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New York University

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About New York University

By James Barham, PhD

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:

  • Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
  • Accra (Ghana)
  • Berlin (Germany)
  • Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • Florence (Italy)
  • London (United Kingdom)
  • Madrid (Spain)
  • Paris (France)
  • Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Shanghai (China)
  • Sydney (Australia)
  • Tel Aviv (Israel)

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,:

  • Severo Ochoa—chemistry
  • Eric Kandel—physiology or medicine
  • Wassily Leontief—economics

In addition, NYU can boast eight Turing Award winners, including:

  • Martin Hellman
  • Judea Pearl
  • Michael Rabin
  • Robert Tarjan

as well as five Fields Medalists, including Akshay Venkatesh.

Finally, notable NYU alumni from other walks of life include:

  • Philosophers, Thomas Nagel, Peter Singer, & David Chalmers
  • Film directors, Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, & Tom Ford
  • Singer, Neil Diamond
  • Actors, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, James Franco, & Timothée Chalamet
  • Former New York City mayor, Rudy Giuliani

According to Wikipedia, New York University is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by a group of New Yorkers led by Albert Gallatin as a non-denominational all-male institution near City Hall based on a curriculum focused on a secular education. The university moved in 1833 and has maintained its main campus in Greenwich Village surrounding Washington Square Park. Since then, the university has added an engineering school in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center and graduate schools throughout Manhattan. NYU has become the largest private university in the United States by enrollment, with a total of 51,848 enrolled students, including 26,733 undergraduate students and 25,115 graduate students in 2019. Admissions are considered highly selective.

New York University's Online Degrees

Certificate in Advanced Valuation
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Certificate in Corporate Sustainability
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Certificate in Foundations of Fintech
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Certificate in Finance
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MS in Quantitative Management
  • Required Credits: 36
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Certificate in Coding and Visual Analytics
  • Required Credits: non-credit
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Certificate in Coding R for Data
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Certificate in Visualizing Data
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MHA in Health Administration
  • Required Credits: 45
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New York University Admissions, Retention, and Graduation Information

Annual ApplicationsAcceptanceGraduation RateMedian SAT ScoreMedian ACT Score
95,51713%87%145532

How Much Does New York University Cost To Attend?

Tuition (in-state)
$56,500
Price by Family Income
IncomeAverage Net Cost
0 - 30K$23,582
30K - 48K$24,131
48K - 75K$31,355
75K - 110K$40,573
110K+$55,245

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

How Much Do New York University Graduates Make?

If you graduate from New York University, then you can expect to earn an average of $78,600 per year. You also have a 90% chance of being employed after 10 years.

New York University's Demographics

Demographic data is for full-time, on-campus students.

Student BodyUnder-GradsGraduates
60,32630,64329,683

Where is New York University?

New York University is located at 70 Washington Sq South, New York NY 10012-1091

What Is New York University Known For?

New York University is known for it's academic work in the following disciplines:

New York University's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered

Literature
#7
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#13
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#5
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literature Degrees
Law
#9
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#9
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#6
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Social Work
#7
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#7
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#7
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Nursing
#12
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#12
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#7
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Philosophy
#20
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#39
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#8
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Communications
#13
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#17
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#8
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communications Degrees
Anthropology
#18
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#26
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#9
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anthropology Degrees
Mathematics
#25
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#44
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#10
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math Degrees
Business
#11
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#11
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#10
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business Degrees
Economics
#14
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#16
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#10
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economics Degrees
Political Science
#21
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#22
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#10
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political-science Degrees
Education
#15
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#16
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#10
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Psychology
#14
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#18
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#11
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Medical
#20
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#21
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#11
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medicine Degrees
History
#19
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#23
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#11
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history Degrees
Sociology
#25
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#26
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#11
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sociology Degrees
Computer Science
#25
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#22
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#16
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Biology
#38
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#55
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#18
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biology Degrees
Physics
#64
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#86
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#18
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physics Degrees
Engineering
#48
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#61
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#20
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engineering Degrees
Chemistry
#84
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#108
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#22
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chemistry Degrees
Religious Studies
#101
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#115
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#23
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religious-studies-hub Degrees

Who Are New York University's Most Influential Alumni?

New York University's most influential alumni include professors and professionals in the fields of Social Work, Law, and Business. Here are some of New York University's most famous alumni:

Erich Fromm
Erich Fromm
A German sociologist and psychoanalyst.
Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller
A Sixth director of the FBI. Robert Mueller is American attorney.
Martha Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum
An American philosopher.
John Archibald Wheeler
John Archibald Wheeler
An American physicist.
Glenn Greenwald
Glenn Greenwald
An American journalist, lawyer and writer .
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn
An American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker.
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk
An Inventor of polio vaccine .
Eric Kandel
Eric Kandel
An American neuropsychiatrist.
Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumford
An American historian, sociologist, philosopher of technology and literary critic .
Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler
An American writer and futurist.
Paul Ekman
Paul Ekman
An American evolutionary and social psychologist.
Louis Nirenberg
Louis Nirenberg
An American mathematician of Canadian origin .

Who Are New York University's Most Influential Faculty?

New York University's most influential faculty include professors in the fields of Social Work, Law, and Business. Here are some of New York University's most famous alumni:

Gary Marcus
Gary Marcus
An American psycholinguist.
Philip Alston
Philip Alston
An Australian law scholar.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
An American writer, journalist, and educator.
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith
An English novelist, essayist and short-story writer.
Caryn James
An American journalist, writer and university professor.
Michael Clemens
Michael Clemens
An American economist.
Martin Hairer
Martin Hairer
An Austrian-British mathematician working in stochastic analysis.
Dorothy Otnow Lewis
An American psychiatrist.
Noah Feldman
Noah Feldman
An American academic, educator, political writer, (1970 -   ), Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sam Parnia
A Medical Doctor.
Kate Manne
An Australian American writer, philosopher, professor.
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer
An American novelist.