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The following is a list of public and private institutions of higher education in New York City, New York, United States.
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, [ 7 ] is a private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhattan, it is the oldest institution of higher education in New York and the fifth-oldest in the United States.
NYU is a private, global, non-sectarian and not-for-profit institution of higher education [151] organized into 10 undergraduate schools and 15 graduate/professional schools, with a roughly even split of students between the divisions. [152] Arts and Science is currently NYU's largest academic division.
The City University of New York (CUNY) system is the public university system of New York City. CUNY consists of 11 senior colleges, 7 community colleges, 1 honors college and 7 postgraduate institutions. As of 2018, CUNY is the United States' largest urban public university, with an enrollment of over 274,000 students. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] CUNY and the State University of New York (SUNY) are ...
The following is a list of public and private institutions of higher education in the state of New York.
Queens College (QC) is a public college in the New York City borough of Queens. Part of the City University of New York system, Queens College occupies an 80-acre (32 ha) campus primarily located in Flushing, Queens. Queens College was established in 1937 and offers undergraduate degrees in over 70 majors, graduate studies in over 100 degree ...
The colleges and universities of New York 's Capital District are a varied lot, consisting of four year and two year institutions, universities and community colleges, private and public institutions.
Fordham was founded as St. John's College in 1841 by the Irish-born coadjutor bishop (later archbishop) of the Diocese of New York, John Hughes. [ 23 ] This makes it the third-oldest university in the state of New York, [ 11 ] and the first Catholic institution of higher education in the northeastern United States. [ 10 ]