Education
The New York metropolitan area is home to many prestigious institutions of higher education. Three Ivy League universities (Columbia University in Manhattan, Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, and Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut) reside in the region, as well as New York University and The Rockefeller University, both also located in Manhattan, all of which have been ranked amongst the top 50 universities in the world. The New York City Department of Education is the largest school district in the United States serving over 1.2 million students.
The region also hosts many public high schools which have been acknowledged as some of the most prestigious in the country.
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