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| | New York University |
 | | With a total enrollment of 51,901 (as of the fall of 2000), 18,628 of which are undergraduates and 18,522 of which are graduate or professional students, NYU is one of the largest private universities in the United States. |
 | | NYU is remarkable in that it went from being a near-bankrupt commuter school to becoming one of the country's top research universities, in large part due to the fact that, instead of building its endowment, the University spent its money on building new facilities and hiring more faculty. |
 | | Originally called the University of the City of New York, it was founded by a group of prominent New Yorkers in 1831 as an alternative to the Episcopalian-dominated and "aristocratic" Columbia College (now Columbia University). |
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