New School Academic Life

Summary

The student-faculty ratio at New School is 10:1, and the school has 92.4 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at New School include: Visual and Performing Arts; Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities; Social Sciences; History; and Psychology. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 80.8 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required	No
Coursework required for graduation
Humanities Computer literacy English (including composition) Social science Other
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio	10:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates

Visual and Performing Arts 65% Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities 16% Social Sciences 5% History 2% Psychology 2%

Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered	Certificate, Diploma, Associate, Bachelor's, Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's, Post-master's certificate, Doctorate - research/scholarship
Combined-degree programs	Arts & Arts in Philosophy BA/MA; Culture and Media BA/MA; Economics BA/MA; History & Historical Studies BA/MA; Lang/General Studies BA/MA; Lang/Jazz BA/BFA; Lang/Milano BA/MA; Lang/NSSR BA/MA; Lang/Parsons BA/BFA; Liberal Arts & Historical Studies BA/MA; Liberal Arts & Historical Studies BS/MA; Psychology BA/MA
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences N/A Service learning N/A Senior capstone or culminating academic experience N/A Undergraduate research/creative projects N/A

Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate	81%
4-year graduation rate	46

* Academic Life details based on 2011 data