<p>Considering doing their urban studies graduate program in the Milano school. Their reputation seems like a huge mixed-bag, so I was wondering what the college-ranking establishment thought of this school?</p>
<p>How does it stack up against other NYC peer schools (particularly in urban planning)? NYU, Hunter, Pratt, Fordham, etc.</p>
<p>It’s a … bump.</p>
<p>The New School does not offer a true college experience as much as the others you mention–compare the campus and dorm situation, for example</p>
<p>As OSUCowboys is considering a graduate degree, the “true college experience” doesn’t really mean as much then (although the “true college experience” is about as mythical as golden unicorns. A “true college experience” is whatever experience a particular college student has; you don’t need Frisbees and traditional dorms to make it enjoyable). You stop worrying about greens and Frisbees and start worrying more about job prospects and living independently at that point, especially in freaking expensive New York.</p>
<p>In any event, I’m a student at Columbia and my hearings on the New School are pretty much mixed-bag as well. I mean, any NYC urban studies program benefits from the location, and the New School’s graduate offerings are generally more highly regarded than Pratt or Fordham. On the other hand, I’ve heard that they have absolutely abysmal financial aid, and the program is really expensive to begin with. For comparison, Hunter has a pretty good reputation in graduate education (urban planning isn’t my field, but I know they do have an overall good reputation and one in my field, public health) and the tuition there is just over $14,000 for the year even for a non-NYS resident.</p>
<p>By contrast, the New School’s tuition is over $34,000 per year, which compares to between $23,000 and $30,000 at NYU (depending on how many credits you take - 12 or 16) and about $38,000 at Columbia. Columbia’s is outrageously expensive, but it’s Columbia, which definitely has a better reputation than the New School. And I’d say that NYU’s planning program also has a better reputation than the New School’s (although only as an industry outsider in a somewhat related field) and it’s far more money. Not to mention that you could save $40,000 over two years by going to Hunter.</p>
<p>Honestly, I’d say even Fordham’s name is probably better known amongst NYC professionals the New School, although I wouldn’t necessarily say their programs are better. It tends to be the forgotten child of the city.</p>