NYU Steinhardt's programs, faculty, and alumni receive national and global recognition across the fields of education, communication, health, and the arts.
National Rankings
#9 Best Education Graduate School
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Occupational Therapy
U.S. News & World Report Best Occupational Therapy Graduate Schools
Education Specialties
U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Education Schools for Education Policy, Higher Education Administration, Curriculum and Instruction, and Education Psychology
International Rankings
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Ranked out of 1,799 universities worldwide
Academic Ranking of World Universities
Ranked out of 2,500+ universities worldwide
QS World University Rankings
Ranked out of 1,500 universities worldwide
#10 out of 250 universities worldwide for Communication and Media Studies
#11 out of 120 universities worldwide for Performing Arts
Music and Performing Arts Professions Rankings
Top Music Business Schools
Music Business, ranked worldwide
Best Music Schools
Music Theory and Composition: Screen Scoring, ranked worldwide
Faculty Accolades
Two NYU Steinhardt Faculty Awarded 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced two NYU Steinhardt faculty members, Professor Marita Sturken and Music Adjunct Faculty Dafna Naphtali, among this year's 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship awardees.
NYU Steinhardt’s Lauren Mims Awarded $1M for Black Youth Suicide Prevention Research
This research-practice partnership will collaborate with Richmond Public Schools in VA.
Two NYU Steinhardt Faculty Named Top Education Scholars
Hirokazu Yoshikawa and Joshua Aronson appeared at #51 and #107, respectively, of the 2023 RHSU Edu-Scholar Rankings.
Alumni Accolades
10 Nominees, 4 Winners
2023
5 Nominees, 1 Winner
2023
1 Alumni Finalist, 1 Winner
2020–2021
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