As the cultural mecca of the US, New York City naturally contains many fine colleges and universities. One of the very best is New York University (NYU), located in Washington Square in Lower Manhattan’s Greenwich Village neighborhood. While NYU is a quintessentially urban school lacking a conventional, pastoral college campus setting, its site is immediately recognizable thanks to Washington Square Arch, which is a replica of the ancient Roman Arch of Titus and very similar in appearance to Paris’s celebrated Arc de Triomphe (though only half its size).
One of the principal founders of NYU was Albert Gallatin, president of the National Bank of New York, former US diplomat, and Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson. At the center of Gallatin’s vision for NYU was that the school would accept students from a wider variety of social and family backgrounds, thus making a college education available to young men who showed outstanding academic or personal merit.
This was a novel idea at the time, but one that NYU continues to take seriously today. For example, its entering undergraduate class each year represents nearly 90 foreign countries, in addition to almost all of the American states. NYU also has 12 mini-campuses, or “global academic centers,” located in cities around the world:
Through this extensive network, more NYU students participate in study-abroad programs than those of any other American university.
Some 37 winners of the Nobel Prize are connected to NYU, including, notably,:
In addition, NYU can boast eight Turing Award winners, including:
as well as five Fields Medalists, including Akshay Venkatesh.
Finally, notable NYU alumni from other walks of life include:
New York University is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin.
Source: WikipediaWhat does this school look for?
Annual Applications
80,210
Acceptance
21%
Graduation Rate
88%
Median SAT Score
1440
Median ACT Score
32
How much does it cost to attend?
Tuition (in-state)
$52,204
Fees (in-state)
$2,676
| Income | Average Net Cost |
|---|---|
| 0 - 30K | $25,937 |
| 30K - 48K | $25,771 |
| 48K - 75K | $32,733 |
| 75K - 110K | $41,038 |
| 110K+ | $55,206 |
Averages for 10 years after enrolling
Avg Earnings
$78,600
Employed
90%
What's it like to attend this school?
Full time on-campus stats
Student Body
49K
Under-Grads
30K
Graduates
19K
Where will you be attending?
Location
70 Washington Sq South, New York NY 10012-1091
Our answer to this is to show you the disciplines in which a school's faculty and alumni have had the highest historical influence. A school may be influential in a discipline even if they do not offer degrees in that area. We've organized two lists to show where they are influential and offer corresponding degrees, and where they are influential through scholarship although they don't offer degrees in the disciplines.
Who are New York University's Most influential alumni?
New York University 's most influential alumni faculty include professors and professionals in the fields of Social Work, Business, and Nursing
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