NYU Steinhardt's programs, faculty, and alumni receive national and global recognition across the fields of education, communication, health, and the arts.
National Rankings
#6 Best Education Graduate School
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, Education Psychology, and Student Counseling.
College Magazine
Top 10 Schools for Aspiring Musicians
Billboard
Top Music Business Schools
The Hollywood Reporter
Top 25 Music Schools for Composing for Film and TV
International Rankings
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
Ranked out of 1,500+ universities worldwide.
Academic Ranking of World Universities
Ranked out of 1,000 universities worldwide.
QS World University Rankings
Ranked out of 1,000 universities worldwide.
#5 out of 100 universities worldwide for Performing Arts
#10 out of 200 universities worldwide for Communication and Media
#47 out of 300 universities worldwide for Education
Faculty News
Three NYU Steinhardt Professors Ranked as Most Influential Policy Scholars in the Nation
Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Joshua Aronson, and Stella Flores are among the most influential policy academics in the country according to the 2021 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence rankings.
Steinhardt Vice Dean Wins Highest Honor in Occupational Therapy
Dr. Kristie Patten is being recognized with the American Occupational Therapy Association’s prestigious Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award for her critical work in “Strength-Based and Client-Directed Occupational Therapy Practice.”
Charlton McIlwain Named a 'Black Hero of the Internet'
The Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University celebrated Media, Culture, and Communication Professor Charlton McIlwain's many contributions to the field of race and media.
Communicative Sciences and Disorders Faculty Dr. Maria Grigos Selected as 2020 ASHA Fellow
This fellowship—which is retained for life—is one of the highest honors bestowed by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Two Steinhardt Faculty Members Win Major Award in Art Therapy Research
Department of Art and Art Professions professors Ikuko Acosta and Marygrace Berberian received the American Art Therapy Association’s Rawley Silver Research Award for research assessing the rehabilitative potential of art therapy for Parkinson’s disease patients.
Professor and Chair Rodney Benson Wins Book Award
Rodney Benson, chair of the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, has won the 2020 Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award for his work, Shaping Immigration News.
Alumni Accolades
32 Alumni Nominees 11 Winners
2019–2020
6 Alumni Nominees 2 Winners
2019–2020
1 Alumni Prize Finalist
2020
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