New York University
Private Research University in New York, NY. Six-year graduation rate 88%. Median 10-year earnings $82,509.
Ten-year median earnings of $82,509 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Completion is a strength: 88% of students finish within six years. Graduates carry a median of $20,500 in debt — in line with the national norm. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 3.6% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.25 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 88% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Admit rate 9% — heavily selective, limited transfer slots
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 9% means admission is the exception — plan accordingly. 110,807 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. 55% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 28% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 720–760 | 1,598 (28%) |
| SAT Math | 760–800 | |
| ACT Composite | 34–35 | 583 (10%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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88% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 96% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 64% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 29,430 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $30,325 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The income table below is the number that matters — $16,977 at $0–30k versus $66,876 at $110k+. Grant aid is limited — 42% of students receive any. 19% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 5,802 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $16,977 |
| $30–48k | $14,017 |
| $48–75k | $16,862 |
| $75–110k | $32,766 |
| $110k+ | $66,876 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 5,673 of these 29,430 students, totalling $36,435,057 — an average of $6,423 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (New York County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)