Editing Brooklyn (section)

====Private colleges====
[[Adelphi University]], based in [[Garden City, New York|Garden City]], moved its Manhattan Campus in 2023 to a new location on Livingston Street in [[Downtown Brooklyn]]. The move marks a return to Brooklyn for the university, which originated on Adelphi Street with the Adelphi Academy. The facility is shared with [[St. Francis College]], which has created a new campus at 179 Livingston Street.<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 8, 2023 |title=Brooklyn Center {{!}} Adelphi University |url=https://www.adelphi.edu/about/locations/nyc/ |access-date=August 19, 2023 |website=Meet Adelphi |language=en}}</ref>

[[Brooklyn Law School]] was founded in 1901 and is notable for its diverse student body. Women and African Americans were enrolled in 1909. According to the Leiter Report, a compendium of law school rankings published by [[Brian Leiter]], Brooklyn Law School places 31st nationally for the quality of students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leiterrankings.com |title=Leiter's Law School Rankings |publisher=Leiterrankings.com |access-date=October 24, 2010}}</ref>

[[Long Island University]] is a private university headquartered in [[Brookville, New York|Brookville]] on [[Long Island]], with a campus in Downtown Brooklyn with 6,417 undergraduate students. The Brooklyn campus has strong science and medical technology programs, at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

[[Pratt Institute]], in [[Clinton Hill, Brooklyn|Clinton Hill]], is a private college founded in 1887 with programs in engineering, architecture, and the arts. Some buildings in the school's Brooklyn campus are [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission|official landmarks]]. Pratt has over 4700 students, with most at its Brooklyn campus. Graduate programs include a library and information science, architecture, and urban planning. Undergraduate programs include architecture, construction management, writing, critical and visual studies, industrial design and fine arts, totaling over 25 programs in all.

The [[New York University Tandon School of Engineering]], the United States' second oldest private [[institute of technology]], founded in 1854, has its main campus in Downtown's [[MetroTech Center]], a commercial, civic and educational redevelopment project of which it was a key sponsor. NYU-Tandon is one of the 18 schools and colleges that comprise [[New York University]] (NYU).<ref>{{cite web |title=About NYU |url=http://www.nyu.edu/about.html |publisher=New York University |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sam Pitroda to give inaugural address at NYU engineering school |url=http://post.jagran.com/sam-pitroda-to-give-inaugural-address-at-nyu-engineering-school-1337055643 |access-date=October 19, 2012 |newspaper=[[Dainik Jagran|Jagran Post]] |date=May 15, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/finance-collegeshighestsalaries/polytechnic-institute-of-new-york-university-nyu-poly%20/|title=8. Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) – Colleges That Guarantee the Highest Salaries |website=Comcast.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724035400/http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/finance-collegeshighestsalaries/polytechnic-institute-of-new-york-university-nyu-poly%20/|archive-date=July 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Schools and Colleges |url=http://www.nyu.edu/academics/schools-and-colleges.html |publisher=New York University |access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref>

[[St. Francis College]] is a Catholic college in Downtown Brooklyn founded in 1859 by Franciscan friars. Over 2,400 students attend the small liberal arts college. St. Francis is considered by ''[[The New York Times]]'' as one of the more diverse colleges, and was ranked one of the best baccalaureate colleges by ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine and ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref name="NYTimesDiversity">{{cite news |title=Colleges of Many Colors |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/education/data.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523030001/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/05/education/data.html |archive-date=May 23, 2013 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The New York Times |date=November 5, 2006 |access-date=August 15, 2007}}</ref><ref name="Forbes.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2009/94/colleges-09_St-Francis-College_94363.html |title=America's Best Colleges List |work=Forbes |access-date=July 8, 2010 |date=August 5, 2009}}</ref><ref name="USNWR">{{cite web |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/brooklyn-heights-ny/st.-francis-college-2820 |title=Baccalaureate Colleges (North) Rankings |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=July 8, 2010 |year=2009}}</ref>

Brooklyn also has smaller liberal arts institutions, such as [[St. Joseph's College (New York)|Saint Joseph's College]] in Clinton Hill and [[Boricua College]] in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]].