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New York University

Basic Information

Type Private
Location New York, NY
Population 14,000,000
Map of the United States

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 29,430
Men / Women 41% / 59%
White 26%
International 26%
Asian 21%
Hispanic 14%
Black 7%
Mixed 4%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Arts 29%
Engineering, Computing & Math 23%
Business & Economics 17%
Humanities & Social Sciences 15%
Life & Natural Sciences 15%
Education 1%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $65,622
Est. Cost of Attendance $84,374
10-Year ROI $206,000
ROI Percentile 84th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 96%
4-Year Graduation Rate 74%
6-Year Graduation Rate 88%
Transfer-Out Rate 5%

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 243 (42th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 8%
Yield (Unbound) 32%
Early Decision Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1
Early Decision 2 Jan 15

Research

Research Level R1
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $75M #13
Life & Natural Sciences $1,131M #18
Engineering, Computing & Math $182M #31
Graduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 805 #4
Life & Natural Sciences 697 #19
Engineering, Computing & Math 115 #45

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional
Submitted Test Scores 38%
SAT Range 1,480 – 1,560
ACT Range 34 – 35

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
College of Arts and Science 2,254 46% / 54% 39% $105,814
Applied Mathematics 56 70% / 30% 75% $159,954
Computer Science 521 +100 69% / 31% 37% $160,239
Computer and Information Sciences 28 64% / 36% 54% $160,239
Computing 11 55% / 45% 73%
Data Science 167 +19 59% / 41% 59%
Game Design 58 +1 53% / 47% 41% $91,031
Information Technology Project Management 2 100% / 0% 0% $157,100
Mathematics 109 +54 65% / 35% 70% $112,491
Mathematics and Statistics 134 52% / 48% 78%
Biochemistry 30 +1 50% / 50% 23% $71,290
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 26 +1 12% / 88% 8% $71,290
Biological and Physical Sciences 1 0% / 100% 100%
Biology 181 +4 37% / 63% 7% $75,934
Chemistry 29 +2 59% / 41% 7%
Ecology 39 +17 15% / 85% 8% $65,172
Natural Sciences 51 24% / 76% 10%
Neuroscience 57 30% / 70% 21% $60,548
Nutritional Sciences 35 20% / 80% 31% $70,974
Engineering Management 66 +1 64% / 36% 48% $89,774
African American Studies 1 +3 100% / 0% 0%
Asian American Studies 2 50% / 50% 0%
Cognitive Science 19 26% / 74% 5%
Comparative Literature 8 +2 50% / 50% 38%
East Asian Studies 9 +7 33% / 67% 33% $59,888
English 92 28% / 72% 4%
Ethnic Studies 2 0% / 100% 50%
European Studies 1 +2 0% / 100% 0% $59,888
Foreign Languages 3 +6 33% / 67% 0%
French 4 +14 0% / 100% 25% $67,376
German 2 +2 0% / 100% 0%
Italian 1 +2 100% / 0% 0% $67,376
Languages 3 0% / 100% 0%
Philosophy 51 +25 53% / 47% 39% $71,113
Religious Studies 1 +4 0% / 100% 0%
Russian 1 0% / 100% 0%
Spanish 3 +16 67% / 33% 0% $67,376
Sustainability Studies 11 +1 55% / 45% 0%
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects 5 40% / 60% 40%
Digital Media 382 +61 18% / 82% 42% $64,472
Interactive Media Arts 52 19% / 81% 52% $91,031
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Rory Meyers College of Nursing 445 13% / 87% 2% $120,409
Dental Hygiene 18 11% / 89% 0% $58,044
Global Public Health 1 0% / 100% 0% $87,360
Nursing 426 13% / 87% 2% $123,122
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Global Public Health 43 23% / 77% 5% $87,360
Public Health 43 23% / 77% 5% $87,360
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Professional Studies 177 50% / 50% 19% $139,646
Information Technology 76 39% / 61% 24% $160,239
Hospitality Management 31 19% / 81% 26% $67,267
Real Estate 70 74% / 26% 11% $149,342
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Silver School of Social Work 63 22% / 78% 16% $63,872
Public Administration and Social Service Professions 4 25% / 75% 25%
Social Work 59 22% / 78% 15% $63,872
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development 807 29% / 71% 11% $66,981
Communicative Sciences and Disorders 22 +2 5% / 95% 14% $73,317
Humanities 15 +7 40% / 60% 13% $70,846
Media, Culture, and Communication 634 30% / 70% 10% $70,846
Early Childhood Education 18 0% / 100% 17% $68,202
Education 17 12% / 88% 53% $64,832
Elementary Education 8 0% / 100% 12% $68,202
English Education 1 0% / 100% 0% $65,155
Social Studies Teacher Education 5 20% / 80% 0% $65,155
Spanish Language Teacher Education
Music 9 +3 56% / 44% 22% $32,186
Music Education 12 33% / 67% 17% $65,155
Music Performance 66 30% / 70% 5% $32,186
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Stern School of Business 915 61% / 39% 23% $94,533
Business and Political Economy 121 67% / 33% 41% $94,533
Management Science 794 61% / 39% 21%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Tandon School of Engineering 262 70% / 30% 25% $92,305
Chemical Engineering 49 49% / 51% 24% $96,375
Civil Engineering 46 70% / 30% 24% $92,081
Computer Engineering 46 74% / 26% 30% $100,097
Electrical Engineering 36 83% / 17% 33% $110,911
Engineering Physics 3 100% / 0% 0%
Mechanical Engineering 82 74% / 26% 21% $77,459
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Tisch School of the Arts 1,244 36% / 64% 17% $46,786
Art 38 +18 21% / 79% 29% $51,808
Art History 45 24% / 76% 40% $51,808
Dance 48 23% / 77% 6% $36,702
Film Production 435 +6 45% / 55% 22% $47,809
Fine and Studio Arts
Music Theory and Composition 22 55% / 45% 9% $32,186
Photography 50 +1 44% / 56% 26% $47,809
Playwriting and Screenwriting 58 43% / 57% 5% $42,239
Theatre 400 +6 28% / 72% 9% $42,239
Visual and Performing Arts 148 +1 34% / 66% 16% $60,137

Rankings

Academics

Future Ambulance Chasers Top Law School Feeders
Future SCOTUS Clerks

College Costs

We Checked Your FAFSA and Laughed Highest Net Price
Actually Expensive
We Marked It Up Just to Put It on Sale Highest List Price
Sticker Shock

Politically Correct

Protest 101 Woke to the Bone
Activist Pipeline

Prestige

Grandma Eyebrow Raisers Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
Big City, World Famous

Someone Like Me

Places, Please! Theater Participation
Theater Kid Generation

My Tribe

Open Boarders Most International Students
International Hub
Call Your Mother! Most Jewish
I'm Jewish, You're Jewish, Everyone's Jewish
Little Meca Most Muslim
Growing Presence

Engineering, Computing & Math

The Equation Whisperers Applied Mathematics
The Beautiful Minds
Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better. Artificial Intelligence
Sticking to the CS Guns (For Now)
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science
AI Hype Riders & Lab Rats
import pandas as pd Data Science
Jupyter Notebook Jockeys
Pixels, Psychology, and Post-its Human-Computer Interaction
Game Engine Gurus
Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again? Information Technology
Tech Support Savants
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
The Force
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Proof is in the Pudding
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
Polymer Whisperers & Battery Bros
Playing House Civil Engineering
The Deep Bench
Half-CS, Half-EE, Full Depression Computer Engineering
What's a Solder?
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Ohm My God
Regular Engineering Just Wasn't Hurting My Brain Enough Engineering Physics
We Build Lightsabers, Inc
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Polymer Players
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Whiteboard-preferred

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Lab Gods
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
Open Wide Dentistry & Oral Health
Express Drill Track
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Carbon Neutral
Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Hospital VIPs
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
Bone Collectors
Action Potentials Neuroscience
Rat Maze Architects
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Florence Nightingale's Heirs
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
Pill Counters
Jocks R'US Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
The Training Room

Business & Economics

LIFO the Party Accounting
GAAP Gatekeepers
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Suit & Tie on a Tuesday Pre-Professionals
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
Just-In-Time Jugglers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
Math Masochists & Stata Sorcerers
Move Fast, Break Tuition Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Future Founders
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Show Me The Money!
May I Take Your Order? Hospitality & Tourism
Industry Connected
Tik-Tok Generation Marketing
Brand Builders
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
Nepo-Baby Adjacent

Humanities & Social Sciences

Professional Yapping Communication & Journalism
The "Our Alumni Control the Media" Mafia
Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
The Great American Novelists
Smashing the Patriarchy 101 Gender Studies
Activist Academics
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Future Senators
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary) History & Archaeology
Primary Source Hunters
Passport Stamp Collectors International Relations
Foreign Service Bound
Future Lawyers (and Their Future Anxiety) Law
Mock Trial Champs
I'll Figure Out the Career Later Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary
Major Mashup
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
The Thinkers
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
Group Chat Theorists
Decolonizing the Curriculum Regional & Ethnic Studies
Area Experts
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
The Deconstructors
Grammar Police Academy World Languages & Linguistics
Polyglot Powerhouses

Education

Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Teacher's Pet
Hablas Pedagogy? Languages Education
Polyglot Professors

Arts

Sleep Deprivation by Design Architecture
Building Blocks
Explaining Splatters to Rich People Art History & Management
The Curatorial Elite
Trapped in the Render Queue Digital Arts & Photography
The Pixar Pipeline
Lights, Camera, Tuition Film
Hollywood Pipeline
Eight Hours of Scales Music
Recital Royalty
Theatre Kid Generation Performing Arts
Standing Ovation