New Yorkers enjoy quality housing, clean streets, vibrant 24-hour neighborhoods, and convenient access to public transit and open space. Already America's safest large city, NYC continues to bolster public safety by investing in area improvements and new development projects designed to increase 24-hour activity and revitalize neighborhoods Citywide.

Forward-thinking and innovative city management has also positioned NYC, America's greenest major city, for a greener and greater future. PlaNYC, an ambitious operational plan through 2030, promotes a sustainable future and serves as a model for other cities.

Living in NYC can come with a cost premium; however, it's far outweighed by the City's value proposition to the academic community, including the promise of a more well-rounded education and advantageous positioning in the job market. It is also possible to lessen the cost burden through careful planning and a little research and creativity. Students and residents point to the remarkable number of free festivals and events, and variety of amazing, but affordable, cuisine and nightlife. Students, in particular, are also treated to handsome discounts at several NYC museums, theatres, and cultural venues.

Most importantly, the City's best assets - its diversity, beautiful parkland, iconic history, and energetic streetlife - are all free of charge for the urban explorer.

A global epicenter of the arts, New York City is bursting with the world's most diverse concentration of creative talent and activity. Its world-class arts organizations and venues give rise to endless entertainment opportunities, support growing colonies of artists, and pump an inspiring, creative energy throughout the City - thereby granting all NYC students the benefit of a culturally-infused education.

The center of American high-fashion and the media industry, NYC is a critical destination for students looking to pursue a career in the creative industries. Prestigious arts schools, like NYU's Tisch School of the Arts; thousands of arts organizations; major soundstages and theatres; and mega-media companies all call NYC home. Students in NYC benefit from a heightened cultural awareness resulting from unparalleled access to world-renowned entertainment opportunities.

The City's creative assets and high concentration of creative talent continue to make it a fertile incubator for creative expression and new art forms. The most preeminent art forms of the past 100 years have originated in NYC's artisan communities and ethnic enclaves: bebop jazz out of 1940s Harlem, abstract expressionism in the Village, pop art out in Soho, hip-hop and rap out of the Bronx, and spoken word poetry in the Nuyorican cafes of Spanish Harlem.

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The capital of global industries and home to an international population, New York City is the most globally-oriented American city and a dynamic hub of global commerce and culture - it is the "city that never sleeps" so we can maintain round-the-clock connections to the rest of the world and its marketplace.

NYC is the premier International center for business and an important driver of the global economy. It is the global capital of beauty, fashion, and retail; media and entertainment; and most notably, financial services, as the headquarters of choice for numerous global Fortune 500 companies. No other U.S. city comes close to affording its students, graduates, and workforce a comparable gateway to the global economy.

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As a leading global city with an advantageous economy, healthy job market, and TWICE as many Fortune 500 companies as any other US city, NYC is the premier destination for young job seekers.

The size and breadth of NYC's job market provides exposure and access to top companies in nearly every industry. Students and graduates enjoy copious career choices, from investment banking to advertising to education to not-for-profits. The City is particularly renowned for its huge and diverse not-for-profit sector, as well as its preeminence in the global financial services sector.

Therefore, the competitive advantages generally enjoyed by students in their local job markets are immensely valuable in NYC. NYC universities enjoy strong name-recognition and a proven track record amongst local employers, and NYC graduates enjoy the logistical advantage of searching and interviewing for top jobs close to home.

Also advantageous, students at NYC schools enjoy the unparalleled opportunity to land highly-coveted internships and fellowships year-round at top companies, like MTV, Google, NBC, or City Hall. Students gain invaluable experience, and most importantly lay the ground-work for prestigious job offers at powerhouse firms and in City government upon graduation.

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All in all, NYC is an ideal, inspiring venue for the higher education experience and beyond. Explore NYC's diverse boroughs and up-and-coming neighborhoods to envision your future in the most exciting City in the world!

NYC Boroughs
Discover the rich neighborhood diversity, thriving arts and culture, and plethora of higher education choices in each of the Five Boroughs.

Emerging Student Neighborhoods
Check out four NYC neighborhoods already home to robust student populations and currently experiencing an explosion of new development and growth.

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