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New York University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
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%
From State 23%
From Region 16%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Arts 29%
Business & Economics 17%
Humanities & Social Sciences 15%
Computer Science 14%
Health Sciences 8%
Life & Natural Sciences 7%
Physical Sciences & Math 5%
Engineering 4%
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 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41%)
Days Without Precipitation 243 (42%)

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 9%
Yield (Unbound) 32%
Early Decision 1 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 optional
Submitted Test Scores 38%
SAT Range 1500 – 1540
SAT Math Range 760 – 800
SAT RW Range 720 – 760
ACT Range 34 – 35

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Science 2,254 46% / 54% 39% $100,446 93%
Computer Science 521 +100 69% / 31% 37% $149,736 100 91%
Computer and Information Sciences 28 64% / 36% 54% $149,736 100 91%
Computing 11 55% / 45% 73% $142,058 100
Data Science 167 +19 59% / 41% 59% $99,369 93
Game Design 58 +1 53% / 47% 41% $62,192 38 88%
Information Technology Project Management 2 100% / 0% 0% $169,668 100 93%
Applied Mathematics 56 70% / 30% 75% $172,750 100 93%
Chemistry 29 +2 59% / 41% 7% $71,913 63
Mathematics 109 +54 65% / 35% 70% $121,490 99 86%
Mathematics and Statistics 134 52% / 48% 78% $126,492 99 96%
Biochemistry 30 +1 50% / 50% 23% $76,993 73 100%
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 26 +1 12% / 88% 8% $76,993 73 100%
Biological and Physical Sciences 1 0% / 100% 100% $72,228 64
Biology 181 +4 37% / 63% 7% $68,813 56 98%
Ecology 39 +17 15% / 85% 8% $70,386 60 97%
Natural Sciences 51 24% / 76% 10% $66,822 51
Neuroscience 57 30% / 70% 21% $65,392 47 77%
Nutritional Sciences 35 20% / 80% 31% $69,098 57 100%
Engineering Management 66 +1 64% / 36% 48% $96,956 92 87%
African American Studies 1 +3 100% / 0% 0% $61,736 36
Asian American Studies 2 50% / 50% 0% $62,016 37
Cognitive Science 19 26% / 74% 5% $69,601 58
Comparative Literature 8 +2 50% / 50% 38% $66,503 50
East Asian Studies 9 +7 33% / 67% 33% $61,398 35 80%
English 92 28% / 72% 4% $64,087 43
Ethnic Studies 2 0% / 100% 50% $62,296 38
European Studies 1 +2 0% / 100% 0% $61,398 35 80%
Foreign Languages 3 +6 33% / 67% 0% $72,434 64
French 4 +14 0% / 100% 25% $72,766 65 93%
German 2 +2 0% / 100% 0% $72,484 64
Italian 1 +2 100% / 0% 0% $72,766 65 93%
Languages 3 0% / 100% 0% $72,306 64
Philosophy 51 +25 53% / 47% 39% $76,802 72 88%
Religious Studies 1 +4 0% / 100% 0% $64,797 45
Russian 1 0% / 100% 0% $72,511 64
Spanish 3 +16 67% / 33% 0% $72,766 65 93%
Sustainability Studies 11 +1 55% / 45% 0% $71,849 63
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects 5 40% / 60% 40% $62,189 38
Digital Media 382 +61 18% / 82% 42% $69,066 57 97%
Interactive Media Arts 52 19% / 81% 52% $62,192 38 88%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Rory Meyers College of Nursing 445 13% / 87% 2% $117,428 95%
Dental Hygiene 18 11% / 89% 0% $62,688 39 95%
Global Public Health 1 0% / 100% 0% $69,423 58 96%
Nursing 426 13% / 87% 2% $119,854 98 95%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Global Public Health 43 23% / 77% 5% $69,423 96%
Public Health 43 23% / 77% 5% $69,423 58 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Professional Studies 177 50% / 50% 19% $126,720 92%
Information Technology 76 39% / 61% 24% $149,736 100 91%
Hospitality Management 31 19% / 81% 26% $67,176 52 84%
Real Estate 70 74% / 26% 11% $128,102 99 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Silver School of Social Work 63 22% / 78% 16% $66,876 90%
Public Administration and Social Service Professions 4 25% / 75% 25% $62,857 40
Social Work 59 22% / 78% 15% $67,149 52 90%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development 807 29% / 71% 11% $65,719 87%
Communicative Sciences and Disorders 22 +2 5% / 95% 14% $76,076 71 100%
Humanities 15 +7 40% / 60% 13% $68,008 54 86%
Media, Culture, and Communication 634 30% / 70% 10% $68,008 54 86%
Early Childhood Education 18 0% / 100% 17% $75,367 70 98%
Education 17 12% / 88% 53% $70,019 59 87%
Elementary Education 8 0% / 100% 12% $75,367 70 98%
English Education 1 0% / 100% 0% $81,552 79 89%
Social Studies Teacher Education 5 20% / 80% 0% $81,552 79 89%
Spanish Language Teacher Education $77,286 73
Music 9 +3 56% / 44% 22% $34,761 2 89%
Music Education 12 33% / 67% 17% $81,552 79 89%
Music Performance 66 30% / 70% 5% $34,761 2 89%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Stern School of Business 915 61% / 39% 23% $146,624 99%
Business and Political Economy 121 67% / 33% 41% $89,121 86 89%
Management Science 794 61% / 39% 21% $155,388 100 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Tandon School of Engineering 262 70% / 30% 25% $96,676 94%
Chemical Engineering 49 49% / 51% 24% $104,085 95 97%
Civil Engineering 46 70% / 30% 24% $95,184 91 96%
Computer Engineering 46 74% / 26% 30% $108,105 96 88%
Electrical Engineering 36 83% / 17% 33% $101,841 94 98%
Engineering Physics 3 100% / 0% 0% $117,199 98
Mechanical Engineering 82 74% / 26% 21% $83,656 81 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Tisch School of the Arts 1,244 36% / 64% 17% $47,626 92%
Art 38 +18 21% / 79% 29% $62,042 37 91%
Art History 45 24% / 76% 40% $62,042 37 91%
Dance 48 23% / 77% 6% $32,847 1 90%
Film Production 435 +6 45% / 55% 22% $56,749 22 91%
Fine and Studio Arts $52,342 12
Music Theory and Composition 22 55% / 45% 9% $34,761 2 89%
Photography 50 +1 44% / 56% 26% $56,749 22 91%
Playwriting and Screenwriting 58 43% / 57% 5% $31,599 1 94%
Theatre 400 +6 28% / 72% 9% $31,599 1 94%
Visual and Performing Arts 148 +1 34% / 66% 16% $65,953 49 93%

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

It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
Polymer Whisperers & Battery Bros
Playing House Civil Engineering
The Deep Bench
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Ohm My God
Regular Engineering Just Wasn't Hurting My Brain Enough Engineering Physics
Simultaneously Engineers & Physicists Until a Recruiter Observes Them
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Polymer Players
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Whiteboard-preferred

Computer Science

Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better. Artificial Intelligence
Soon Jumping on the AI Bandwagon...
Explaining That HTML is Not a Programming Language Computer Science (A&S)
LeetCode Grinders
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

Physical Sciences & Math

Quants, Proofs & p < 0.05 Applied Mathematics & Statistics
The Bayesian Quant Overlords
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Pen, Paper, and Existential Dread (Theory)
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Proof is in the Pudding

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Lab Gods
Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Carbon Neutral
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
Bone Collectors
Action Potentials Neuroscience
Rat Maze Architects

Health Sciences

Open Wide Dentistry & Oral Health
Express Drill Track
Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Hospital VIPs
Future Heroes (With 12-Hour Shifts) Nursing
Florence Nightingale's Heirs
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
Pill Counters
Sweat Equity Sports & Fitness
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
Glengarry Glen Ross Prep Real Estate
Location, Location, Location
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
Nepo-Baby Adjacent

Humanities & Social Sciences

I Think, Therefore I Major Cognitive Science
The Qualia Quibblers
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
Professional Yapping Media & Communication Studies
The "Our Alumni Control Your Feed" Mafia
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
The Thinkers
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