How do people view NYU?

mom2collegekids
Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:39:37 +0000

From NYU

Costs and Financial Aid (Fall, 2009)

Tuition (full-time undergraduate): $38,765
Room and Board (average): $13,226
Average Financial Aid Package (incoming freshman): $29,560
Annual Amount NYU-funded Financial Aid (freshmen only): $89 million

That $89 million is about $20k per freshman for a school that costs about $55k to attend.

From Collegeboard
Out-of-state tuition and fees: . $40,082
Room and board: … $13,507
Books and supplies: … $950
Estimated personal expenses: $1,000 (Should probably be higher)
Transportation expense: none stated…should be about $1000

From Collegeboard
Financial Aid Statistics

* Full-time freshman enrollment: 4,467

Number who applied for need-based aid: 3,004

Number who were judged to have need: 2,390

Number who were offered aid: 2,342

Number who had full need met: Not reported

Average percent of need met: 71%

Average financial aid package: $26,287

Average need-based loan: $4,947

Average need-based scholarship or grant award: $19,120

Average non-need based aid: $6,683

Average indebtedness at graduation: $33,487 (this won’t include Parent Plus or Private loans)


From NYU website…

Admissions Statistics (Fall, 2009)

Number of Applications: 36,944
Percent Offered Admission: 29.4%
Number of Early Decision Applications: 2,979 (difference of 600 from Collegeboard)
Early Decision % of Class: 28.5%
Number of New Freshmen: 4,650
Academic Statistics (Four-year Programs)

Average High School GPA: 3.63
SAT Critical Reading Score Range (middle 50%): 630 - 730
SAT Math Score Range (middle 50%): 650 - 750
ACT Score Range (middle 50%): 29 - 31
Ranked in Top 10% of High School Class: 69.7%

I wonder what the mid 50 range is for Tisch…There were some pretty low-scoring Tisch admits on CC last spring.