| A vast number of prestigious private and public | | | | students in the city of New York attending around 110 |
| institutions provide education in the city of New York. | | | | universities. New York is also the favorite destination |
| New York City Department of Education is the largest | | | | of foreign students. The city is home to more students |
| public school system in the world. The city is home to | | | | than any other city in the US. |
| some of the most prominent universities, libraries and | | | | CUNY or the City University of New York has the |
| research centers on the planet and is the leading | | | | greatest number of Nobel laureates in the world(based |
| destination for student pursuing medical studies and life | | | | out of public universities), and with 4.5 lac students, is |
| sciences. | | | | the third largest university in the United States. |
| New York has the highest PG degree awards in the | | | | CUNY houses campuses in 5 boroughs, with 6 two |
| Life Sciences stream in the whole of United States. | | | | year colleges, a graduate school, an honors college, a |
| There are 127 Nobel laureates and 40,000 licensed | | | | law college and a journalism school. The City |
| physicians with roots to local institutions. The city also | | | | University's alumni include Colin Powell, Jonas Salk, |
| receives plenty of funding from National Institutes of | | | | Andrew Grove, Barbara Boxer,Paul Simon,Joy Behar, |
| Health and ranks second in the list of beneficiaries On | | | | Art Garfunkel and Harvey Pitt. |
| the whole, there are about 0.6 million university | | | | |