New York, United States
New York University Alumni
International Students
34
% of international students in the university
21081
Total International Students in the university
Located in the heart of Manhattan, NYU is a cultural and academic hub known for producing influential leaders in entertainment, business, politics, and beyond. Its alumni network includes some of the most recognizable names in the world.
|
Alumni Name |
Notable Achievement / Famous For |
Degree |
Graduating Year |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Martin Scorsese |
Academy Award-Winning Director (The Departed) |
MFA (Film) |
1966 |
|
Lady Gaga |
Grammy and Oscar-Winning Singer & Actress |
Attended (Tisch) |
N/A |
|
Angelina Jolie |
Oscar-Winning Actress, Humanitarian |
Attended (Tisch) |
N/A |
|
Alec Baldwin |
Emmy-Winning Actor (30 Rock) |
BFA (Drama) |
1994 |
|
Donald Glover |
Actor, Writer, Musician (Childish Gambino) |
Dramatic Writing (BFA) |
2006 |
|
Mahershala Ali |
Two-Time Academy Award-Winning Actor |
MFA (Acting) |
2000 |
|
Anne Hathaway |
Oscar-Winning Actress |
Attended (Tisch) |
N/A |
|
Philip Seymour Hoffman |
Oscar-Winning Actor |
BFA (Drama) |
1989 |
|
Joel Coen |
Director (Fargo, No Country for Old Men) |
BA (Film) |
1979 |
|
Jonah Peretti |
Co-Founder of BuzzFeed and HuffPost |
MA (Media Studies) |
2001 |
|
Alan Greenspan |
Former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve |
MA, PhD (Economics) |
1950, 1977 |
|
Rudy Giuliani |
Former NYC Mayor, Former Presidential Candidate |
JD |
1968 |
|
Elizabeth Olsen |
Actress (WandaVision, Marvel) |
BFA (Drama) |
2013 |
|
Chris Evans |
Actor (Captain America) |
Attended Summer Program |
N/A |
|
Adam Sandler |
Actor, Comedian, Producer |
BFA (Acting) |
1988 |
|
Billy Crystal |
Comedian and Actor |
MFA (Film & TV) |
1971 |
|
Tom Ford |
Fashion Designer, Film Director |
BA (Architecture, dropped out) |
N/A |
|
Debra Messing |
Actress (Will & Grace) |
MFA (Acting) |
1993 |
|
Chloe Sevigny |
Actress and Fashion Icon |
Attended (Tisch) |
N/A |
|
Raúl Esparza |
Broadway Star, Actor |
MFA (Drama) |
1992 |
|
David Harbour |
Actor (Stranger Things) |
BFA (Drama) |
1997 |
|
Idina Menzel |
Tony Award-Winning Broadway Singer (Wicked) |
BFA (Drama) |
1993 |
|
Sterling K. Brown |
Emmy-Winning Actor (This Is Us) |
MFA (Acting) |
2001 |
|
Whoopi Goldberg |
EGOT Winner (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) |
Honorary Degree |
N/A |
|
Bobst Family |
Philanthropists behind NYU’s main library (Bobst Library) |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Clive Davis |
Legendary Music Executive, Founder of Arista Records |
JD |
1956 |
|
Colin Powell |
Former U.S. Secretary of State (Postgrad studies) |
MBA |
1971 |
|
Ang Lee |
Oscar-Winning Director (Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain) |
MFA (Film) |
1984 |
|
Aziz Ansari |
Comedian and Actor (Parks and Recreation) |
BA (Marketing, partial) |
N/A |
Students
New York University admitted student profiles
GMAT
584
TOEFL
103
IELTS
7
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