Universities in New York City (metropolis)| 2026 University Ranking by uniRank.org

Introduction

What are the top universities in the US metropolis of New York City? uniRank answers this question by publishing the 2026 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
7	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York City
18	New York University	New York City
166	The New School	New York City
208	Pace University	New York City
274	Yeshiva University	New York City
295	The Rockefeller University	New York City
321	Fashion Institute of Technology	New York City
348	Barnard College	New York City
416	School of Visual Arts	New York City
446	Touro University	New York City
460	The Juilliard School	New York City
502	The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	New York City
604	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai	New York City
638	New York Law School	New York City
943	Bank Street College of Education	New York City
946	Manhattan School of Music	New York City
1151	Berkeley College	New York City
1153	Marymount Manhattan College	New York City
1304	SUNY College of Optometry	New York City
1335	LIM College	New York City
1374	New York School of Interior Design	New York City
1383	New York Academy of Art	New York City
1430	Baruch College, CUNY	New York City
1456	Hunter College, CUNY	New York City
1483	The King's College	New York City
1528	The Graduate Center, CUNY	New York City
1534	Metropolitan College of New York	New York City
1535	The City College of New York	New York City
1542	Alliance University	New York City
1546	Relay Graduate School of Education	New York City
1627	Queens College, City University of New York	New York City
1645	John Jay College of Criminal Justice	New York City
1671	Boricua College	New York City
1672	Plaza College	New York City
1694	Helene Fuld College of Nursing	New York City
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