The following is a list of public and private colleges and universities in New York City.
- The Ailey School (Alvin Ailey American Dance Crew).
 - Albert Einstein College of Medicine
 - American Academy of Dramatic Arts
 - American Academy McAllister Institute
 - American Musical and Dramatic Academy
 - ASA College
 - Bank Street College of Education
 - Bard College  
- Bard Graduate Center
 - Globalization and International Affairs Program
 
 - Barnard College
 - Berkeley College
 - Bethel Seminary of the East
 - Boricua College
 - Bramson ORT College
 - Briarcliffe College - The Queens Center
 - Brooklyn Law School
 - Christie's Education
 - City University of New York (CUNY) (multiple campuses)  
- Baruch College
 - Borough of Manhattan Community College
 - Bronx Community College
 - Brooklyn College
 - City College of New York  
- Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
 
 - College of Staten Island
 - CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies
 - CUNY Graduate Center
 - CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
 - CUNY School of Law (at Queens College)
 - CUNY School of Professional Studies
 - CUNY William E. Macaulay Honors College
 - Stella and Charles Guttman Community College (first CUNY community college opened in over 40 years)
 - Hostos Community College
 - Hunter College
 - John Jay College of Criminal Justice
 - Kingsborough Community College
 - LaGuardia Community College
 - Lehman College
 - Medgar Evers College
 - New York City College of Technology
 - Queens College
 - Queensborough Community College
 - York College
 
 - College of Mount Saint Vincent
 - College of New Rochelle (School of New Resources)
 - Columbia University  
- Teachers College
 - Union Theological Seminary
 
 - Cooper Union
 - Cornell University  
- Cornell NYC Tech
 - Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
 - Weill Cornell Medical College
 
 - DeVry University
 - European School of Economics
 - Fordham University
 - Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University
 - General Theological Seminary
 - Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Science
 - Globe Institute of Technology
 - Hebrew Union College
 - Helene Fuld College of Nursing
 - Institute of Design and Construction
 - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
 - Jewish Theological Seminary of America
 - The Juilliard School
 - Keller Graduate School of Management
 - The King's College
 - Laboratory Institute of Merchandising
 - Long Island Business Institute - Flushing
 - Long Island College Hospital School of Nursing
 - Long Island University
 - Mandl College of Allied Health
 - Manhattan College
 - Manhattan School of Music
 - Marymount Manhattan College
 - Mercy College
 - Metropolitan College of New York
 - Monroe College
 - The New School  
- Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
 - Mannes College The New School for Music
 - Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
 - The New School for Drama
 - The New School for General Studies
 - The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
 - The New School for Social Research
 - Parsons The New School for Design
 
 - New York Academy of Art
 - New York Career Institute
 - New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
 - New York Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
 - New York Institute of Technology
 - New York Law School
 - New York School of Interior Design
 - New York School of Urban Ministry
 - New York Theological Seminary
 - New York University  
- Gallatin School of Individualized Study
 - New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering
 - New York University School of Law
 - New York University School of Medicine
 - Tisch School of Arts
 
 - New York University of Architecture
 - Nyack College (School of Music)
 - Pace University
 - Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
 - Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing
 - Plaza College
 - Pratt Institute
 - Professional Business College
 - Rabbi Isaac Elchanon Theological Seminary
 - Richard Gilder Graduate School - American Museum of Natural History
 - Rockefeller University
 - School of American Ballet
 - School of Visual Arts
 - St. Francis College
 - St. John's University  
- New Brunswick Theological Seminary
 
 - St. Joseph's College
 - Sotheby's Institute of Art
 - State University of New York (multiple campuses)  
- Fashion Institute of Technology
 - SUNY College of Optometry
 - SUNY Downstate Medical Center
 - SUNY Empire State College (The Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies)
 - SUNY Maritime College
 
 - Studio Maestro
 - Swedish Institute of Massage Therapy
 - Technical Career Institute College of Technology
 - Touro College
 - Tri-State College of Acupuncture
 - Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology
 - Wagner College
 - Wood Tobe-Coburn School
 - Yeshiva University  
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
 
 
