nyc: What are some good colleges in NYC close to or in Manhattan? I am undecided with my major so any general good college will work for me right now. I just want something in the heart of NYC.|||NYU is one of the top schools and is located right in the village district- superb location in Manhattan. It may be hard to get admitted though.|||i think Columbia University offers the best all around real New York experience. it has a real campus located within a vibrant mixed residential, commercial and academic neighborhood in Morningside Heights, Manhattan. it's above the Upper West Side, but within 15 minutes of Midtown on the subway. NYU is a fine university, but i find the "campus" disjointed and the neighborhood too transient. Columbia also shares the neighborhood with Bank Street College of Education, Jewish Theological Seminary, Manhattan School of Music, and Union Theological Seminary, among others. there may also be possibilities for cross-registration.|||NYU Fordham Pace|||Columbia and NYU are the two best. Columbia is a notch above NYU for most majors except for Theatre Arts and Film, where NYU is tops in the country. Both are in Manhattan. Outside of those two, the next best school is SUNY Stony Brook on Long Island.|||I have always liked... 1. NYU 2. Berkeley College 3. Yeshiva University 4. Princeton U 5. Rutgers U 6. The College of New Jersey|||Good Schools in NYC Columbia U The Cooper Union NYU Polytechnic University (btw NYU and Polytechnic are in merger talks) Yeshiva U Good Schools in NJ Stevens Institute of Technology Princeton U Rutgers U The College of New Jersey Good Schools in CT Yale U Wesleyan U Good Schools in Westchester Vasser|||Depends upon your grades and SAT scores. What good is recommending a college if they won't accept you.|||New York University (NYU) is an excellent school!! i always wanted to go there but i have no motivation!! Or John Jay College (another excellent school) if your interested in criminal justice!! good luck!!