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Fast Facts

Academics
  • Number of Undergraduate Colleges/Schools/Programs: 11
  • 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, 2008)
  • College of Arts and Science: 7,126
  • Leonard N. Stern School of Business: 2,307
  • Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development: 2,434
  • Tisch School of the Arts: 3,163
  • Gallatin School of Individualized Study: 1,272
  • College of Nursing: 633
  • Silver School of Social Work: 130
  • Tisch Center Hospitality Programs: 298
  • Liberal Studies Program: 1,892
Costs and Financial Aid (Fall, 2009)
  • Tuition (full-time undergraduate): $38,765
  • Room and Board (average): $13,226
  • Average Financial Aid Package (incoming freshman): $29,560
  • Annual Amount NYU-funded Financial Aid (freshmen only): $89 million
Admissions Statistics (Fall, 2009)
  • Number of Applications: 36,944
  • Percent Offered Admission: 29.4%
  • Number of Early Decision Applications: 2,979
  • Early Decision % of Class: 28.5%
  • Number of New Freshmen: 4,650
Academic Statistics (Four-year Programs)
  • Average High School GPA: 3.63
  • SAT Critical Reading Score Range (middle 50%): 630 - 730
  • SAT Math Score Range (middle 50%): 650 - 750
  • ACT Score Range (middle 50%):29 - 31
  • Ranked in Top 10% of High School Class: 69.7%
Geographic Diversity (States providing the most students - Fall, 2009)
  • 750 or more: New York
  • 500 - 749: New Jersey
  • 250 - 499: California
  • 100 - 249: Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Texas
  • 50 - 99: Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Washington

View complete map of geographic diversity at NYU.

International Students (Fall, 2009)
  • Enrolling (expected): 400
  • Percent of Class: 11.5%
  • Number of Countries Represented: 48
Ethnic Diversity (Fall, 2009)
  • African American/Black: 4.2%
  • Hispanic/Latino: 7.6%
  • Native American: 0.6%
  • Asian American: 30.0%
  • White: 43.7%
  • Multiracial 3.4%
  • Other/Not Reported: 10.5%
Distribution by Type of Secondary School (Fall, 2009)
  • Public: 63.5%
  • Private: 14.9%
  • Parochial: 10.6%
  • International: 10.9%
  • Home Schooled: 0.1%