The following is a list of public and private colleges and universities in New York City.
- The Ailey School (Alvin Ailey American Dance Crew).
- Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- American Academy McAllister Institute
- American Musical and Dramatic Academy
- ASA College
- Bank Street College of Education
- Bard College
- Bard Graduate Center
- Globalization and International Affairs Program
- Barnard College
- Berkeley College
- Bethel Seminary of the East
- Boricua College
- Bramson ORT College
- Briarcliffe College - The Queens Center
- Brooklyn Law School
- Christie's Education
- City University of New York (CUNY) (multiple campuses)
- Baruch College
- Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Bronx Community College
- Brooklyn College
- City College of New York
- Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
- College of Staten Island
- CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies
- CUNY Graduate Center
- CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
- CUNY School of Law (at Queens College)
- CUNY School of Professional Studies
- CUNY William E. Macaulay Honors College
- Stella and Charles Guttman Community College (first CUNY community college opened in over 40 years)
- Hostos Community College
- Hunter College
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Kingsborough Community College
- LaGuardia Community College
- Lehman College
- Medgar Evers College
- New York City College of Technology
- Queens College
- Queensborough Community College
- York College
- College of Mount Saint Vincent
- College of New Rochelle (School of New Resources)
- Columbia University
- Teachers College
- Union Theological Seminary
- Cooper Union
- Cornell University
- Cornell NYC Tech
- Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences
- Weill Cornell Medical College
- DeVry University
- European School of Economics
- Fordham University
- Frank G. Zarb School of Business at Hofstra University
- General Theological Seminary
- Gerstner Sloan Kettering Graduate School of Biomedical Science
- Globe Institute of Technology
- Hebrew Union College
- Helene Fuld College of Nursing
- Institute of Design and Construction
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- The Juilliard School
- Keller Graduate School of Management
- The King's College
- Laboratory Institute of Merchandising
- Long Island Business Institute - Flushing
- Long Island College Hospital School of Nursing
- Long Island University
- Mandl College of Allied Health
- Manhattan College
- Manhattan School of Music
- Marymount Manhattan College
- Mercy College
- Metropolitan College of New York
- Monroe College
- The New School
- Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
- Mannes College The New School for Music
- Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
- The New School for Drama
- The New School for General Studies
- The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
- The New School for Social Research
- Parsons The New School for Design
- New York Academy of Art
- New York Career Institute
- New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
- New York Graduate School of Psychoanalysis
- New York Institute of Technology
- New York Law School
- New York School of Interior Design
- New York School of Urban Ministry
- New York Theological Seminary
- New York University
- Gallatin School of Individualized Study
- New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering
- New York University School of Law
- New York University School of Medicine
- Tisch School of Arts
- New York University of Architecture
- Nyack College (School of Music)
- Pace University
- Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
- Phillips Beth Israel School of Nursing
- Plaza College
- Pratt Institute
- Professional Business College
- Rabbi Isaac Elchanon Theological Seminary
- Richard Gilder Graduate School - American Museum of Natural History
- Rockefeller University
- School of American Ballet
- School of Visual Arts
- St. Francis College
- St. John's University
- New Brunswick Theological Seminary
- St. Joseph's College
- Sotheby's Institute of Art
- State University of New York (multiple campuses)
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- SUNY College of Optometry
- SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- SUNY Empire State College (The Harry Van Arsdale Jr. Center for Labor Studies)
- SUNY Maritime College
- Studio Maestro
- Swedish Institute of Massage Therapy
- Technical Career Institute College of Technology
- Touro College
- Tri-State College of Acupuncture
- Vaughn College of Aeronautics & Technology
- Wagner College
- Wood Tobe-Coburn School
- Yeshiva University
- Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law