Study abroad at New York

New York City (NYC / The Big Apple) is the undisputed financial, media, diplomatic, cultural, and higher education capital of the world situated around New York Harbor where the Hudson River meets the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning five iconic boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Bronx, and Staten Island), celebrated for Times Square, Central Park (843 acres designed by Olmsted), Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange NYSE (the largest stock exchange in the world), United Nations Headquarters, Broadway theatre district, the Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met), and world-leading clusters in fintech, global media, corporate law, fashion, biotechnology, and venture capital. New York is home to some of the world's most elite, top-ranked universities: Columbia University (founded in 1754, Ivy League member ranked #12 in the US by US News and #34 in the world by QS with 35,000+ students on a classical Morningside Heights campus, boasting 84 Nobel laureates, Columbia Business School, Fu Foundation School of Engineering, and Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons), New York University (NYU - premier global research university ranked #38 in the world with 53,000+ students centered around historic Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, renowned for the Stern School of Business, Tisch School of the Arts, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, and NYU School of Law), Cornell Tech (Cornell University's $2B cutting-edge applied sciences campus on Roosevelt Island), Fordham University (Rose Hill and Lincoln Center campuses, Gabelli School of Business), and the massive City University of New York (CUNY - 25 campuses including Baruch College, City College of New York CCNY, and Hunter College). Degrees are taught 100% in English with prestigious US accreditations. International students benefit from unrivaled global networking with Fortune 500 multinationals and Wall Street investment banks, generous merit scholarships, 24/7 MTA subway transit, and direct US F-1 / I-20 Student Visa support with 3-year STEM OPT work extensions.

Tuition fees in New York City for international undergraduate students depend on the institution: at prestigious private universities like Columbia University (Ivy League) and New York University (NYU), tuition ranges between $60,000 and $65,500 per academic year for Engineering, Stern Business, Computer Science, and Data Science (with Columbia and NYU awarding competitive International Merit Scholarships and Dean's Honors Awards discounting $10,000 to $35,000/year from tuition for top academic achievers). At the City University of New York (CUNY: Baruch College, CCNY, Hunter College), international undergraduate tuition is approx. $18,600 to $20,500/year. Postgraduate Master's degrees range from $22,000 to $45,000 per year. Modern on-campus university residences (Columbia Broadway Hall, East Campus; NYU Lafayette, Founders, Palladium Hall) cost between $950 and $1,650 per month (inclusive of meal plans, utilities, and high-speed Wi-Fi), while off-campus student apartments in Upper Manhattan, Brooklyn (Bushwick, Crown Heights), and Queens (Astoria, Long Island City) range from $850 to $1,450 per month for shared apartments. General monthly living expenses range between $1,100 and $1,850.

International students require a US F-1 Student Visa. Upon academic admission and verification of financial documentation (bank statement certifying first-year tuition and living expenses minus scholarship awards), the International Students and Scholars Office (Columbia ISSO / NYU OGS) issues the official Form I-20. The student pays the SEVIS I-901 fee, completes the DS-160 online visa application, and attends the F-1 visa interview at the US Embassy or Consulate. STEM graduates qualify for a 24-month OPT extension (total 36 months of US employment authorization in New York and nationwide).