Why is NYU worth 45k a year?

mattistotle
Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:04:43 +0000

ugh you people are becoming quite annoying.

NYU does have HORRIBLE financial packages, and because of this, is viewed as overpriced. It is true top 20 universities have comparable tuition costs; however, NYU only covers on avrage, 67% of the financial aid need…and most of that is in loans. In other universities, they cover close too 100%, with a majority being in grants and scholarships. For example, in most ivies, families with an income of less than 45k, get free tuition. At NYU the most they could get would be 25k, and that is EXTREMELY rare.

NYU’s endowment, while in the billions, is PATHETIC. Harvard for example has 1/5 - 1/10 the students as NYU (anybody want to look it up? I know nyu has ~20k ugrad ~ 50k students total) yet TEN TIMES the endowment of NYU. Most universities of NYU’s prestige have 10 times the endowment of NYU. The reason for this is the enormous size, and the fact its prestige has risen too fast.

NYU has horrible financial aid, and there is really nothing they can do about it at this point…now everybody, please stop being idiotic and trying to deny this.