The Ailey School
Acceptance rate
32.5%
2025
Tuition per year
$14,817
$49,153 with room and board
Undergraduates
94
Student-faculty ratio 3:1
About
- Type
- Private nonprofit, 2-year
- Location
- New York, New York
- Website
- ailey.org/training
- Undergraduates
- 94
- Student-faculty ratio
- 3 : 1
This collegeRanked colleges nearby
- Setting
- Large city
- Nearest major city
- New York, about 8 mi
- Nearest international airport
- Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), about 10 mi
- Academic calendar
- Semester
- Religious affiliation
- Not applicable
- President
- Bennett Rink (Executive Director)
- Phone
- 21240590001
- Address
- 405 W 55th Street, New York, NY 10019-4402
Rankings & Admission
Acceptance rate by gender, 2025
In 2020: men 41.3%, women 42.0%.
Test Scores
SAT/ACT not considered, even if submitted IPEDS (US Department of Education) has no recent SAT/ACT data for admitted students here. GPA, course rigor, essays and activities matter more.
How Hard Is It to Get In
about 3 in 10
117 applicants in 2025, 32.5% admitted
38 admitted 79 not admitted Yield 50.0%
Degrees & Majors
Graduates in 2025 (first major)
U.S. studentsInternational
Students
94 students in 2025 · Undergraduate men to women 18:82 · Freshman retention 95.2%
- Continuing undergraduates 75
- First-year undergraduates 19
Undergraduate race and ethnicity (94)
International Students
International share over the last 10 years
30 in 2025 · 46.2% in 2016
Cost
2025 cost per year
$49,153
- Undergraduate tuition
- $14,817
- Room and board
- $34,336
Tuition rose 25% from 2016 to 2025; room and board rose 246%.
Finances · fiscal year 2024
Revenue$1.8M
Expenses$2.8M
Campus Life
Athletics and varsity athletes NCAA · EADA
No athlete data available for 2025.
No athlete data available for 2024.
No athlete data available for 2023.
Nearby & Safety
Ranked colleges nearby
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Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken · 2.5 mi
U.S. News #59
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New York UniversityNew York · 2.6 mi
U.S. News #31
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Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York · 3.1 mi
U.S. News #12
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Barnard CollegeNew York · 3.2 mi
Liberal Arts #19
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Rutgers University-NewarkNewark · 10.1 mi
U.S. News #73
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Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick · 30.4 mi
U.S. News #44
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The United States Military Academy at West PointWest Point · 43.0 mi
Liberal Arts #9
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Princeton UniversityPrinceton · 45.6 mi
U.S. News #2
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Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook · 46.4 mi
U.S. News #59
Incidents, 2023–2025
From the Clery Act campus safety reports schools file, covering on-campus, non-campus and public property.
References and Data Sources
Data from IPEDS (U.S. Department of Education), U.S. News, THE, QS, ARWU and Clery Act campus safety reports. Data insights are written by the Forward Pathway data team from public data.