Columbia is firmly on top in traditional fields and the humanities, but in newer departments such as film, drama, computers, and business management, brash and dynamic NYU comes into its own.
因此，在古典、傳統的文史哲學上，哥大穩佔鰲頭；但在較前衛、現代的電影、戲劇、電腦、企管等科目，充滿活力的紐大就令人刮目相看了。我國在紐大的留學生也以念這些系所的人數較多。