NYU's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of New York University students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of New York University students is 86.9%. Female students graduated at a rate of 88.2%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 85.1%.

86.9%

asian 88.2% 1,081 students
African American 85.1% 274 students
white 86.7% 1,559 students
unknown 87.5% 323 students
hawaiian 88.9% 8 students
hispanic 84.6% 655 students
International Students 88.7% 998 students
Mixed Race 81.9% 204 students

Drop Out

New York University has an overall drop-out rate of 6.5% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 7.8% and 5.6% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

6.5%

asian 4.7% 58 students
African American 7.4% 24 students
white 5.5% 99 students
unknown 5.7% 21 students
hispanic 6.7% 52 students
International Students 9.3% 105 students
Mixed Race 10.0% 25 students

Transferred Out

Students transfer out of New York University at a rate of 5.9% yearly. As of 2015,female students' transfer rate was 5.9%, and male students' 5.8%

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

5.9%

asian 6.2% 76 students
African American 6.2% 20 students
white 7.6% 136 students
unknown 6.8% 25 students
hispanic 7.9% 61 students
International Students 0.4% 5 students
Mixed Race 7.6% 19 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

0.7%

asian 0.8% 10 students
African American 1.2% 4 students
white 0.3% 5 students
hispanic 0.8% 6 students
International Students 1.5% 17 students

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$148,198	$145,543	$162,625
Legal Professions and Studies, Other	$161,093	$137,921	$158,306
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$99,979	$111,769	$135,122
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	$93,668	$112,328	$125,640
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$119,483	$111,833	$121,619
Real Estate	$102,871	$104,597	$117,508
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$77,596	$93,342	$104,045
Accounting and Related Services	$73,943	$77,297	$101,323
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	$126,569	$85,391	$99,548
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations	$59,461	$82,882	$97,719
Human Resources Management and Services	$74,617	$81,702	$94,771
Health and Medical Administrative Services	$78,857	$80,326	$87,076
Civil Engineering	$76,116	$74,200	$85,080
Public Administration	$76,016	$69,497	$77,976
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$58,988	$69,547	$75,490
Computer Software and Media Applications	$52,076	$61,144	$72,759
Public Health	$54,870	$61,172	$69,432
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$64,909	$63,005	$69,249
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	$68,464	$64,990	$68,580
Biology, General	$53,753	$44,021	$68,068
Nutrition Sciences	$58,465	$63,600	$66,324
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$55,548	$57,860	$64,904
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$59,738	$60,399	$64,644
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	$62,329	$63,005	$63,783
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other	$58,137	$58,092	$63,754
Research and Experimental Psychology	$50,158	$50,677	$62,355
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	$45,590	$48,041	$61,496
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	$47,954	$52,107	$61,300
International Relations and National Security Studies	$51,699	$55,625	$59,627
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	$46,814	$51,732	$58,676
Communication and Media Studies	NA	$52,107	$58,220
History	NA	$52,107	$57,142
Hospitality Administration/Management	$60,963	$57,860	$56,680
Social Work	$50,850	$50,280	$55,571
Education, General	$46,612	$55,151	$53,984
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$43,383	$52,607	$50,923
Publishing	$42,110	$41,565	$49,401
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$46,241	$40,017	$48,596
Education, Other	$63,156	$45,919	$48,557
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	$42,643	$42,196	$46,580
Dance	$36,761	$35,416	$43,141
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	$41,397	$41,565	$42,467
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$34,490	$33,993	$40,446
Music	$32,165	$28,443	$36,397
Design and Applied Arts	$25,639	$34,704	$35,843
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$27,998	$31,673	$30,581
Area Studies	$39,846	$41,193	NA
Computer Science	$110,947	NA	NA
Educational Administration and Supervision	$93,996	$84,653	NA
Educational/Instructional Media Design	$63,685	$52,941	NA
Construction Engineering	$109,775	$88,198	NA
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$63,005	NA
English Language and Literature, General	$60,694	$58,921	NA
Literature	$44,365	NA	NA
Applied Mathematics	NA	$98,743	NA
Statistics	$109,926	NA	NA
Psychology, Other	NA	$45,529	NA
Economics	NA	$78,343	NA
Political Science and Government	NA	$39,927	NA
Fine and Studio Arts	$37,862	$31,423	NA
Finance and Financial Management Services	NA	$126,504	NA
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$81,423	NA	NA

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$75,653	$79,957	$104,670
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$93,346	$94,243	$98,451
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$79,980	$76,460	$98,075
Business/Commerce, General	$77,787	$82,507	$93,612
Computer Engineering	$69,860	$77,715	$92,535
Mathematics	$57,869	$54,531	$84,716
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$63,125	$61,516	$75,872
Civil Engineering	$65,906	$67,420	$74,840
Economics	$60,699	$59,904	$73,022
Mechanical Engineering	$64,972	$54,053	$70,168
Chemical Engineering	$45,963	$56,641	$69,790
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	$48,479	$51,035	$63,892
Hospitality Administration/Management	$51,999	$55,964	$62,583
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$52,475	$50,606	$60,395
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication	$44,800	$49,019	$58,165
Political Science and Government	$48,488	$48,823	$57,554
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$37,983	$44,928	$56,268
Communication and Media Studies	$50,327	$45,037	$54,581
Social Sciences, General	$40,666	$49,019	$54,034
Engineering-Related Fields	$53,890	$38,289	$54,015
Urban Studies/Affairs	NA	$52,107	$53,691
Sociology	$42,066	$47,260	$52,241
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	$30,081	$33,138	$45,845
Community Organization and Advocacy	$29,855	$39,369	$45,786
English Language and Literature, General	$37,056	$38,289	$44,736
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$36,142	$37,088	$44,659
Philosophy	$28,813	$24,912	$44,647
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	NA	$33,281	$44,277
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	NA	$28,019	$43,288
History	$45,990	$47,260	$43,232
Public Health	$37,675	$41,193	$42,099
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$30,874	$30,952	$40,241
Fine and Studio Arts	$22,631	$27,947	$36,712
Psychology, General	NA	$29,443	$35,782
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$25,246	$24,402	$29,054
Chemistry	$22,406	$28,212	$29,040
Dance	$21,881	$16,478	$26,408
Music	$23,570	$17,489	$26,171
Biology, General	$20,981	$21,964	$22,512
Area Studies	$44,822	$21,052	NA
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$29,685	NA
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$31,324	NA	NA
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	$27,491	$42,532	NA
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	$28,680	NA	NA
Mathematics and Statistics, Other	NA	$86,424	NA
Nutrition Sciences	$25,904	NA	NA
Physics	$33,529	NA	NA
Research and Experimental Psychology	$30,912	NA	NA
Social Work	NA	$33,993	NA
Anthropology	NA	$28,598	NA
Social Sciences, Other	$37,265	$49,436	NA
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$16,813	NA	NA
Finance and Financial Management Services	NA	$84,653	NA
Real Estate	$60,021	NA	NA

First Professional Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Law	$189,685	$174,714	$209,134
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences	NA	$178,151	$180,551
Dentistry	$72,198	$81,886	$113,230
Medicine	$63,315	NA	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$78,691	$79,977	$88,007
Social Work	$84,282	NA	NA
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$131,355	$126,504	NA

Graduate/Professional Certificates

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	NA	NA	$38,906

Associate's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions	$60,040	$56,415	$67,902

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