by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
New York University was awarded 458 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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NYU is ranked #27 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when NYU held the #30 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
NYU also holds the #4 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
New York University has a very low acceptance rate of 13%, making it one of the most selective out of all the colleges and universities in the nation. It's probably a good idea to apply to other schools in addition to NYU just in case you don't make the cut.
About 23% of students accepted to NYU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 700 and 770. Math scores were between 750 and 800.
The student to faculty ratio at NYU is an impressive 8 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at New York University is 99%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
New York University has a freshmen retention rate of 94%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At NYU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 76%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at New York University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 27,444 undergraduates at NYU with 25,854 being full-time and 1,590 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,582 | $24,131 | $31,355 | $40,573 | $55,245 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of NYU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At NYU, approximately 26% of students took out student loans averaging $9,321 a year. That adds up to $37,284 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at NYU is 1.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for NYU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 70 Washington Sq South, New York, NY 10012-1091 |
| Phone: | 212-998-1212 |
| Website: | https://www.nyu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/nyu |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/nyuniversity |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 595 | $36,142 |
| Computer Information Systems | 464 | $75,653 |
| Nursing | 455 | $93,346 |
| Economics | 437 | $60,699 |
| General Business/Commerce | 402 | $77,787 |
| Child Development & Psychology | 391 | $30,912 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 372 | $30,874 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 368 | $44,800 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 343 | $25,246 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 224 | $79,980 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 26,371 students took at least one online class at New York University. This is a decrease from the 47,026 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 26,371 | 4,757 |
| 2019-2020 | 47,026 | 16,756 |
| 2018-2019 | 5,468 | 1,889 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,857 | 1,593 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,372 | 1,152 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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