Discover a progressive American education in the heart of New York City. The New School

If you're thinking about going to college in New York City, think about The New School. You'll join a dynamic international community of faculty and students where small class sizes and individual attention are the norm. Experiment with ideas and break down the boundaries between art and design, liberal arts, and performing arts. Learn how The New School can nourish your talent, intellect, and potential.

Choose from a huge range of innovative undergraduate and graduate degree programs and study options, including dual-degree and bachelor/masters options in art and design, liberal arts, social sciences, drama, and contemporary and classical music. All our programs are led by a faculty of scholars, artists, and professionals who practice what they teach.

Art and Design

One of the world’s most prestigious colleges of art and design, Parsons The New School for Design has intensive programs in almost every area of design—from fashion and photography to game design and strategic design management. We offer global perspectives from both our New York and Paris campuses on design while helping students identify career paths in creative industries in New York City and around the world.

Liberal Arts

Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts provides the advantages of a small, intimate liberal arts college and the resources of a major university. Lang attracts smart, creative, independent students who value the opportunity to be challenged in small, seminar-style classes led by committed leaders, scholars, and newsmakers.

The New School for Public Engagement offers undergraduate degree programs for adults and transfer students seeking an alternative to the traditional four-year college experience. You can design your own academic path or choose from specific majors, studying full-time or part-time, on campus or online.

Performing Arts

Mannes College The New School for Music is a preeminent classical music conservatory for undergraduate and graduate students considering a career in music..

At The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, your mentors are 75 of the city’s leading musicians, and your peers are some of the most promising young players from across the country and around the world.

The Dance program at Eugene Lang College combines intensive practice and performance opportunities with rigorous liberal arts education.

The studio-based BFA program in Dramatic Arts at The New School for Drama provides aspiring theater artists with integrated training in acting, directing, playwriting, aesthetic inquiry, design, and new dramatic media.

The liberal arts BA in Theater at Eugene Lang College provides you with a grounding in theater practice within an interdisciplinary arts program linking theater to music, dance, and visual studies.

Graduate Programs

The New School offers graduate programs in five of its seven interrelated colleges.

Parsons The New School for Design

Parsons’ graduate programs offer advanced training in specialized courses of study, but none of its programs exist in isolation. The student-centered curriculum allows for both focused and interdisciplinary paths of study. Working in teams and on their own, students master concepts, technologies, and research methods drawn from a range of fields. By synthesizing theory with craft and combining art and design studies with liberal arts and business, Parsons prepares students to shape scholarship in their fields and make art and design that matters.

Architecture MArch
Architecture/Lighting Design MArch and MFA
Data Visualization MS
Design Business Graduate Certificate
Design Studies MA
Design and Technology MFA
Design and Urban Ecologies MS
Fashion Design and Society MFA
Fashion Studies MA
Fine Arts MFA
History of Design and Curatorial Studies MA
Industrial Design MFA
Interior Design MFA
Lighting Design MFA
Photography MFA
Strategic Design and Management MS
Theories of Urban Practice MA
Transdisciplinary Design MFA

Parsons Paris

Located a short distance from the Louvre and Notre Dame cathedral, Parsons Paris offers select graduate programs taught in English by faculty from all over Europe.

Design and Technology MFA
History of Design and Curatorial Studies MA

The New School for Public Engagement

The New School for Public Engagement brings together a distinctive set of programs that stress learning in action. Its mission is to connect theory to practice, develop new forms of culture and communication, and respond to contemporary social concerns, with an emphasis on urban and global contexts.

Creative Writing MFA
Documentary Media Studies Graduate Certificate
Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management MS
International Affairs MA and MS
Media Studies MS
Media Management MS and Graduate Certificate
Nonprofit Management MS
Organizational Change Management MS
Public and Urban Policy PhD
Urban Policy Analysis and Management MS
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA

The New School for Social Research

The New School for Social Research has a rich tradition of innovative pedagogy and heterodox thinking, which attracts highly motivated students from all over the world to work with our renowned graduate faculty.

Anthropology MA and PhD
Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism MA
Economics MA, MS and PhD
Global Political Economy and Finance MA
Historical Studies MA
Liberal Studies MA
Philosophy MA and PhD
Politics MA and PhD
Psychology MA and PhD
Sociology MA and PhD

Mannes College The New School for Music

Mannes College is a classical music conservatory dedicated to providing a comprehensive world-class education to aspiring musicians. At the graduate level, Mannes offers the Master of Music degree (MM) and the Professional Studies Diploma (PSD) in the following areas:

Choral Conducting
Classical Guitar
Collaborative Piano
Composition
Harpsichord
Orchestral Conducting
Orchestral Instruments
Piano
Theory
Voice

The New School for Drama

The New School for Drama offers three-year intensive graduate programs dedicated to training artists in playwriting, directing, and acting. Students begin with a course of self- discovery, explore technical craftsmanship in the second year, and finish by writing, directing, and acting in full productions.

Acting MFA
Directing MFA
Playwriting MFA