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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, 2006)
  • College of Arts and Science: 7,523
  • Leonard N. Stern School of Business: 2,285
  • Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development: 2,285
  • Tisch School of the Arts: 3,172
  • Gallatin School of Individualized Study: 1,232
  • College of Nursing: 533
  • School of Social Work: 129
  • Tisch Center Hospitality Programs: 287
  • General Studies Program: 1,873
Costs and Financial Aid (Fall, 2007)
  • Tuition (full-time undergraduate): $35,283
  • Room and Board (average): $11,850
  • Average Financial Aid Package (incoming freshman): $20,095
  • Annual Amount NYU-funded Financial Aid: $117.5 million
  • Number of Merit Scholarships: 390
  • Range of Merit Scholarships: $1,000 - $25,000
Admissions Statistics
  • Number of Applications: 33,949
  • Percent Offered Admission: 29.2%
  • Number of Early Decision Applications: 2,990
  • Early Decision % of Class: 25.4%
  • Number of New Freshmen: 4,395
Academic Statistics (Four-year Programs)
  • Average High School GPA: 3.63
  • SAT Score Range (middle 50%): 1300 – 1430
  • ACT Score Range (middle 50%):29 - 31
  • Ranked in Top 10% of High School Class: 70%
Geographic Diversity (States providing the most students)
  • 750 or more: New York
  • 500 – 749: New Jersey
  • 250 – 499: California
  • 100 – 249: Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Texas
  • 50 – 99: Illinois, Ohio, Virginia, Washington
Ethnic Diversity
  • African American/Black: 3.7%
  • Hispanic/Latino: 7.3%
  • Native American: 0.2%
  • Asian American: 27%
  • White: 51.3%
  • Multiracial 3.4%
  • Not Reported: 7.1%