Here Are The NYC Schools Ranked Among U.S. News' Best Colleges

NEW YORK CITY — More than 30 New York City colleges and universities breezed atop rankings in the much-anticipated 2022-2023 Best Colleges lists released by U.S. News & World Report.

Columbia University and NYU respectively were named the 18th and 25th best national universities in the rankings released Monday.

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art took ranked as second in the regional colleges north category, while CUNY's Baruch College was 11th among the regional universities north group.

Altogether, there were 35 New York City-based schools that were ranked.

U.S. News touts its ranking for providing millions of parents with “useful data and information to help with one of life’s biggest decisions,” said Kim Castro, editor and chief content officer at U.S. News, in a release.

U.S. News ranked 1,500 colleges and universities across 17 academic measures. To rank colleges, U.S. News first places each school into a category based on its mission and, in some cases, its geographic location.

National universities, which focus on research and offer several doctoral programs, are ranked separately from liberal arts colleges.

New York City schools that made the ranking include:

National Universities

• Columbia University. Ranked 18.
• New York University. Ranked 25.
• Yeshiva University. Ranked 67.
• Fordham University. Ranked 72.
• The New School. Ranked 127.

Regional Colleges North

• Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Ranked 2.
• College of Mount St. Vincent. Ranked 11.
• St. Francis College. Ranked 17.
• Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology. Ranked 24.
• CUNY — New York City College of Technology. Ranked 32.

Regional Universities North

• CUNY — Baruch College. Ranked 14.
• CUNY — Hunter College. Ranked 21.
• CUNY — John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Ranked 37.
• Wagner College. Ranked 37.
• School of Visual Arts. Ranked 40.
• SUNY Maritime College. Ranked 40.

To compile the rankings, U.S. News focuses on academic quality and places emphasis on outcome measures, including graduation rates, retention rates, graduate indebtedness and social mobility. Graduation rates and other outcomes represent 40 percent of each school’s overall score.

U.S. News said it changed how it weights SAT and ACT scores because demand for the college entrance exams plummeted due to the pandemic, especially among students living in low-income households.

Part-time faculty members were considered in measures on faculty resources, reflecting a trend for more part-time instructors, U.S. News said. Previously, only full-time instructors were considered.

Read more about the methodology.