High school programs with more seats per applicant in New York City
High school programs with 2 or fewer applicants per seat in the latest admissions data.
How we chose these
- 2 or fewer applicants per seat, from the city's published seats and applicant counts.
- Fewer applicants per seat means more room, not a better program.
40 programs in New York City, most room first
- Performing Arts (Dance, Music, and Theater)Juan Morel Campos Secondary School14applicants34seats
- Liberation Diploma Plus High SchoolLiberation Diploma Plus13applicants25seats
- Brooklyn Frontiers High School42applicants54seats
- Instrumental MusicWadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts14applicants16seats
- Professional Pathways High School26applicants25seats
- Independence High School25applicants24seats
- Newcomers' Global CommunityDeWitt Clinton High School57applicants54seats
- Metropolitan Diploma Plus High School27applicants25seats
- The Ninth Grade AcademyMurry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers143applicants119seats
- High School for Excellence and Innovation57applicants47seats
- Academy of Restaurant and Hotel ManagementLong Island City High School108applicants87seats
- The Eagle Academy for Young Men of Staten Island79applicants62seats
- The Blazer Early College Preparatory AcademyMurry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers92applicants71seats
- Khalil Gibran International Academy89applicants67seats
- Leadership and Public ServiceLeadership and Public Service High School214applicants156seats
- Liberal Arts AcademyRichard R. Green High School of Teaching88applicants63seats
- Wadleigh Honors Academy for New StudentsWadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts35applicants25seats
- CYBERaRTS Studio Academy147applicants104seats
- The Green Carpentry ProgramRockaway Park High School for Environmental Sustainability70applicants46seats
- International Baccalaureate Diploma ProgramThe High School for Enterprise, Business and Technology79applicants50seats
- Instrumental MusicDr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts19applicants12seats
- Liberal Arts and Science InstituteMidwood High School485applicants305seats
- Graphic Arts and DesignFrederick Douglass Academy VI High School147applicants92seats
- Theater SkillsSchool for Classics High School146applicants90seats
- Rockaway Collegiate High School187applicants115seats
- Juan Morel Campos Secondary School83applicants50seats
- Urban Action Academy153applicants90seats
- Construction Technology AcademyWilliam E. Grady Career and Technical Education High School119applicants70seats
- Dual Language Spanish ProgramLong Island City High School99applicants58seats
- Theater ArtsHillcrest High School102applicants58seats
- Bilingual Spanish Science & MathematicsGregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics157applicants87seats
- Instrumental MusicEast Williamsburg Scholars Academy102applicants56seats
- Media Communication and Video JournalismHarry S Truman High School147applicants78seats
- Institute for Career & Technical EducationBoys and Girls High School189applicants100seats
- Vocal MusicWadleigh Secondary School for the Performing & Visual Arts48applicants25seats
- Eagle Academy for Young Men of Harlem152applicants79seats
- International High School at Prospect Heights176applicants90seats
- Int'l Marketing, Computer Applications, Foreign Trade & Virtual EnterpriseJacqueline Kennedy Onassis High School259applicants131seats
- The Urban Assembly School for Emergency ManagementThe Urban Assembly Early College High School of Emergency Medicine169applicants85seats
- Spanish Bilingual Computer Science and TechnologyThe Williamsburg High School of Art and Technology34applicants17seats
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