New York University
New York, NY
New York University is a private research university in New York, a large city, with 28,663 undergraduates. The arts and liberal arts are its signature fields: together they make up 23% of its bachelor's degrees, three and a half times their share across the colleges we cover. 88% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $82,509 ten years after starting.
New York University admitted 10,340 of 114,125 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (9.1%).
- Acceptance rate
- 9.1%
- Fall 2025 class
- Tuition and fees
- $62,796
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $37,050
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1480–1550
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What New York University is known for
Measured by the 7,569 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
The arts
15.9%
of its bachelor's degrees: about three times the 4.9% share across the colleges we cover.
Liberal arts
7.1%
of its bachelor's degrees: about four times the 1.6% share across the colleges we cover.
- Computer and Information Sciences5737.6% of degrees$142,495+54% vs $92,374 nationally
- Economics5407.1% of degrees$116,510+41% vs $82,686 nationally
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities5387.1% of degrees$66,502+25% vs $53,072 nationally
- Research and Experimental Psychology4996.6% of degrees$63,315+14% vs $55,695 nationally
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts4465.9% of degrees$58,720+34% vs $43,765 nationally
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication4385.8% of degrees$77,109+53% vs $50,497 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Large city
New York, NY
Undergraduates
28,663
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
8 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
26%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at New York University
Three things New York University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
New York University files the essay under “very important”.
That is the top of the scale the form offers, and the only other factors this school puts there are Course rigor, GPA and Recommendations.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
New York University files test scores under “important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 27% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The admit rate fell from 20% to 9% over 5 years.
Both ends are measured rates from the federal survey, for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, over 5 years
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
9.1%
10,340 admitted of 114,125 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
1480–1550
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
34–35
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.81
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
27%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
10%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at New York University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What New York University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $62,796, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $84,374. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $37,050 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$62,796
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$84,374
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$37,050
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $84,374 full cost.
- Under $30k$16,977Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$14,017Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$16,862Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$32,766Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$66,876Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
88%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
96%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$82,509
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$20,500
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate fell from 20% to 9%.
What New York University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigorvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendationsvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Class rank
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 is optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
Guides for New York University applicants
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