Youville University. Hilbert College admits 97% of applicants and has an average net price of $20,955 a year; 4 of its 10 alternatives cost less and 0 admit a larger share of applicants, in the CollegesRef 2026–27 edition.
Profile closeness (0–100) compares graduation rate, size, admit rate, net price, Carnegie class, and control with Hilbert College. The order also uses CollegesRef matching tiers, so a later match can score higher. Admit-rate bars use a 0–100% scale.
Top 10 alternatives to Hilbert College
Row-wise results ranked by similarity. No curated AI list exists for this school.
Match #2
College of Mount Saint Vincent
Bronx, NY
Profile closeness81/100
Admit rate85%
- 2,692 students
- Private nonprofit
- City: Large
- Graduation rate 52%, close to 50%
- Average net price $19,758, close to $20,955
Match #3
D'Youville University
Buffalo, NY
Profile closeness72/100
Admit rate81%
- 1,258 students
- Private nonprofit
- City: Large
- Enrollment 1,258 students, close to 921
- Average net price $22,038, close to $20,955
Match #4
Villa Maria College
Buffalo, NY
Profile closeness70/100
Admit rate87%
- 603 students
- Private nonprofit
- City: Small
- Same Carnegie classification
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #5
Dominican College of Blauvelt
Orangeburg, NY
Profile closeness66/100
Admit rate63%
- 1,105 students
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb: Large
- Graduation rate 44%, close to 50%
- Enrollment 1,147 students, close to 921
Match #6
Mount Saint Mary College-New York
Newburgh, NY
Profile closeness65/100
Admit rate89%
- 1,148 students
- Private nonprofit
- City: Small
- Acceptance rate 91%, close to 97%
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #7
Canisius College
Buffalo, NY
Profile closeness64/100
Admit rate72%
- 1,685 students
- Private nonprofit
- City: Large
- Average net price $18,178, close to $20,955
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #8
Iona College
New Rochelle, NY
Profile closeness61/100
Admit rate87%
- 2,951 students
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb: Large
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #9
Niagara University
Niagara University, NY
Profile closeness61/100
Admit rate87%
- 2,653 students
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb: Large
- Acceptance rate 87%, close to 97%
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #10
The College of Saint Rose
Albany, NY
Profile closeness58/100
Admit rate76%
- 1,798 students
- Private nonprofit
- City: Small
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Questions about Hilbert College alternatives
What colleges are similar to Hilbert College?
The closest matches to Hilbert College are St. Thomas Aquinas College, College of Mount Saint Vincent, D'Youville University, Villa Maria College, and Dominican College of Blauvelt. CollegesRef ranks them on admissions, cost, graduation rate, size, and campus profile using IPEDS and College Scorecard data.
Is Hilbert College hard to get into?
Hilbert College admitted 97% of its 1,046 applicants in the CollegesRef 2026–27 edition, so it is not very selective: it admits most applicants. 0 of its 10 closest alternatives admit a larger share of applicants.
Which Hilbert College alternatives cost less?
4 of the 10 closest alternatives have a lower average net price than Hilbert College ($20,955 a year), including Villa Maria College ($12,863), Niagara University ($17,246), and Canisius College ($18,178). Net price is what first-time, full-time students paid after grants; your own price depends on family income.
