New York University

New York, NY · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
9.1%
10,340 admitted
SAT · 50th
1520
Range 1480–1550
6-yr grad
87.9%
Retention 96.1%
Undergrads
29,471
12:1 S-F
Admissions
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9.1%
10,340 admitted
from 114,125 apps
Applications114,125
Overall admit rate9.1%
Enrolled5,662 · 54.8% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Class rank, Rigor of HS record, Test scores, Talent
Important factorsApplication essay, Character, Recs
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1520
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1480–1550 · 27.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W730750770
Math750780790
Comp148015201550
ACT
255075
Comp343535
Cost & aid
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$68,574
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$68,574
Room & board$25,250
Books$1,492
Avg need-based grant$56,510
% need met64.5%
Avg debt at graduation$29,766
Academics
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12 : 1
student-faculty ratio
96.1% retention
Student-faculty12 : 1
Retention96.1%
4-year graduation73.7%
6-year graduation87.9%
Enrollment
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29,471
undergraduates
65.0% out-of-state · 1,260 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates29,471
First-year5,662
Transfer1,549
Full-time96%
Female58%
Out-of-state65.0%
International (freshmen)1,260
Rankings
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#2
Princeton Review
Undergraduate Colleges for Game Design
SourceListRankYr
Princeton ReviewUndergraduate Colleges for Game Design#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Finance#226
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Analytics#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: International Business#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Management#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Marketing#426
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Programs#526
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R1 Research University
Carnegie Classification
131 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR1 Research University131
Athletic conferenceUniversity Athletic Association8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingNew York colleges40
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$100
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/5 → 1-Apr → 1-May
Early decision11/1 → 12/15 · binding
Early decision 21/1
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
HS units required4 Eng, 3 Math, 3 Sci, 3 SciLab, 3 FL, 3 SS
Admissions URLhttps://www.nyu.edu/admissions/undergrad…
Admissions emailadmissions@nyu.edu
Admissions phone(212) 998-4500
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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Boston University
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Boston University MA · Proprietary12.8%147018K
University of Southern California CA · Public11.2%151020K
Cornell University NY · Private (nonprofit)8.4%153016K
Georgetown University DC · Private (nonprofit)13.5%14807K
Northeastern University MA · Private (nonprofit)5.6%148022K
Emory University GA · Private (nonprofit)10.3%15107K
Tufts University MA · Private (nonprofit)10.8%15007K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — New York University

8 years of New York University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.