The New School
A good fit for students considering a private nonprofit institution in New York. no major red flags in the data. solid earnings of $55,200 within 10 years.
About This School
The New School is a private nonprofit institution located in New York, New York with approximately 6,819 undergraduate students enrolled. The New School has an open or accessible admissions process, with an acceptance rate of 63%. The average net price after financial aid is $55,359 per year. The graduation rate is 71%, and the typical graduate earns $55,200 within 10 years of enrollment.
The New School is a private research university in New York City, New York, United States. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with a mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for progressive thinkers. Since then, the school has grown to house four divisions. These include the Parsons School of Design, the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, the College of Performing Arts and The New School for Social Research.
The numbers tell a mixed story here: a 71% graduation rate and 81% freshman retention suggest a meaningful chunk of students either leave or don't finish, which is worth asking about on a visit. That said, if you're drawn to design, the arts, or progressive social thought, Parsons and the broader New School environment offer a genuinely distinctive New York City experience that's hard to replicate elsewhere. Just go in clear-eyed about cost — at $55,359/year net price and median earnings of $55,200 a decade out, the financial math is tight, even if the relatively low median debt of $15,498 softens the blow slightly.
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Will This School Pay Off?
Strong return. Graduates earn well above their debt load.
Earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. These are means across all graduates, not specific to any major.
Student Body
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (6,819 undergraduates).
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Primary data source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Accessed via automated sync. Latest values may come from different reporting years depending on the metric.
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