Private College or University by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Private College or University across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Morningside Heights (95.1%). Lowest: Corona (12.3%). New York City avg: 44.9%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Private College or University (% of college enrollees) · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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New York City citywide · Private College or University (% of college enrollees) 44.9%
Highest neighborhood Morningside Heights: 95.1%
Lowest neighborhood Corona: 12.3%

Universe: Population enrolled in college or graduate school · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

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Min 12% 25th pct 27% Median 36% 75th pct 51% Max 95%

Neighborhood ranking: Private College or University (% of college enrollees) (2020–24)

#1 Morningside Heights 95.1%+50.1 pts
#2 Tribeca-Civic Center 93.6%+48.7 pts
#3 Gramercy 92.8%+47.9 pts
#4 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 91.2%+46.3 pts
#5 Greenwich Village 86.3%+41.4 pts
#6 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 86.2%+41.3 pts
#7 Clinton Hill 84.4%+39.5 pts
#8 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 83.2%+38.3 pts
#9 East Village 82.6%+37.6 pts
#10 Borough Park 81.6%+36.7 pts
#11 West Village 81.4%+36.5 pts
#12 Brooklyn Heights 79.8%+34.9 pts
#13 Financial District-Battery Park City 79.8%+34.9 pts
#14 South Williamsburg 78%+33.1 pts
#15 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 76.8%+31.8 pts
#16 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 75.2%+30.3 pts
#17 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 72.5%+27.6 pts
#18 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 70.7%+25.8 pts
#19 Belmont 70.2%+25.3 pts
#20 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 69.9%+25 pts
#21 Hell's Kitchen 69%+24.1 pts
#22 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 68.7%+23.8 pts
#23 Midtown-Times Square 68.6%+23.7 pts
#24 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 68.3%+23.4 pts
#25 Long Island City-Hunters Point 66.6%+21.7 pts
#26 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 63.6%+18.6 pts
#27 Williamsburg 63.5%+18.5 pts
#28 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 61.1%+16.2 pts
#29 Douglaston-Little Neck 60.4%+15.5 pts
#30 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 59.6%+14.7 pts
#31 Kensington 59.3%+14.4 pts
#32 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 59.1%+14.2 pts
#33 Upper West Side (Central) 58.7%+13.8 pts
#34 Bushwick (West) 58.2%+13.3 pts
#35 East Harlem (South) 57.9%+13 pts
#36 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 57.8%+12.8 pts
#37 East Williamsburg 57.7%+12.8 pts
#38 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 57.1%+12.1 pts
#39 Manhattanville-West Harlem 55.8%+10.9 pts
#40 Midwood 55.7%+10.8 pts
#41 Park Slope 55.3%+10.4 pts
#42 Crown Heights (South) 54.2%+9.3 pts
#43 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 54.1%+9.2 pts
#44 Washington Heights (North) 54%+9 pts
#45 Tottenville-Charleston 52.5%+7.5 pts
#46 Lower East Side 52.1%+7.2 pts
#47 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 51.7%+6.8 pts
#48 Upper East Side-Yorkville 51.3%+6.4 pts
#49 Arden Heights-Rossville 50.8%+5.8 pts
#50 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 50.6%+5.6 pts
#51 Prospect Heights 50.4%+5.5 pts
#52 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 50.3%+5.4 pts
#53 Greenpoint 49%+4.1 pts
#54 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 48.9%+4 pts
#55 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 48.4%+3.4 pts
#56 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 48.1%+3.2 pts
#57 Kew Gardens 48%+3 pts
#58 Kew Gardens Hills 46.8%+1.9 pts
#59 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 46.4%+1.5 pts
#60 East Harlem (North) 46.1%+1.1 pts
#61 Fort Greene 46%+1.1 pts
#62 Great Kills-Eltingville 46%+1 pts
#63 Washington Heights (South) 44.7%-0.2 pts
#64 Harlem (South) 44.6%-0.3 pts
#65 Co-op City 44.5%-0.4 pts
#66 Bayside 44.5%-0.4 pts
#67 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 44.3%-0.6 pts
#68 Bushwick (East) 44.2%-0.7 pts
#69 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 43.5%-1.4 pts
#70 Middle Village 43.5%-1.4 pts
#71 Sunnyside 43.4%-1.5 pts
#72 Oakwood-Richmondtown 43.2%-1.7 pts
#73 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 43%-1.9 pts
#74 Ocean Hill 43%-1.9 pts
#75 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 42.7%-2.2 pts
#76 Crown Heights (North) 42%-2.9 pts
#77 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 41.7%-3.2 pts
#78 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 41.3%-3.6 pts
#79 Harlem (North) 41.2%-3.7 pts
#80 Morris Park 41%-3.9 pts
#81 Maspeth 41%-3.9 pts
#82 Auburndale 40.3%-4.6 pts
#83 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 39.4%-5.5 pts
#84 Canarsie 39.2%-5.8 pts
#85 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 39.1%-5.8 pts
#86 Forest Hills 38.6%-6.3 pts
#87 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 38.4%-6.5 pts
#88 East Flatbush-Erasmus 38.3%-6.6 pts
#89 Sunset Park (West) 38.3%-6.6 pts
#90 Whitestone-Beechhurst 38.2%-6.7 pts
#91 Concourse-Concourse Village 37.4%-7.5 pts
#92 Inwood 37.3%-7.6 pts
#93 Bath Beach 37.2%-7.7 pts
#94 Rosedale 36.9%-8.1 pts
#95 Flatbush 36.6%-8.3 pts
#96 Dyker Heights 36.6%-8.4 pts
#97 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 36.5%-8.4 pts
#98 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 36.5%-8.4 pts
#99 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 36.4%-8.5 pts
#100 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 36%-8.9 pts
#101 Morrisania 36%-8.9 pts
#102 Wakefield-Woodlawn 35.7%-9.2 pts
#103 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 35.4%-9.5 pts
#104 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 35.3%-9.6 pts
#105 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 35.3%-9.6 pts
#106 Bay Ridge 35.2%-9.8 pts
#107 Glendale 34.8%-10.1 pts
#108 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 34.4%-10.5 pts
#109 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 34.3%-10.6 pts
#110 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 34.2%-10.7 pts
#111 Bellerose 34%-11 pts
#112 Madison 33.7%-11.2 pts
#113 Flatlands 33.4%-11.5 pts
#114 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 33.1%-11.8 pts
#115 Hollis 32.9%-12 pts
#116 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 32.9%-12.1 pts
#117 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 32.7%-12.2 pts
#118 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 32%-13 pts
#119 East Flatbush-Rugby 31.9%-13 pts
#120 Rego Park 31.7%-13.2 pts
#121 Woodhaven 31.4%-13.5 pts
#122 Westchester Square 30.9%-14 pts
#123 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 30.7%-14.2 pts
#124 Queens Village 30.5%-14.4 pts
#125 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 30.3%-14.6 pts
#126 Norwood 30.3%-14.7 pts
#127 Astoria (Central) 30.2%-14.7 pts
#128 Port Richmond 30.1%-14.8 pts
#129 Crotona Park East 30.1%-14.8 pts
#130 Castle Hill-Unionport 30%-15 pts
#131 St. George-New Brighton 29.9%-15 pts
#132 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 29.8%-15.1 pts
#133 Woodside 29.5%-15.4 pts
#134 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 29.5%-15.5 pts
#135 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 29.4%-15.5 pts
#136 East Flatbush-Farragut 29.2%-15.7 pts
#137 Melrose 29.2%-15.7 pts
#138 New Dorp-Midland Beach 29%-16 pts
#139 Bensonhurst 28.8%-16.1 pts
#140 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 28.7%-16.2 pts
#141 Gravesend (South) 28.6%-16.3 pts
#142 Tremont 28.2%-16.8 pts
#143 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 28.1%-16.8 pts
#144 Mott Haven-Port Morris 27.8%-17.1 pts
#145 Cambria Heights 27.7%-17.2 pts
#146 Sunset Park (Central) 27.5%-17.4 pts
#147 East Flushing 27.5%-17.5 pts
#148 Coney Island-Sea Gate 27.4%-17.5 pts
#149 Chinatown-Two Bridges 27.3%-17.7 pts
#150 Bedford Park 27.2%-17.7 pts
#151 Elmhurst 27.2%-17.7 pts
#152 Allerton 27.1%-17.8 pts
#153 Flushing-Willets Point 26.8%-18.1 pts
#154 Spring Creek-Starrett City 26.5%-18.5 pts
#155 South Richmond Hill 26.4%-18.6 pts
#156 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 26.3%-18.6 pts
#157 East Elmhurst 26.1%-18.8 pts
#158 Ozone Park 25.9%-19 pts
#159 Laurelton 25.9%-19 pts
#160 Pelham Gardens 25.8%-19.1 pts
#161 Brownsville 25.7%-19.2 pts
#162 South Ozone Park 25.5%-19.4 pts
#163 Parkchester 25.3%-19.6 pts
#164 Jackson Heights 25.3%-19.6 pts
#165 Longwood 24.8%-20.2 pts
#166 Williamsbridge-Olinville 24.7%-20.2 pts
#167 Baisley Park 24.5%-20.4 pts
#168 Ridgewood 24%-20.9 pts
#169 Mount Hope 23.5%-21.4 pts
#170 East New York-New Lots 23.5%-21.5 pts
#171 University Heights (North)-Fordham 23.3%-21.6 pts
#172 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 23.3%-21.7 pts
#173 Richmond Hill 23.2%-21.7 pts
#174 Soundview-Clason Point 23%-21.9 pts
#175 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 22.7%-22.2 pts
#176 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 22.5%-22.5 pts
#177 Brighton Beach 22.4%-22.5 pts
#178 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 22.4%-22.5 pts
#179 East New York-City Line 22.2%-22.7 pts
#180 Jamaica 22.1%-22.8 pts
#181 Ozone Park (North) 22.1%-22.9 pts
#182 Gravesend (West) 21.2%-23.7 pts
#183 College Point 21.2%-23.8 pts
#184 South Jamaica 20.6%-24.3 pts
#185 St. Albans 20.5%-24.4 pts
#186 Highbridge 19.6%-25.3 pts
#187 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 18.4%-26.6 pts
#188 Queensboro Hill 18%-27 pts
#189 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 17.6%-27.4 pts
#190 East New York (North) 17.3%-27.6 pts
#191 Bay Terrace-Clearview 16.8%-28.1 pts
#192 North Corona 16.6%-28.3 pts
#193 Hunts Point 15.5%-29.5 pts
#194 Fordham Heights 13.8%-31.1 pts
#195 Cypress Hills 13.8%-31.1 pts
#196 West Farms 12.8%-32.1 pts
#197 Corona 12.3%-32.6 pts
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