About
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 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.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates — a notably small equity gap.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 348 Title IV programs, 101 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 246 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing101 · 29.0%
- No Data246 · 70.7%
- Failing1 · 0.3%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 33
Action history · 48
- Aug 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTM) - Programs leading to a Master's Degree
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationLiaison Committee on Medical Education · Medicine (MED) - Programs leading to the M.D. degree
- Aug 2024Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Education for Public Health · Public Health (PHG) - Graduate level school of public health
- Jun 2024Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 6,258 students received $40.6M in Pell grants, alongside $614.3M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 7,186 borrowers who entered repayment, 64 (0.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at New York
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 12
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus67
- Non-campus21
- Public property75
Includes 21 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Religion3
- National origin3
- Gender1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- D'agostino Hall1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- Brittany Hall1 fireA small section of a bulletin board was set on fire.Damage $0-$99
- Palladium Hall1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- A2 C1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
New York vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions New York selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectNew York University | 88% | — | 56,832 | $35,035 | R1 Research |
Boston College | 91% | 16.4% | 15,432 | $39,866 | R1 Research |
Boston University | 89% | 11.1% | 37,737 | $26,996 | R1 Research |
Brandeis University | 86% | 40.5% | 5,205 | $33,885 | R1 Research |
Brown University | 96% | 5.4% | 11,956 | $26,572 | R1 Research |
California Institute of Technology | 94% | 2.6% | 2,430 | $18,902 | R1 Research |
Carnegie Mellon University | 94% | 11.7% | 15,888 | $31,671 | R1 Research |
Case Western Reserve University | 87% | 36.5% | 12,475 | $38,909 | R1 Research |
Columbia University in the City of New York | 96% | 4.0% | 35,173 | $20,148 | R1 Research |
Cornell University | 95% | 8.8% | 26,793 | $32,337 | R1 Research |
Duke University | 97% | 5.7% | 17,499 | $34,454 | R1 Research |
Emory University | 91% | 10.6% | 15,175 | $23,911 | R1 Research |
George Washington University | 84% | 47.1% | 25,374 | $37,454 | R1 Research |
Georgetown University | 95% | 12.9% | 20,031 | $39,433 | R1 Research |
Harvard University | 98% | 3.6% | 30,259 | $16,816 | R1 Research |
Johns Hopkins University | 94% | 6.4% | 30,210 | $18,161 | R1 Research |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 96% | 4.5% | 11,886 | $19,813 | R1 Research |
Northeastern University | 91% | 5.2% | 32,553 | $32,116 | R1 Research |
Northwestern University | 95% | 7.7% | 23,856 | $27,143 | R1 Research |
Princeton University | 98% | 4.6% | 9,137 | $10,555 | R1 Research |
Rice University | 95% | 8.0% | 8,961 | $12,640 | R1 Research |
Stanford University | 92% | 3.6% | 18,625 | $12,136 | R1 Research |
Syracuse University | 84% | 45.9% | 22,589 | $41,026 | R1 Research |
Tufts University | 94% | 11.5% | 13,599 | $35,435 | R1 Research |
Tulane University of Louisiana | 86% | 14.0% | 13,310 | $43,939 | R1 Research |
University of Chicago | 96% | 4.5% | 18,566 | $18,967 | R1 Research |
University of Miami | 84% | 18.9% | 19,852 | $36,803 | R1 Research |
University of Notre Dame | 95% | 11.3% | 13,042 | $27,823 | R1 Research |
University of Pennsylvania | 97% | 5.4% | 29,109 | $31,229 | R1 Research |
University of Rochester | 85% | 40.1% | 11,946 | $30,248 | R1 Research |
University of Southern California | 92% | 9.8% | 46,566 | $31,927 | R1 Research |
Vanderbilt University | 94% | 5.9% | 13,575 | $19,040 | R1 Research |
Washington University in St Louis | 94% | 12.1% | 16,357 | $22,117 | R1 Research |
Yale University | 96% | 3.9% | 15,564 | $27,818 | R1 Research |
| Peer group median | 94% | 8.8% | 16,928 | $29,036 |
New York Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The core function of AAIR is to serve the NYU Tandon community by providing objective, research-based information, and analysis to support decision-making, planning, evaluation, and performance improvement.
Visit IR office page- David VintinnerAssistant Vice President for Institutional Research
- Alyson MillerDirector, Institutional Research
- Charlotte NtimData Modeling Analyst, Institutional Research
- John AlcivarData Modeling Analyst, Institutional Research
- Arta AnkravaSenior Analyst, Institutional Research
- John WilliamsData Modeling Analyst, Institutional Research and Data Integrity
- Laura WestbergInstitutional Research Analyst
Common Data Set (7)
The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.
Reports & documents (4)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DashboardDashboardnyu.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- FactbookFactbook and Common Data Sets2023The NYU Factbook and Common Data Sets provide detailed statistical information about admissions, enrollment trends, retention, and graduation rates. It includes dashboards on the number of applicants, admits, enrollees, admit rates, yield rates, full-time and part-time enrollment statistics, and retention and graduation goals. The most recent enrollment and admissions data cover up to the year 2023.nyu.edu
- GlossaryGlossary and Resources - NYU Dentistry Translational Research CenterThe NYU Dentistry Translational Research Center provides a comprehensive glossary of terms commonly used in clinical trials and research, focusing on terminology relevant to conducting and understanding clinical studies. This extensive resource includes definitions ranging from phases of clinical trials, concepts like bias and blinding, roles such as investigators and sponsors, and critical processes like informed consent. The glossary serves as an educational tool to enhance understanding of complex clinical trial processes and standards.dental.nyu.edu
Notable alumni of New York (26)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Frederick ReinesScience
- John S. AllenAcademia
- Edward J. BlousteinAcademia
- Joyce F. BrownAcademia
- Howard ZinnAcademia
- Miriam BasilioAcademia
- Elihu RootPolitics
- Joel S. EngelScience and Technology
- John G. TrumpScience
- Daniel DraperScience
- Martin PerlScience
- Eric R. KandelScience
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