one is led by a dean and has its own scholarships, standards of admission, and acceptance rates.
=== Major colleges ===
==== Former divisions ====
== Academics ==
Similar to many liberal arts colleges, The New School's Lang College has a "student-directed curriculum," which does not require its undergraduates to take general education courses. Instead, students are encouraged to explore before focusing on a major, selecting topics that are of interest to them. An exception to this is in the performing arts, where students must declare majors at enrollment. Although all "New Schoolers" are required to complete core training—usually of a literary, conservatory, or artistic nature—students are expected to be the primary designers of their own curriculum.
The university offers 81 degree/diploma programs and majors. The New School faculty teach most of their classes seminar style and the student/faculty ratio is 10:1.
=== Undergraduate admissions ===
In 2024, The New School accepted 62.5% of undergraduate …
