NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

How We Rank: Our Latest Honors

NYU Steinhardt's programs, faculty, students, and alumni are regularly recognized for excelling in their fields.

• NYU Steinhardt is ranked #6 in U.S. News and World Report's Best Graduate Schools in Education.
• NYU Steinhardt is the #12 Best Graduate School in Occupational Therapy, according to U.S. News and World Report.
• NYU Steinhardt's graduate programs in Educational Leadership, Education Policy, and Higher Education Administration are ranked among the top 20 in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
• Two NYU Steinhardt alums won 2018 Grammy Awards, for Best Surround Sound Album and Best Dance Recording.
• Steinhardt faculty members are among the most influential educational policy academics in the US, according to Education Week’s 2018 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.
• Two NYU Steinhardt faculty and three alums received a total of six 2018 Grammy Award nominations.
• NYU Steinhardt alum and SNL producer Erin Doyle won a 2017 Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series
• Two NYU Steinhardt alums received a total of four 2017 Emmy Award nominations.
• NYU Steinhardt alum Heni Koenigsberg won a 2017 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (Hello, Dolly!).
• Three NYU Steinhardt alums received a total of five 2017 Tony Award nominations.
• Billboard named NYU Steinhardt one of the 15 best music business schools for 2017.
• The Hollywood Reporter named NYU Steinhardt a top 25 music school for 2017.
• NYU Steinhardt artistic director of Music Theory and Composition Julia Wolfe received a Pulitzer Prize for music.
• Julia Wolfe was also inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
• College Magazine named NYU Steinhardt one of its top 10 schools for aspiring musicians.
• More NYU alumni are major members of Broadway shows than alumni of any other school, according to Playbill.
• We're one of the the best colleges to study health professions, according to USA Today – our graduates in the health professions earn the highest early career salaries.
• Steinhardt's BFA Studio Art Program is #5 in the nation according to USA Today.
• NYU Steinhardt education graduates are among the top paid, according to USA Today.
• LinkedIn ranked us as the best school for media professionals, based on how successful recent graduates are in landing desirable media jobs.

NYU's International Rankings

• #27 – Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
• #29 – Academic Ranking of World Universities.
• #52 – QS World University Rankings.