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Intellectual freedom, artistic and academic excellence, and social responsibility are the guiding values of New School University, a progressive New York institution. Its schools and colleges for design, liberal arts, performing arts, social sciences and public policy challenge students to develop the capacity, passion and will to stregthen the communities and world in which they live.

The New School

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This is about the New York university; for other uses, see New School (disambiguation).

The New School is a university in New York City, located mostly around Greenwich Village.

Some 9,300 students are enrolled in graduate and undergraduate degree programs in a variety of disciplines, including the social sciences, liberal arts, humanities, architecture, fine arts, design, music, drama, finance, psychology and public policy. The school is renowned for its avant-garde teaching and houses the well-known international think tank, the World Policy Institute.

From its founding in 1919 and for most of its history, the currently-styled New School was known as the New School for Social Research. Between 1997 and 2005 it was known as New School University. The university and each of its colleges were re-branded to their current names in 2005.

The graduate school of The New School began in 1933 as the University in Exile, an emergency rescue program for threatened scholars in Europe. In 1934 it was chartered by the New York state board of regents and its name was changed to the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, a name it would keep until 2005 when it was renamed New School for Social Research.

Parsons The New School for Design is the university's highly-competitive art school.

The current president of the New School is former U.S. Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE), who assumed his role in 2000. Kerrey drew mixed praise and criticism for his divisive streamlining of the university, as well as censure for his support of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, generally opposed by the university's traditionally left-wing faculty. In 2004, Kerrey appointed Arjun Appadurai as Provost. Appadurai resigned as provost in early 2006, but retains a tenured faculty position at the New School. The current provost is Benjamin Lee.

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Northeast
Setting:
Large City Setting
Type:
Private
Size:
Large (5,000 to 10,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
5,044
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
99%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 26,540
Students Receiving Aid:
76%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 40
Selectivity:
Highly Selective
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 99%
Part-Time 1%
Men vs. Women
Women 71%
Men 29%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 49%
Other 27%
Asian 10%
Hispanic 7%
African-American 7%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
Out-of-State 79%
In-State 21%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
New York 21%
New Jersey 8%
California 7%
Pennsylvania 4%
Massachusetts 4%
Percent of Students International: 19%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 18%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: No
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 26,540    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 28,560    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 620    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 3,712 23%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 1,916 11%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 8,685 70%  
Student Loans:
$ 3,694 54%  
Any Aid:
  76%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 51% (Highly Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 66%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 500, Math: 500
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 630, Math: 620

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 40.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Recommended
High School GPA: Required
High School Rank: Not Required
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required

Degree Programs at The New School

Associate's Level Majors
Bachelor's Level Majors

Certificate Programs at The New School

Career Education Majors

College Advice

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Question: The New School?
Have you heard anything about the university called The New School? If not, what are your impressions about it upon hearing the name. Thanks
22 months ago
Best Answer
The New School is quite well known in academic circles. It's made up of Eugene Lang, Parsons, the New School for Social Research, and a couple of other schools as well (I think there's one for music, and one for theatre, and one for business). Eugene Lang, Parsons, and NSSR have solid reputations. I honestly don't know much about their business, theatre, or music schools.
Is there anybody who's at the School or have been? I would like know how was your experience and how competitive is the admission for the PhD program is political science. I'm from Canada and we lack information about the School and its reputation.
24 months ago
Best Answer
I went to the New School for Social research for Summer School a long time ago. It was the best experience ever. The people that attend are independent thinkers and the school is extremely competitive. Just taking a couple of classes in Economics made me change my whole major. I liked Eugene Lang better than NYU because the classes are smaller and one gets more attention. (I went to Columbia U). Hope that helps.

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  • The 12th Street building, built in 1930 by architect Joseph Urban, houses classrooms, offices, seminar rooms, Tischman Auditorium, and several José Clemente Orozco murals.
    The 12th Street building, built in 1930 by architect Joseph Urban, houses classrooms, offices, seminar rooms, Tischman Auditorium, and several José Clemente Orozco murals. [source]
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