Home of Broadway, Wall Street, Lady Liberty and more, New York City also boasts a world-class selection of higher education. With seven universities in New York featured within the QS World University Rankings® 2014/15 and an additional three in close proximity to the city, there’s good reason why New York is one of the most popular study destinations in the world, ranked 15th in theQS Best Student Cities 2015.
With a famously heterogeneous outlook, New York offers fantastic facilities for all, from budding economists to wannabe movie stars. Whatever subject you decide to study in New York, and whichever aspect of city life appeals to you – shopping, clubbing, eating, learning, socializing – NYC has an institution and neighborhood to suit.
To help you decide where you might like to study in New York City, here’s an overview of the city’s top universities, based on the QS World University Rankings® 2014/15.
1. Columbia University
New York City’s highest ranking institution, Columbia Universitycurrently stands in joint 14th place in the QS World University Rankings, Maryland’s Johns Hopkins University. A member of the prestigious group of Ivy League universities and a world-leading center of research, Columbia University has a strong offering across the full subject spectrum. In the QS World University Rankings by Faculty, it makes the world’s top 15 for both arts and humanities and social sciences and management; the top 25 for natural sciences and life sciences and medicine; and the top 70 for engineering and technology.
Columbia University has a central location in the Upper West Side of Manhattan – close to the northern tip of Central Park and just off Broadway, the boulevard which gives its name to New York’s theater scene. It boasts a highly diverse faculty (over 3,700 academic staff) and student body (just under 30,000 students overall), with over 7,000 international students from more than 150 different countries.
2. Cornell University
At 19th in the world, just five places behind Columbia, Cornell University is another of the prestigious Ivy League universities, and offers a range of both academic and more vocational courses. Laying claim to being the first US university to offer a degree in veterinary medicine, Cornell University also bears the title of the first US university to teach modern Far-Eastern languages.
Cornell University’s main campus is actually in Ithaca, around 200 miles to the north-west of New York City, but it also has a strong presence in NYC. Its medical campus can be found in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and the Cornell Tech campus is in the Chelsea district, with an ambitious new campus currently under construction on Roosevelt Island – the island located in the middle of the river that separates Manhattan Island and the borough of Queens – set for opening in 2017. Cornell University’s schools of financial engineering and architecture are also based in Manhattan.
3. New York University (NYU)
Though not one of the famed Ivy League universities, New York University (NYU) is nonetheless ranked among the world’s best, currently joint 41st in the world. Notably, New York University has a strong focus on internationalization, with a number of branch campuses around the world and an impressive study abroad program. As well as helping its own students spend time abroad, NYU also counts a large number of international students among its large student community.
While NYU has several New York campuses, its main hub is its Washington Square campus, in Greenwich Village. Dubbed ‘the Village’, this area of Lower Manhattan is famed as one of New York’s most creative and bohemian localities, offering a great atmosphere for NYU students. Over the years the school has attracted an eclectic mix of writers, artists, musicians and intellectuals to study in New York – and no doubt this is all part of the appeal for many creatively minded students heading to NYU.
4. Yeshiva University
Ranked 280th in the world, Yeshiva University is another of the top research universities in New York. It was founded (over 100 years ago) with the mission of combining Jewish traditions and culture with Western heritage, and the continuing influence of this cultural focus is seen in the Yeshiva University Museum, which explores Jewish life through art, architecture and history.
Relatively small compared to most of the other universities in New York listed here, Yeshiva University has around 7,500 students, of which just over 3,000 are undergraduates. With campuses and facilities spread across Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens (and some in Israel), Yeshiva University’s main campus is in the Washington Heights area of Upper Manhattan.
5. City University of New York (CUNY)
Whereas all the other universities in New York listed here are private, the City University of New York (CUNY) is NYC’s public university system. Currently ranked 471-480 in the world, CUNY is the largest urban university system in the US, composed of 24 colleges spread across Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn (plus one on Staten Island), with more than 500,000 students enrolled on a huge variety of courses.
From vocational training to PhD research, full-time study to evening classes, the City University of New York almost certainly has a program to match. CUNY also prides itself on having strong connections with the city’s neighborhoods, running a network of internship and fellowship programs across the five boroughs to enrich study life.
6. The New School
Ranked 601-650 in the most recent world university rankings, The New School (previously named New School University) has around 10,000 students, of which almost 30% are international. Like NYU, The New School has its main campus in ‘the Village’. This famously creative neighborhood is an apt location, as The New School focuses largely on the arts, humanities and social sciences; its seven academic divisions are: liberal arts, music, drama, jazz and contemporary music, public engagement, social research, and design.
Among its famous alumni, The New School boasts forerunners in several artistic fields, including actor Bradley Cooper, fashion designer Tom Ford and composer Burt Bacharach.
7. Fordham University
Ranked 701+ in the QS World University Rankings, Fordham University calls itself the “Jesuit University of New York” and specializes in liberal arts, sciences and business. Fordham University is composed of ten colleges, four for undergraduates and six for graduates. These enroll a total of around 15,200 students, with two main campuses in New York City – the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx and Lincoln Center in Manhattan – as well as a much smaller campus in West Harrison, about 25 miles north of Manhattan. Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus is close to the Little Italy area, historically associated with Italian migrants and still characterized by Italian restaurants and shops, while the Lincoln Center is close to the south-east corner of Central Park.
8. Stevens Institute of Technology
Though actually located in the neighboring state of New Jersey, the Stevens Institute of Technology, currently ranked 701+ in the world, can justifiably be included among the top places to study in New York due to its proximal location across the river from Manhattan Island. Situated on a 55-acre campus on the west bank of the Hudson River, Stevens Institute of Technology provides a nearby escape from the city proper, offering up some stunning views of NYC’s famous skyline.
As its name would imply, the Stevens Institute of Technology has a strong focus on engineering, science and technology subjects, marketing itself as “The Innovation University”. However, it also offers degrees in arts and humanities subjects – and in fact all undergraduates are required to take some humanities courses. Around 6,100 students are enrolled at the Stevens Institute of Technology and just over half are graduate students.
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