Universities in New York City (metropolis)| 2025 University Ranking by uniRank.org

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What are the top universities in the US metropolis of New York City? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2025 uniRank University Ranking of higher education institutions in New York City that meet the following uniRank selection criteria:

being chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in the United States
offering at least three-year bachelor's degrees or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees
delivering courses predominantly in a traditional, non-distance education format

uniRank aims to provide a non-academic League Table of the top New York City Universities based on valid, unbiased and non-influenceable web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves.

#Rank	University	Town
8	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York City
17	New York University	New York City
172	The New School	New York City
202	Pace University	New York City
268	Yeshiva University	New York City
290	The Rockefeller University	New York City
311	Fashion Institute of Technology	New York City
333	Barnard College	New York City
425	School of Visual Arts	New York City
437	The Juilliard School	New York City
480	Touro University	New York City
499	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	New York City
574	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York City
589	New York Law School	New York City
939	Bank Street College of Education	New York City
959	Manhattan School of Music	New York City
1193	Marymount Manhattan College	New York City
1226	Berkeley College	New York City
1334	SUNY College of Optometry	New York City
1349	LIM College	New York City
1350	New York School of Interior Design	New York City
1390	Hunter College, CUNY	New York City
1392	New York Academy of Art	New York City
1403	Relay Graduate School of Education	New York City
1439	The King's College	New York City
1504	Alliance University	New York City
1536	Baruch College, CUNY	New York City
1543	New York College of Podiatric Medicine	New York City
1562	Metropolitan College of New York	New York City
1567	The Graduate Center, CUNY	New York City
1620	The City College of New York	New York City
1657	Queens College, City University of New York	New York City
1662	John Jay College of Criminal Justice	New York City
1681	Plaza College	New York City
1690	Boricua College	New York City
1702	Helene Fuld College of Nursing	New York City
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