Employing approximately 110,000 people in 2007, colleges and universities are vital to the strength of the City's economy not only as major employers, but as the leading cultivators of a talented local workforce and the source of innovation. NYC universities catalyze growth in established and emerging local industries by promoting entrepreneurship and business development through their graduates and unique partnerships with local companies.

A robust and growing sector in NYC, higher education currently accounts for nearly 2.5 percent of overall employment. Like student enrollment, higher education employment has been steadily growing for the past decade and is anticipated to continue growing.

Located in America's gateway to the world, NYC universities and colleges are global and cutting-edge, featuring many of the nation's top programs and research facilities at public, private, religious, or special-purpose institutions. Like the City itself, these schools are highly diverse, international destinations and catalytic environments for creativity, individual achievement, and innovation. Scattered throughout the five boroughs, the schools are pillars of their respective neighborhoods and maintain strategic connections to leading industries, local employers, and business networks.

The nation's largest and most comprehensive state university system, The State University of New York (SUNY), includes 64 geographically dispersed campuses, 5 of which are located within NYC.

The City University of New York (CUNY) is the nation's leading urban public university system with 23 institutions offering a vast variety of academic programs throughout NYC's 5 boroughs. The CUNY system includes 11 four-year colleges; 6 community colleges; the Macaulay Honors College (offering free tuition to over 1,200 gifted students); the CUNY School of Law; the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education; and several professional, masters, & doctorate degree programs.

New York City is also home to numerous, prominent private universities, comprised of several of the nation's top schools of art and design, prestigious conservatories, nine major academic medical research centers, and two of the five top-ranked law schools in the country - NYU School of Law and Columbia Law School.

List of Colleges & Universities
Check out an alphabetized list of NYC's 110 colleges and universities, searchable by borough and type of institution.

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