Pace University

One of the fastest-growing programs at the university is the performing arts. Pace school of performing arts for undergraduates ranked among the top programs in the country. The actors studio drama school for graduates recognized by many as the home of the emmy award-winning television show inside the actors studio.

The university’s signature program, the pace path is an individualized plan for each student that leverages pace’s emphasis on experiential learning to support strong academics while integrating customized goal-setting and dedicated mentoring. Pace university has one of the largest internship programs of any college in the new york metropolitan area.

With three campuses located in and around new york city, pace offers students a diverse choice of living and learning experiences. The new york city campus in lower manhattan has recently renovated with ultramodern facilities, collaborative learning spaces, and residence halls. It is within walking distance to wall street, south street seaport, and the brooklyn bridge, and a subway ride from all that the city has to offer.

The michael schimmel centre for the arts is the main theatre of pace university and is located at the university's new york city campus. With 750 seats, the center is home to the television show inside the actors studio hosted by james lipton.

The pleasantville campus in westchester county is only an hour by train from new york city, offers students the traditional suburban collegiate setting with state-of-the-art renovations on a 200-acre bucolic campus and 14 ncaa division ii teams.

The white plains campus is home to the elisabeth haub school of law, is situated in the center of white plains’ buzzing suburban sprawl.

Each campus also has its selection of student associations, including many different societies and sororities.

• 292nd us rankings 2020
• 202 in national universities
• 34th in top performers on social mobility
(u.s. News)

At the core of a pace, education is a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences with an accentuation on the combination of theory and practice. More than 50 cutting-edge centers, institutes, labs, and clinics, including the nyc design factory, entrepreneurship lab, environmental policy clinic, cybersecurity education and research lab, immigration justice clinic, and health care simulation labs serve as a training ground for future leaders.

The university competes in the national collegiate athletic association (ncaa) division ii across 14 intercollegiate varsity sports. Sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, lacrosse, and swimming & diving, cheerleading, dance, soccer, softball, and volleyball.

To facilitate and encourage the sports teams, there is a 29,000-square-foot goldstein health, fitness and recreation centre, which flaunts a 2,400-seat arena, eight-lane swimming pool, weight/fitness room, aerobics/dance room, training room, and offices of the athletics department.

Pace offers limited financial support in the form of academic merit scholarships to freshmen international students admitted to the university. Applicants are notified of any award in their acceptance packet.

Pace university will contemplate an academic merit scholarship based on the past academic performance, when evaluating the student's application for admission.

International graduate students who have demonstrated exceptional academic abilities may be eligible for dean’s or president’s scholarship and its eligibility is determined by the time of admission. International graduate students who have shown academic excellence in the past, skills, and related experience are qualified for graduate assistantships.

The university is sponsored by schott, spectrum, globe tax, ey, hudson, icon international inc. Lamb insurance services, mthree, northwestern mutual and marks paneth.

Pace students occupied in more than 8,000 internships, co-ops, field experiences, and clinical with more than 1,000 different employers. Throughout the years, more than 3,000 alumni have reached top executive positions at their companies. Payscale.com ranks pace among the top 10% of private us colleges that provide the best return on tuition investment.

Prominent alumni of pace university include james quinn, former president of tiffany & co., ivan seidenberg, former ceo of verizon communications inc, and diana elizabeth scarwid, an american actress with an academy award nomination to her name.