The New School

New York, NY · Private nonprofit · 6,563 undergrads (medium, city) · website ↗

Test scores not considered
$50 application fee

What you'll actually pay

Average net price per year — tuition, fees, room & board minus grant and scholarship aid — for in-state students by household income.

Household income	Avg net price / year
Under $30,000	$50,140
$30,000 – $48,000	$52,812
$48,000 – $75,000	$56,494
$75,000 – $110,000	$59,894
Over $110,000	$64,738
All incomes (average)	$58,741

Sticker tuition and fees: $58,694 in-state — before aid, from the same earlier College Scorecard release as the net prices above.

These are averages. For an estimate for your family, use The New School's own net price calculator — every college that takes federal student aid must publish one.

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Other costs of attendance, 2025–26

The college's own estimate for a full-time undergraduate for the year, before aid, from the October 2026 College Scorecard. It is a newer year than the tuition and net prices above, so don't add the two together.

Housing and meals, on campus	$27,514
Housing and meals, off campus (not with family)	$28,090
Books and supplies	$1,397
Other expenses, on campus	$2,728
Other expenses, off campus	$3,298

Grants and loans for first-year students, 2022–23

What the college reported for its full-time, first-time students (1,393 of them) in 2022–23; 94% got some kind of aid, loans included. Each average is over the students who received that kind of aid, not over everyone. It is an older year than the 2025–26 costs above.

Type of aid	Students awarded	Average amount
Any grant or scholarshipFederal, state, local and the college's own	93%	$20,504
Federal Pell GrantNeed-based, from the federal government	16%	$5,390
The college's own grants and scholarshipsNeed- or merit-based, funded by the college	93%	$19,247
Federal student loansBorrowed by the student; repaid with interest. No Parent PLUS or private loans	31%	$5,149

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release); full-time, first-time degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates; public domain.

Admissions & outcomes

Acceptance rate: 64%
Average SAT: —
Median ACT: —
Students with Pell grants: 15%
Graduation rate (6yr): 69%
Freshman retention: 85%
Median earnings @ 10yr: $52,901
Median debt at graduation: $22,266
International undergrads: 2,345 (34.3%)

For comparison, the median across all 1,596 four-year colleges on this site: graduation rate 56%, earnings ten years after entering $54,869, debt at graduation $23,250.

Admission policy, test scores and teaching

SAT/ACT policy: Not considered
Application fee: $50
Students per faculty member: 9 to 1
Faculty who are full-time: 21%
Open admission: No

What the college considers in admission decisions, fall 2023

How the college said it used each item when deciding on first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking applicants for fall 2023. For SAT and ACT scores, see the fall 2024 policy above.

High school GPA	Required
High school class rank	Considered if submitted
High school record	Required
Completion of a college-preparatory program	Considered if submitted
Recommendations	Required
Formal demonstration of competencies (e.g. portfolio)	Required
English proficiency test (for applicable students)	Required
Other test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)	Not considered
Work experience	Considered if submitted
Personal statement or essay	Required
Legacy status	Not considered

First-time applicants: 9,148
Admitted: 5,719
Enrolled: 1,470

Counts of first-time, degree- or certificate-seeking students, including early decision and early action. The acceptance rate higher up this page comes from a different College Scorecard release, so it may not match these counts.

IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education, Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release), fall 2023; open admission from IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 (revised); public domain.

Most popular fields of study

Share of bachelor's degrees awarded.

Visual & Performing Arts68%

Computer Science10%

Communications & Media6%

English & Literature3%

Architecture3%

Psychology2%

Social Sciences2%

Business1%

Environmental Studies1%

Philosophy & Religion1%

Earnings and debt by field of study

Median annual earnings of graduates who received federal student aid and were working, not studying: one year after completing (graduates of 2020–21 and 2021–22) and four years after (2017–18 and 2018–19), measured in 2022 and 2023 and shown in 2024 dollars. Median debt is federal Direct and Grad PLUS loans borrowed at this college by 2022–23 and 2023–24 graduates; it leaves out Parent PLUS and private loans. “National” is the median for the same field and credential across all US colleges.

Bachelor's degrees (14)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Design and Applied Arts	472	$35,974	$56,838national $51,490	$25,000
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	221	$49,196	$74,936national $48,240	$19,500
Computer Software and Media Applications	160	$49,285	$75,792national $58,894	$20,625
Music	101	—	$32,930national $42,892	$21,500
Fine and Studio Arts	82	$28,294	$42,798national $41,367	$19,500
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	80	$26,072	$48,557national $43,765	$21,477
Communication and Media Studies	64	$36,548	$49,489national $56,359	$22,968
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	64	$33,299	$39,248national $39,775	$16,750
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	62	$35,585	$62,976national $53,072	$18,750
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	43	$37,392	$64,018national $50,497	$19,793
Psychology, General	38	$41,965	$38,181national $50,706	$20,000
Architectural Sciences and Technology	34	$41,842	—national $70,074	$26,000
Literature	32	$31,459	$42,674national $46,173	$19,356
International/Globalization Studies	20	$32,841	$53,917national $59,972	$15,250

Associate degrees (2)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Design and Applied Arts	81	$62,840	$66,896national $38,127	$14,750
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations	29	—	$72,595national $53,002	—

Master's degrees (17)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	138	$61,689	—national $96,656	$54,361
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	131	$61,331	$81,832national $75,972	$44,714
Systems Science and Theory	124	$113,846	—national $111,527	$41,000
Music	117	—	$26,925national $48,285	$41,000
Computer Software and Media Applications	106	—	$113,315national $120,083	$41,000
Design and Applied Arts	78	—	$86,473national $70,073	$55,406
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	68	$51,299	$67,958national $55,035	$41,000
Fine and Studio Arts	62	$43,995	$51,394national $49,079	$41,000
Architectural Sciences and Technology	47	$59,525	—national $77,466	$80,396
Psychology, General	44	$53,435	$68,160national $64,711	$48,322
Sustainability Studies	22	$57,505	$81,540national $76,897	$40,183
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	15	—	$120,471national $59,685	—
International Relations and National Security Studies	13	$56,882	$70,655national $95,627	—
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	12	—	$51,836national $49,978	—
Public Policy Analysis	11	$80,469	$89,713national $93,020	—
Business Administration, Management and Operations	1	$96,025	$90,410national $103,485	—
Communication and Media Studies	—	—	$73,507national $71,953	—

Doctoral degrees (1)

Field of study	Degrees awarded 2023–24	Earnings, 1 yr after	Earnings, 4 yrs after	Median federal debt
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	18	$67,394	$128,575national $99,878	—

A dash means the Department of Education suppressed the figure because too few graduates were measured — not zero. 47 more programmes at this college have every figure suppressed and are not listed.

Contact and accreditation

Address: 66 West 12th Street, New York, NY 10011
Phone: (212) 229-5600
Institutional accreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts) and IPEDS Fall Enrolment for international student counts. College Scorecard, October 2026 release: net price calculator link, mission flags and religious affiliation (2025–26), enrolment shares, test policy, SAT/ACT ranges and student-to-faculty ratio (fall 2024), cost-of-attendance components (2025–26), and earnings and debt by field of study. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics 2023–24 for the application fee and the IPEDS 2024 directory for the phone number. IPEDS Admissions 2023–24 (ADM2023, provisional release) for admission requirements and first-time applicants, admits and enrolments (fall 2023). IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2022–23 (SFA2223, provisional release) for grants and loans to full-time, first-time students. All are U.S. Department of Education data in the public domain. Verify current costs and requirements with the school.

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