- The Inkwell
- New York
- The New School
New York, NYCity: largeZIP 10011Founded 1919
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1919
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral: high research activity (R2)
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.newschool.edu
New YorkPrivate nonprofit
The New School
The New School is a private nonprofit university in New York, New York, with 6,563 undergraduates. It admits 64% of applicants, graduates 68% within six years and costs $48,163 a year after aid.
68%graduate
Admission rate64%
Retention85%
4-year graduation45%
Pell Grant share18%
Federal loans26%
$48,163net price / year
64%admission rate
—average SAT
68%graduate in 6 years
$64,471median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,250median debt
#586 of 1,704 for earnings#1,709 of 1,739 for lowest net price#450 of 1,738 for graduation rate#434 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $84,878tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $61,558
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $61,558
- Average net price
- $48,163national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$39,567
$30,001–48,000$39,465
$48,001–75,000$46,064
$75,001–110,000$49,974
$110,001+$59,291
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 64%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college64%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college85%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college68%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college18%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 68%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 45%
- First-year retention
- 85%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 72%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $46,751
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $64,471middle 50%: $33,036–$101,813
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,250
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$101,813
Median, The New School$64,471
Lower quarter$33,036
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 6,563
- Part-time
- 6.5%
- Women / men
- 77% / 23%
- Average age at entry
- 21.7
- First-generation students
- 19%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 18%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 9 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 21%
- Average faculty salary
- $13,417 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $19,368
- Endowment, end of year
- $486,977,000
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White30%
Hispanic11%
Black4.6%
Asian13%
Two or more races4.8%
U.S. nonresident34%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown1.9%
14 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Visual & performing arts68%
Computer & information sciences9.7%
Communication & journalism5.8%
Liberal arts & humanities3.1%
English language & literature2.8%
Architecture2.6%
Psychology2.4%
Social sciences2.2%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 193654. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q599316.