<p>The only thing that I can think of that explains why NYU is so highly ranked is that it’s in New York, which for some reason attracts many young people. Clearly New Yorkers know something everyone else doesn’t, because the net domestic migration out of New York is staggering. However, here are two (within the past week) media pieces on NYU, both of which talk about students drowning in debt.</p>
<p>[Your</a> Money - Another Debt Crisis Is Brewing, This One in Student Loans - NYTimes.com](<a href=“Another Debt Crisis Is Brewing, This One in Student Loans - The New York Times”>Another Debt Crisis Is Brewing, This One in Student Loans - The New York Times)</p>
<p>[The</a> Cost of College: Dream school, nightmare debt – amFIX - CNN.com Blogs](<a href=“http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/25/the-cost-of-college-dream-school-nightmare-debt/]The”>http://amfix.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/25/the-cost-of-college-dream-school-nightmare-debt/)
^That one graduated from NYU’s business school.</p>