<p>I've been admitted to both NYU and University of Pittsburgh's Honors Program. </p>
<p>There are some obvious differences:
NYC v Pittsburgh
NYU cost v Pitt instate + merit </p>
<p>So I guess what I'm curious about is:
the differences of programs (Econ and Psych double major, possible spanish minor)
internships and job opportunities
study abroad options</p>
<p>What is your COA for both schools? What are you post-grad plans?</p>
<p>Pitt has an extensive list of study abroad programs. I can’t speak to NYU’s choices.</p>
<p>Go to Pitt. It is a very good school, in many ways, as good as NYU academically. NYU is like a good state school, like Pitt, but with a private school price tag. It’s not worth the money IMHO unless money is no object to you.</p>
<p>Go with Pitt.</p>
<p>pitt …unless you are a hipster and just want to be in nyc.
pitt is amazing!</p>
<p>These are not peer institutions. Only attend Pitt if you cannot afford NYU.</p>
<p>NYU isnt worth the money, I’d go with Pitt</p>
<p>(You can always live in NYC when you graduate and basically get the same “NYU experience”)</p>
<p>What is the cost differential? Bank it and you can go to NYU for grad school, They have multiple grad programs, or use the differential to just move there and be able to look for a job, take a course or two at NYU and enjoy NY without being on too strict of a budget. You’ll be one poor hombre in NYU unless your parents have the money so that you can enjoy Manhattan, or unless NYU is giving you a very nice package.</p>
<p>XtremePower, “not peer institutions”<br>
why not?? by virtue of being in NYC …NYU is better?
PITT is an amazing school and a much better college experience.
fyi…the world does not revolve around NYC, only people in NYC believe that.</p>
<p>@zobroward I would have to agree with XtremePower and not because NYU is simply in NYC. That’s a silly thing to think.</p>
<p>Pitt is a very good school, but NYU’s much more well-known for having top (i.e. very well-known in their field) professors and producing world class research more consistently than Pitt. </p>
<p>According to ARWU NYU is 27 vs. Pitt 58.
For economics NYU is 9 vs. Pitt 51-75.
For social science NYU is 10 vs. Pitt 48. </p>
<p>It’s inaccurate to claim that these are peer schools.</p>
<p>Thank you for your inputs!</p>
<p>Cost of Attendance is drastically different. Pitt would be instate + 5000 merit making solely tuition a little over 12,000 a year.
NYU would be at full ticket price, but if the there would be better job opportunities for me upon graduation I feel as though it would be worth it.</p>
<p>@CollegiateDreams I plan to attempt to find a job immediately after graduation</p>
<p>@NYU2013 thank you for those statistics, I am a fan of being able to compare numbers</p>
<p>Can anyone speak to the overarching college experience?</p>
<p>Pitt will have the ideal ‘college experience’, whereas NYU will have a very non-traditional experience. What are you looking for from your college experience? </p>
<p>Do you want a school with a campus, school spirit, sports, etc.? If so, NYU will not be for you.</p>
<p>gml098
fyi stats and rankings are not the same. I am not sure what awru is I looked it up still not sure who they are. you can like nyu or any other school more than another but, be very wary of rankings. for fun maybe look up nyu in the urban dictionary. the most important ranking is med school see the chart for pitt vs nyu.
[Best</a> Medical Schools | Research Rankings | Top Medical Schools for Research | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/research-rankings?int=85a732]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/research-rankings?int=85a732)
saying they are not peer institutions sounds a little snobby and more importantly is inaccurate.</p>
<p>… you need to try looking up arwu again zobroward. I’m sorry, but it’s painfully obvious you aren’t familiar with university rankings in general, nor the research reputation of NYU.</p>
<p>Every ranking, THE, QS, and ARWU put NYU significantly ahead of Pitt. These are not peer schools. Saying they are peer schools is misinformed, wrong and ignorant.</p>
<p>If you were to have to borrow the money for NYU, don’t forget that college lasts 4 years, but the pay back hangover can last 25. </p>
<p>Pitt is a great school. You’ll get back what you put into it.</p>
<p>ARWU is the ‘Academic Ranking of World Universities’, a simple google search produces a wikipedia page with all the information about ARWU </p>
<p>[Academic</a> Ranking of World Universities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities]Academic”>Academic Ranking of World Universities - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Please do your research before claiming two schools which are not peer schools are peer schools.</p>
<p>Additionally, med school rankings aren’t relevant because OP is an undergraduate, not a medical student…</p>
<p>nyu’s peer schools would be drexel, fordham , hofstra and boston university. pitt gets it’s student population from a different geographical base overall but, it is in the same general academic sphere.</p>
<p>Pitt is a great school and one of the top public institutions but saying its a peer of NYU is just being misinformed. Who, a Pitt graduate told you that ? or a mom whose daughter is at Pitt ?</p>
<p>Being peer schools means being on the same academic level. Drexel, Fordham, Hofstra (lol), Boston U are not its peers.
Northeastern maybe. NYU goes with William & Mary, Boston College, UNC-CH, USC, UVa etc.</p>