- American Musical and Dramatic Academy
- The Art Institute of New York City
- ASA The College For Excellence
- Bank Street College of Education
- Bard College
- Barnard College
- Berkeley College
- Boricua College
- Bramson ORT College
- College of Mount Saint Vincent
- Cooper Union
- CUNY (multiple campuses)
- Globe Institute of Technology
- Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
- Helene Fuld College of Nursing
- Institute of Design and Construction
- LIM College
- Manhattan College
- Manhattan School of Music
- Marymount Manhattan College
- Mercy College (New York)
- Metropolitan College of New York
- Monroe College
- New York Academy of Art
- New York Career Institute
- New York Law School
- New York School of Interior Design
- Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
- Parsons The New School for Design
- Pratt Institute
- School of Visual Arts
- St. Francis College
- St. Joseph's College
- SUNY (multiple campuses)
- Teachers College, Columbia University
- The Juilliard School
- The King's College (New York)
- Touro College
- Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology
- Wagner College
- Weill Cornell Medical College
College of Mount Saint Vincent - It has been ranked Number One in the U.S. in Latino Success in Science Fields. The College is a federally designated Hispanic Serving Institution.
Manhattan College - It is ranked 30th out of 999 schools in the mid-career median salary category, according to CNNMoney.com / PayScale.com's 2010-2011 College Salary report.
Monroe College - It is one of the nation's top schools in granting associate degrees in business according to a Community College Week analysis of 2001-2002 US Department of Education statistics.
Mercy College - It has been named a Military Friendly College for 2011 by G.I. Jobs magazine. This designation ranks Mercy in the top 15 percent of colleges and universities nationwide for military students.
Pratt Institute - It has been ranked No. 1 among colleges of art and design in national survey of media coverage.
St. Francis College - Forbes.com included the College in their rankings of America's Best Colleges, in part, because of the large proportion of alumni who have gone on to leadership roles in their industries.
St. Joseph's College - With campuses located in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn and in Patchogue, Long Island, the College provides a strong academic and value-oriented education at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Touro College - It has been ranked among the top colleges and universities in the United States based on the
percentage of its students passing sections of the Uniform National CPA Examination.
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology - Vaughn's undergraduate program in mechatronics is one of few in New York.
Wagner College - It has been ranked first in two categories in The Princeton Review's Best 357 Colleges: "Most Beautiful Campus" and "Best Theatre".