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New School, The / Parsons The New School for Design
72 Fifth Ave., 2nd Fl., New York, NY 10011
Toll-free 877.528.3321 or 212.229.8989
Adm. fax: 212.229.8975
E-mail: parsadm@newschool.edu
WWW: http://www.parsons.edu
Virtual Tour/Webcam: http://www.newschool.edu/multimedia
Degrees Offered:
Associate, Bachelor's, 5-year-BA/BFA, Master's
Fall 2009 Enrollment Undergraduate Total:
4,107 (Full-time: 810 men, 2,867 women; Part-time: 77 men, 353 women)
Fall 2009 Enrollment Graduate/First Professional Total:
491 (Full-time: 413; Part-time: 78)
2009-2010 Tuition & Fees:
$36,010 per year, or $1,202 per credit
2009-2010 Tuition:
$35,220
2009-2010 Graduate Tuition & Fees:
$36,120
2009-2010 Room & Board:
$15,260
2009-2010 Room only:
$12,260 (board available if desired)
Application Deadlines:
fall- rolling, February 1 priority; spring- rolling, November 1 priority
Financial Aid Deadlines:
rolling
Application Requirements:
Secondary school transcript; SAT or ACT; TOEFL for international applicants; portfolio; home exam; interview for applicants living within 200 miles of New York City; $50 fee.
Campus Description:
Part of The New School, a leading university in New York City, Parsons The New School for Design is one of the nation's premier degree-granting colleges (both undergraduate and graduate) of art and design. Founded in 1896 by the American impressionist painter William Merritt Chase, Parsons focuses on creating engaged citizens and outstanding artists, designers, scholars, and business leaders through a design-based professional and liberal education. The school embraces curricular innovation, pioneering uses of technology, collaborative methods, and global perspectives on the future of design. Parsons graduates and faculty members appear on the short list of outstanding practitioners in every realm of art and design. Responsive to societal needs and predictive of cultural trends, Parsons makes tangible, usable, and beautiful The New School’s mission of bringing positive, innovative change to the world.
Sports:
not available.
Clubs and Activities:
Adventure Force, American College of Health Care Executives (ACHE), Buddhism for Global Peace, Capoiera, Change Forum, DANCe, Falun Gong, GPIA Student Government, Graduate Student Assembly of the Masters Program in the History of Decorative Arts, Imagining Global Asia, International Club, Latin American Forum, Milano Ph.D Student Advocacy Association, Mission Club, Moxie, The New Alliance, The New Jew, NewRadioProject, The New Tunes, NORML, Out, PM- a student magazine (www.parsonsmag.com), Proud Environment at The New School (OPEN), The New School Philosophy Club, PhotoFEAST, Project Africa, The School of GO GO, SoUL, Sketch Comedy Group, Student Association for the Research and Advancement of Nonprofit Organizations (SARANO), Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Student Sustainability Committee, Sustainable Design Review, The Theatre Collective, Wes Anderson Enthusiasts Society (WAES), Women of Color.
Fall 2008 Data
First-time, full-time student enrollment profile:
| 42% enrolled in top quarter of HS class |
| 17% enrolled in top 10% of HS class |
| SAT critical reading mid-point range: 470*
to 600** |
| SAT math mid-point range: 490*
to 610** |
*75% of the enrolled students scored
at this level or better.
**25% of the enrolled students scored at least this or better.
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| ACT:
LOW 21 HIGH 26 |
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| 71.00% have a high school GPA 3.0 or higher |
| 27% have a high school GPA 2.0-2.9 |
Campus Demographics:
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All Undergraduate Students |
All Graduate Students |
| % NYS Resident |
18.6% |
31.2% |
| % Resident of other states |
46.2 % |
39.9% |
| % International |
32.0 % |
26.3 % |
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| % Live on campus |
22 % |
Did not collect % |
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| % American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.5 % |
0.2 % |
| % Asian / Pacific Islander |
16.3 % |
9 % |
| % Black/African American |
4.2 % |
3.7 % |
| % Hispanic/Latino |
8 % |
4.7 % |
| % International |
32 % |
26.3 % |
| % White, Non-Hispanic |
29.4 % |
47.3 % |
| % Unknown Race / Ethnicity |
9.6 % |
8.9 % |
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Average financial aid package for first time, full-time undergraduate students with financial need:
$30,776
Financial Aid Data From Year:
2009
Average amount of institutional non-need scholarship/grant awarded to first time, full-time undergraduate students:*
$4,800
*NON-need based scholarships
and grants do not depend on financial need and may be awarded for academic achievement,
or talent in athletics, music or other fields (merit awards).
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