Editing Manhattan (section)

==Education==
{{See also|Education in New York City|List of high schools in New York City|List of colleges and universities in New York City}}
[[File:Butler Library - 1000px - AC.jpg|thumb|The notable architectural design of [[Butler Library]] at [[Columbia University]], an [[Ivy League]] university in Manhattan<ref>{{cite news |last=Wienerbronner |first=Danielle |date=November 9, 2010 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/09/the-most-beautiful-colleg_n_778614.html#s174271&title=Bapst_Art_Library |title=Most Beautiful College Libraries |work=TheHuffingtonPost.com |access-date=September 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414104845/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/11/09/the-most-beautiful-colleg_n_778614.html#s174271&title=Bapst_Art_Library |archive-date=April 14, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Stuyvesant HS.jpg|thumb|[[Stuyvesant High School]] in [[Tribeca]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2007/11/30/2007-11-30_us_news__world_report_gives_city_schools.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102140107/http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/education/2007/11/30/2007-11-30_us_news__world_report_gives_city_schools.html |archive-date=January 2, 2008 |title=U.S. News & World Report gives city schools high marks in new list |first=Carrie |last=Melago |work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|date=November 30, 2007 |access-date=September 6, 2014}}</ref>]]
[[File:USA-NYC-New York Public Library2.jpg|thumb|[[New York Public Library Main Branch]] at [[42nd Street (Manhattan)|42nd Street]] and [[Fifth Avenue]]]]

Education in Manhattan is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions. Non-charter public schools in the borough are operated by the [[New York City Department of Education]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36061_new_york/DC20SD_C36061.pdf |title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: New York County, NY |publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]] |access-date=July 22, 2022 }} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36061_new_york/DC20SD_C36061_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> the largest public school system in the United States. [[Charter school]]s include [[Success Academy Charter Schools|Success Academy Harlem 1 through 5, Success Academy Upper West]], and [[Public Prep]].

Several notable New York City public high schools are located in Manhattan, including [[A. Philip Randolph Campus High School]], [[The Beacon School|Beacon High School]], [[Stuyvesant High School]], [[Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts|Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School]], [[High School of Fashion Industries]], [[Eleanor Roosevelt High School (New York City, New York)|Eleanor Roosevelt High School]], [[NYC Lab School]], [[Manhattan Center for Science and Mathematics]], [[Hunter College High School]], and [[High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College]]. [[Bard High School Early College]], a hybrid school created by [[Bard College]], serves students from around the city.

Many [[private school|private preparatory schools]] are also situated in Manhattan, including the [[Upper East Side]]'s [[Brearley School]], [[Dalton School]], [[Browning School]], [[Spence School]], [[Chapin School (Manhattan)|Chapin School]], [[Nightingale-Bamford School]], [[Convent of the Sacred Heart (New York)|Convent of the Sacred Heart]], [[Hewitt School]], [[Saint David's School (New York City)|Saint David's School]], [[Loyola School (New York City)|Loyola School]], and [[Regis High School (New York City)|Regis High School]]. The [[Upper West Side]] is home to the [[Collegiate School (New York City)|Collegiate School]] and [[Trinity School (New York City)|Trinity School]]. The borough is also home to [[Manhattan Country School]], [[Trevor Day School]], [[Xavier High School (New York City)|Xavier High School]] and the [[United Nations International School]].

Based on data from the 2011–2015 [[American Community Survey]], 59.9% of Manhattan residents over age 25 have a [[bachelor's degree]].<ref>[https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/S1501/0600000US3606144919 S1501: EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT from the 2011–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates for Manhattan borough, New York County, New York]{{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20200213162434/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/15_5YR/S1501/0600000US3606144919 |date=February 13, 2020 }}, [[United States Census Bureau]]. Accessed January 22, 2017.</ref> As of 2005, about 60% of residents were college graduates and some 25% had earned advanced degrees, giving Manhattan one of the nation's densest concentrations of highly educated people.<ref>McGeehan, Patrick. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/16/nyregion/16degrees.html "New York Area Is a Magnet For Graduates"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331150724/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/16/nyregion/16degrees.html |date=March 31, 2020 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 16, 2006. Accessed March 27, 2008. "In Manhattan, nearly three out of five residents were college graduates and one out of four had advanced degrees, forming one of the highest concentrations of highly educated people in any American city."</ref>

Manhattan has various colleges and universities, including [[Columbia University]] (and its affiliate [[Barnard College]]), [[Cooper Union]], [[Marymount Manhattan College]], [[New York Institute of Technology]], [[New York University]] (NYU), [[The Juilliard School]], [[Pace University]], [[Berkeley College]], [[The New School]], [[Yeshiva University]], and a campus of [[Fordham University]]. Other schools include [[Bank Street College of Education]], [[Boricua College]], [[Jewish Theological Seminary of America]], [[Manhattan School of Music]], [[Metropolitan College of New York]], [[Parsons School of Design]], [[School of Visual Arts]], [[Touro College]], and [[Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York|Union Theological Seminary]]. Several other private institutions maintain a Manhattan presence, among them [[Adelphi University]], [[Mercy University]], [[King's College (New York City)|King's College]], [[St. John's University (New York City)|St. John's University]], and [[Pratt Institute]]. [[Cornell Tech]], part of [[Cornell University]], is developing on [[Roosevelt Island]].

The [[City University of New York]] (CUNY), the municipal college system of New York City, is the largest urban university system in the United States, serving more than 226,000 degree students and a roughly equal number of adult, continuing and professional education students.<ref>[http://web.cuny.edu/about/index.html The City University of New York is the nation's largest urban public university] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115005225/http://web.cuny.edu/about/index.html |date=January 15, 2010 }}, [[City University of New York]]. Accessed June 30, 2009. "The City University of New York is the nation's largest urban public university..."</ref> A third of college graduates in New York City graduate from CUNY, with the institution enrolling about half of all college students in New York City. CUNY senior colleges located in Manhattan include: [[Baruch College]], [[City College of New York]], [[Hunter College]], [[John Jay College of Criminal Justice]] and [[William E. Macaulay Honors College]]; graduate studies and [[doctorate]]-granting institutions are [[Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York]], [[CUNY Graduate Center]], [[CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy]], [[CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies]] and [[CUNY School of Professional Studies]].<ref>[https://www.cuny.edu/about/colleges/ 25 Colleges in the World's Greatest City], [[City University of New York]]. Accessed January 8, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://gc.catalog.cuny.edu/the-cuny-senior-colleges-and-professional-schools The CUNY Senior Colleges and Professional Schools], [[CUNY Graduate Center]]. Accessed January 8, 2024.</ref> The only CUNY community college located in Manhattan is the [[Borough of Manhattan Community College]].<ref>[https://www.hunter.cuny.edu/hclpp/students-1/new-york-college-information-1/cuny-community-colleges CUNY Community Colleges (2-Year)], [[Hunter College]]. Accessed January 8, 2024.</ref> The [[State University of New York]] is represented by the [[Fashion Institute of Technology]], [[State University of New York State College of Optometry]], and [[Stony Brook Manhattan|Stony Brook University&nbsp;– Manhattan]].<ref>[https://www.suny.edu/attend/visit-us/complete-campus-list/ Complete Campus List], [[State University of New York]]. Accessed January 8, 2024.</ref>

Manhattan is a world center for training and education in medicine and the life sciences.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Economic Development Corporation President Andrew M. Alper Unveil Plans to Develop Commercial Bioscience Center in Manhattan|author=New York City Economic Development Corporation |url=http://home2.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fhome2.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2004b%2Fpr310-04.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1 |date=November 18, 2004|access-date=July 19, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011233830/http://home2.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fhome2.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fom%2Fhtml%2F2004b%2Fpr310-04.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1 |archive-date=October 11, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city as a whole receives the second-highest amount of annual funding from the [[National Institutes of Health]] among all U.S. cities,<ref>{{cite web |title=NIH Domestic Institutions Awards Ranked by City, Fiscal Year 2003 |publisher=National Institutes of Health |date=2003 |url=http://report.nih.gov/award/trends/top100fy03.htm |access-date=June 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626092327/http://report.nih.gov/award/trends/top100fy03.htm <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=June 26, 2009 }}</ref> the bulk of which goes to Manhattan's research institutions, including [[Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center]], [[Rockefeller University]], [[Mount Sinai School of Medicine]], [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons]], [[Weill Cornell Medical College]], and [[New York University School of Medicine]].

Manhattan is served by the [[New York Public Library]], which has the largest collection of any public library system in the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.libraryspot.com/lists/listlargestlibs.htm|title=Nation's Largest Libraries|publisher=LibrarySpot|access-date=June 6, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529215517/http://www.libraryspot.com/lists/listlargestlibs.htm|archive-date=May 29, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> The five units of the Central Library—[[Mid-Manhattan Library]], [[53rd Street Library]], the [[New York Public Library for the Performing Arts]], Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, and the [[Science, Industry and Business Library]]—are all located in Manhattan.<ref>[http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/ The Central Libraries], [[New York Public Library]]. Accessed June 6, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228022040/http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/ |date=December 28, 2009 }}</ref> More than 35 other branch libraries are located in the borough.<ref>[http://www.nypl.org/hours/index.cfm?Trg=1&b=mn Manhattan Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702075051/http://www.nypl.org/hours/index.cfm?Trg=1&b=mn |date=July 2, 2017 }}, [[New York Public Library]]. Accessed June 6, 2006.</ref>