Colleges Near New York City

New York City's college landscape runs on a scale most metros don't have: the City University of New York (CUNY) system alone operates 11 campuses here, from Baruch's business program to John Jay's criminal-justice focus, making it the country's largest urban public university system. That public density sits next to some of the most selective private research universities anywhere -- Columbia and NYU both admit under 10% of applicants -- plus a ring of New Jersey commuter schools (Rutgers-Newark, NJIT, Seton Hall, Stevens) a PATH or NJ Transit ride from Manhattan.