New York University is a highly competitive school and its admissions statistics make New York University one of the 50 most competitive schools for undergraduate admissions globally. Similar to the trends across all top schools, New York University acceptance rates have continued to decline over the past 8 years and will almost certainly continue to do so into the future.
The Class of 2020 was one of the most challenging years to be admitted to New York University ever to date. For the Class of 2020, 63,702 students applied to New York University of which 19,000 students were accepted, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 29.8%. Overall applications increased by 5.6% over last year (2019 to 2020) from 60,322 to 63,702.
