Colleges
New York University
NYU |
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location | students | adm. | int’l. | fresh | grad | GPA | ACT | SAT | TOEFL |
New York, NY | 29,401 | 12% | 26% | 93% | 78% | 3.8 | 34 | 1520 | 100+ |
New York University is a private institution that was founded in 1831. NYU is the largest private university in the United States, with a total student population of roughly 50,000 and seventeen schools and divisions. The University’s primary campus is located in the lively Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. NYU is a true city school, with no borders separating a distinct campus from the streets of the Big Apple. Students are guaranteed housing for all four years in the many residence halls throughout Manhattan. There are hundreds of student organizations on campus, such as NYU-TV, which operates the University Channel and the Movie Channel to provide entertainment and information to the university community. NYU is divided into a number of schools and colleges, the largest of which is the College of Arts and Sciences. For those interested in drama or film, the Tisch School of the Arts offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in acting, dance, dramatic writing, film, television and more.
Academics
New York University’s main campus in New York City is organized into ten undergraduate schools, including the College of Arts & Science, Gallatin School, Steinhardt School, Stern School of Business, Tandon School of Engineering, and Tisch School of the Arts. NYU offers more than 150 undergraduate majors, including individualized studies. NYU is member of the distinguished Association of American Universities, and is classified among R1 Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activities. The student-faculty ratio at NYU is 8:1, and the school has 59% of its classes with fewer than 20 students. Popular majors include Liberal Arts and Humanities, Business, and Economics.
Special Highlights
Center for Soft Matter Research. NYU’s Center for Soft Matter Research is dedicated to scientific inquiry at the interface between physics, chemistry, biology and engineering. The CSMR is located in the Meyer Physics Building at the corner of Washington Place and Broadway in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village, and occupies a state-of-the-art laboratory complex featuring close integration between chemical and materials synthesis, device fabrication, and physical analysis.
Student Success. At NYU, student success is both an ethos and an office. We are here to deliver on the promise that all students will have the support and resources they need to thrive in this dynamic learning environment. Partnering with leaders from Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and Enrollment Management, we inform and shape factors that positively affect retention, graduation, and the overall student experience.
School Mission & Unique Qualities
The university operates its own transit system to transport its students by bus to its campus. NYUs main campus is situated in Greenwich Village, New York City, and has two branch campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai, China. It also has study away sites in Washington, DC and internationally in Berlin, Germany; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Florence, Italy; Accra, Ghana; London, England; Madrid, Spain; Paris, France; Tel Aviv, Israel; Prague, the Czech Republic; Sydney, and Australia. NYU has made the greening of its campus a large priority and was once ranked by the EPA as one of the greenest colleges in the country. NYU created a strategic plan for a six billion-dollar, 25-year, 6,000,000-square-foot expansion scheduled to conclude by the university’s bicentennial in 2031. Details of the plan include additional on-campus housing and modern academic spaces spread between NYU’s New York City campuses.
Student Reviews…
“While the cost of attendance is certainly high, the ability to get a high-quality education with such a diverse student body gives NYU an edge over others. I like how even though it isn’t a true, normal campus, it still feels like one. There are various resources to help you succeed.”