Alternatives to Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Rutgers University New BrunswickNew Brunswick, NJAssociate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Excellent student retention rate. Tuition: $31k. Moderately priced on-campus housing. Roughly 50,700 students. Dangerous campus. Has strong presence in medical, biology, and management programs. SAT 1340, ACT 31 to enroll.
New York UniversityNew York City, NYAssociate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Outstanding retention rate. Tuition: $55k. Premium on-campus housing. Approximately 59,200 students. Relatively safe campus. Focus on computer science, management, and business programs. SAT 1490, ACT 34 to enroll.
Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York City, NYBachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Outstanding retention rate. Tuition: $62k. Above average on-campus housing. Around 34,800 students. Dangerous campus. Offers strong management, computer science, and medical programs. SAT 1530, ACT 35 to enroll.
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PABachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Great retention rate. Tuition: $57k. Above average on-campus housing option. About 22,400 students. Very dangerous campus. Emphasis on medical, engineering, and nursing programs. SAT 1300, ACT 30 to enroll.
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PAAssociate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Outstanding retention rate. Tuition: $56k. Above average on-campus housing. Roughly 28,300 students. Unsafe campus. Best known for management, computer science, and medical programs. SAT 1530, ACT 35 to enroll.
New York Medical CollegeValhalla, NYMaster's and doctoral degrees. Above average on-campus housing option. Over 1,500 students. Generally safe campus. Has strong presence in medical, biology, and physical therapy programs. Affiliated with Roman Catholic Church.
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, PAAssociate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $43k. Reasonably priced on-campus housing option. More than 8,300 students. Very dangerous campus. Well known for nursing, medical, and medical assistant programs. ROTC programs. ACT 29 to enroll.
Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PAAssociate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $35k. Moderately priced on-campus housing. Roughly 33,200 students. Dangerous campus. Well known for medical, business, and management programs. ROTC programs are available. SAT 1110, ACT 24 to enroll.
Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NYBachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Great student retention rate. Tuition: $25k. Above average on-campus housing option. More than 25,800 students. Very dangerous campus. Best known for medical, nursing, and biology programs. SAT 1370, ACT 31 to enroll.
Yale UniversityNew Haven, CTBachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Outstanding student retention rate. Tuition: $62k. Above average on-campus housing. About 14,800 students. Very dangerous campus. Top offerings include management, business, and biology programs. SAT 1540, ACT 34 to enroll.
Other Nearby Colleges
Barnard CollegeNew York City, NYBachelor's degrees. Outstanding retention rate. Tuition: $60k. Above average on-campus housing. Around 3,500 students. Relatively safe campus. Has strong presence in economics, political science, and sociology and anthropology programs. SAT 1470, ACT 33 to enroll.
Marymount Manhattan CollegeNew York City, NYAssociate's and bachelor's degrees. Tuition: $37k. Premium on-campus housing. Roughly 1,700 students. Safe campus. Well known for their theater and drama, communication and journalism, and film and acting programs. SAT 1140, ACT 25 to enroll.
New York School of Interior DesignNew York City, NYAssociate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Great student retention rate. Tuition: $35k. Premium on-campus housing option. Roughly 700 students. Safe campus. Best known for interior design program. SAT 1070, ACT 23 to enroll.
CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York City, NYBachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $15k. Reasonably priced on-campus housing option. Roughly 23,000 students. Generally safe campus. Best known for offering education, psychology, and biology programs. ACT 28 to enroll.
The Juilliard SchoolNew York City, NYBachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Outstanding student retention rate. Tuition: $52k. On-campus housing option. Roughly 1,000 students. Generally safe campus. Focus on music and theater and drama programs.
CUNY City CollegeNew York City, NYBachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Tuition: $15k. Premium on-campus housing option. Roughly 14,500 students. Unsafe campus. Focus on engineering, education, and psychology programs. ACT 27 to enroll.
LIM CollegeNew York City, NYAssociate's, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Tuition: $30k. Premium on-campus housing option. Roughly 1,400 students. Safe campus. Popular retailing and wholesaling, fashion, and marketing and advertising programs. SAT 1020, ACT 22 to enroll.