You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New York University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Irish Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NYU is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 ’s Irish studies degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.