The New School University Center at 14th Street and Fifth Avenue, a LEED Gold building completed in 2014

The New School

New York, New York
The New School University Center at 14th Street and Fifth Avenue, a LEED Gold building completed in 2014 credit: Beyond My Ken
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Overview
Private not-for-profit
5,658 Undergraduates
69% Admissions Rate
City: Large
Mostly Women
Private
Expensive
Region: Northeast
Size: Small
Doctoral
The New School
66 West 12th Street
New York, New York
10011-8871
(212) 229-5600
https://www.newschool.edu/

The New School, a private research university located in New York City, is one of the top 135 institutions of higher learning in the United States. University professors came together and founded The New School in 1919. Their aim was to create an institution where students could “seek an unbiased understanding of the existing order, its genesis, growth and present working.” The school’s motto is "To the Living Spirit.” Today, most of the campus is located in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of NYC, and its library has nearly 2 million holdings. The New School is also involved with a number of other organizations worldwide including Parsons Paris, the India China Institute and the World Policy Institute. Notable alumni include fashion designer Marc Jacobs, actor Marlon Brando, playwright Tennessee Williams, actor Bradley Cooper, fashion designer Donna Karan, actor Jesse Eisenberg, fashion designer Anna Sui, filmmaker Kevin Smith and acclaimed Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The school’s colors are white, black and Parsons red, its mascot is Gnarls the Narwhal and its teams are called the Narwhals. It is not officially with any sports organizations, but it does compete against NCAA Division III universities. Club sports offered include basketball, dance, cross-country, soccer and tennis.

Location

The City of New York, often called New York City or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2017 population of 8,622,698 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and one of the world's most populous megacities, with an estimated 20,320,876 people in its 2017 Metropolitan Statistical Area and 23,876,155 residents in its Combined Statistical Area. More from Wikipedia...

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coffee score

96

restaurants score

Students
24%

Men

76%

Women

22

Average Age of Entering Students

78%

Live On Campus

383

New Transfer Students

Admissions
69%

Acceptance Rate

20%

Enrollment Yield

1140-1360

SAT Range

8,701

Applicants in 2020

Costs
$50,908

Typical Cost

$51,022

Average Tuition

84%

Recieve Financial Aid

92%

Have Loans

$19,000

Median Debt

Academics
9 to 1

Student to Faculty Ratio

Doctoral

Highest Degree Offered

"Fashion/Apparel Design"

Top Major

Campus Life

Dorm Food:

Standard

Clubs & Extracurriculars:

Important, more than 50 to choose from

Greek Life:

None

Party Scene:

Standard, mostly on the weekends
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