Match #1
Villa Maria College
Buffalo, NY
Profile closeness71/100
Admit rate87%
- 603 students
- Private nonprofit
- City: Small
- Graduation rate 32%, close to 31%
- Enrollment 603 students, close to 402
The colleges most similar to Metropolitan College of New York are Villa Maria College, Roberts Wesleyan College, and Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. Metropolitan College of New York admits 90% of applicants and has an average net price of $29,006 a year; 8 of its 10 alternatives cost less and 3 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 Metropolitan College of New York. 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 Metropolitan College of New York
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Match #2
Roberts Wesleyan College
Rochester, NY
Profile closeness67/100
Admit rate71%
- 1,149 students
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb: Large
- Graduation rate 39%, close to 31%
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #3
Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science
Paul Smiths, NY
Profile closeness67/100
Admit rate77%
- 579 students
- Private nonprofit
- Rural: Distant
- Enrollment 579 students, close to 402
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #4
Nyack College
New York, NY
Profile closeness67/100
Admit rate100%
- 982 students
- Private nonprofit
- City: Large
- Acceptance rate 100%, close to 90%
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #5
Keuka College
Keuka Park, NY
Profile closeness63/100
Admit rate68%
- 966 students
- Private nonprofit
- Town: Distant
- Same Carnegie classification
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #6
Elmira College
Elmira, NY
Profile closeness63/100
Admit rate77%
- 708 students
- Private nonprofit
- City: Small
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #7
Boricua College
New York, NY
Profile closeness62/100
Admit rate—
- 391 students
- Private nonprofit
- City: Large
- Enrollment 391 students, close to 402
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #8
St. Thomas Aquinas College
Sparkill, NY
Profile closeness62/100
Admit rate93%
- 972 students
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb: Large
- Acceptance rate 93%, close to 90%
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #9
Alfred University
Alfred, NY
Profile closeness60/100
Admit rate74%
- 1,423 students
- Private nonprofit
- Town: Remote
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Match #10
Hilbert College
Hamburg, NY
Profile closeness58/100
Admit rate97%
- 921 students
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb: Large
- Acceptance rate 97%, close to 90%
- Same control type (private nonprofit)
Questions about Metropolitan College of New York alternatives
What colleges are similar to Metropolitan College of New York?
The closest matches to Metropolitan College of New York are Villa Maria College, Roberts Wesleyan College, Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science, Nyack College, and Keuka College. CollegesRef ranks them on admissions, cost, graduation rate, size, and campus profile using IPEDS and College Scorecard data.
Is Metropolitan College of New York hard to get into?
Metropolitan College of New York admitted 90% of its 88 applicants in the CollegesRef 2026–27 edition, so it is not very selective: it admits most applicants. 3 of its 10 closest alternatives admit a larger share of applicants.
Which Metropolitan College of New York alternatives cost less?
8 of the 10 closest alternatives have a lower average net price than Metropolitan College of New York ($29,006 a year), including Villa Maria College ($12,863), Boricua College ($15,934), and Hilbert College ($20,955). Net price is what first-time, full-time students paid after grants; your own price depends on family income.
