New York, NY 10012, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014 – Rank – 18, New York University In New York
New York, NY 10012, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014 – Rank – 18, New York University In New York
New York University
70 Washington Square S, New York, NY 10012, United States
New York University (NYU) is a private, nonsectarian American research university based in New York City. NYU’s main campus is located at Greenwich Village in Lower Manhattan. Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the largest private nonprofit institutions of American higher education.[1][9][10]
NYU was elected to the Association of American Universities in 1950.[11] NYU counts 36 Nobel Prize winners, three Abel Prize winners,[12][13] 10 National Medal of Science recipients,[14][15] 16 Pulitzer Prize winners,[16] 30 Academy Award winners,[16][17][18] fourPutnam Competition winners, Russ Prize, Gordon Prize, and Draper Prize winners, Turing Award winners, and Emmy,[19] Grammy,[20]and Tony Award[21] winners among its faculty and alumni. NYU also has MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowship holders[22] as well asNational Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering members among its past and present graduates and faculty.[23]
NYU is organized into more than 20 schools, colleges, and institutes,[9] located in six centers throughout Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn, as well as more than a dozen other sites across the world, with plans for further expansion.[24][25][26] According to theInstitute of International Education, NYU sends more students to study abroad than any other US college or university, and theCollege Board reports more online searches by international students for “NYU” than for any other university.3
Rankings
Globally, NYU is ranked #27 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities,[113] #44 in the QS World University Rankings,[114] and #27 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.[115] Nationally, NYU is ranked #20 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities,[113] #56 by Forbes,[116] #32 by U.S. News & World Report,[117] and #79 by the Washington Monthly.[118] U.S. News & World Report ranks NYU’s graduate schools #10 for business, #20 for education, #46 for engineering, #6 for law, #6 for public policy and #19 and #51 respectively for medical research and primary care.
