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Fast Facts

Academics
  • Number of Undergraduate Colleges/Schools: 8
  • Number of Majors: 160
  • Number of Courses: 2,500
  • Average Class Size: less than 30
  • Student/Faculty Ratio: 11:1
  • Library Holdings: over 4.5 million
Enrollment by School (Fall, 2007)
  • College of Arts and Science: 7,660
  • Leonard N. Stern School of Business: 2,335
  • Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development: 2,404
  • Tisch School of the Arts: 3,179
  • Gallatin School of Individualized Study: 1,277
  • College of Nursing: 614
  • Silver School of Social Work: 118
  • Tisch Center Hospitality Programs: 289
  • General Studies Program: 1,947
Costs and Financial Aid (Fall, 2008)
  • Tuition (full-time undergraduate): $37,372
  • Room and Board (average): $12,810
  • Average Financial Aid Package (incoming freshman): $20,095
  • Annual Amount NYU-funded Financial Aid: $117.5 million
Admissions Statistics (Fall, 2008)
  • Number of Applications: 36,809
  • Percent Offered Admission: 25.3%
  • Number of Early Decision Applications: 2,995
  • Early Decision % of Class: 26.9%
  • Number of New Freshmen: 4,310
Academic Statistics (Four-year Programs)
  • Average High School GPA: 3.63
  • SAT Score Range (middle 50%): 1300 - 1440
  • ACT Score Range (middle 50%):29 - 31
  • Ranked in Top 10% of High School Class: 72.3%
Geographic Diversity (States providing the most students - Fall, 2008)
  • 750 or more: New York
  • 500 - 749: New Jersey
  • 250 - 499: California
  • 100 - 249: Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Texas
  • 50 - 99: Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, Washington
Ethnic Diversity
  • African American/Black: 3.8%
  • Hispanic/Latino: 7.89%
  • Native American: 0.7%
  • Asian American: 27.9%
  • White: 48.5%
  • Multiracial 3.1%
  • Other/Not Reported: 8.6%