New York City, NY (population: 8,459,026) has six audio schools within its city limits. Columbia University in the City of New York, the highest ranked school in the city with an audio program, has a total student population of 24,230. It is the 4th highest ranked school in the USA and the highest in the state of New York.
Audio students from New York City schools who go on to become audio professionals, audio production engineers, audio engineers, audio recording professionals, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 46,070 people working as audio and video equipment technicians alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $42,450. Also, Sound engineering technicians make on average $53,940 per year and there are about 15,560 of them employed in the US today.
Of the 6 audio schools in New York City, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, New York University comes out as the most expensive ($34,011/yr) for audio students, with Touro College as the lowest, reported at only $4,470/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from New York City |
| Brooklyn | NY | - | 46 | 21.7861 | 571 | 1.5 miles |
| Ridgewood | NY | - | 1 | 34.5795 | 2 | 2.8 miles |
| Long Island City | NY | - | 4 | 18.9499 | 59 | 5.2 miles |
| Rego Park | NY | - | 1 | 27.7974 | 9 | 5.6 miles |
| Jackson Heights | NY | - | 1 | 28.2916 | 7 | 6.6 miles |
| Hoboken | NJ | 41,307 | 1 | 72.0499 | 47 | 6.8 miles |
| Jersey City | NJ | 242,594 | 10 | 25.9195 | 190 | 6.9 miles |
| West New York | NJ | 47,282 | 1 | 33.6373 | 6 | 7.2 miles |
| Jamaica | NY | - | 3 | 22.786 | 65 | 7.6 miles |
| Bayonne | NJ | 57,362 | 0 | - | 0 | 8.9 miles |
| Queens | NY | - | 1 | 36.0611 | 122 | 9.3 miles |
| Fresh Meadows | NY | - | 1 | 41.5392 | 2 | 9.5 miles |
| North Bergen | NJ | 59,771 | 0 | - | 0 | 9.5 miles |
| Far Rockaway | NY | - | 2 | 14.0585 | 4 | 10.7 miles |
| Whitestone | NY | - | 1 | 33.134 | 2 | 10.7 miles |
| Staten Island | NY | - | 3 | 40.1655 | 127 | 12.5 miles |
| Newark | NJ | 279,278 | 12 | 22.0426 | 375 | 12.5 miles |
| Bronx | NY | - | 10 | 27.317 | 379 | 13.0 miles |
| Hackensack | NJ | 42,824 | 4 | 27.098 | 27 | 16.3 miles |
| Bloomfield | NJ | 48,995 | 2 | 17.5636 | 34 | 16.3 miles |
| Passaic | NJ | 67,055 | 0 | - | 0 | 16.5 miles |
| Garden City | NY | - | 5 | 29.9653 | 250 | 16.5 miles |
| Hempstead | NY | 54,072 | 4 | 22.5315 | 163 | 16.9 miles |
| Union | NJ | 56,324 | 6 | 24.8766 | 160 | 17.4 miles |
| Clifton | NJ | 78,248 | 4 | 27.5248 | 46 | 17.5 miles |
| Mount Vernon | NY | 68,747 | 8 | 36.4632 | 259 | 17.6 miles |
| South Orange | NJ | - | 1 | 63.933 | 113 | 17.7 miles |
| Montclair | NJ | - | 3 | 25.8703 | 100 | 17.7 miles |
| Kenilworth | NJ | - | 2 | 30.2484 | 7 | 18.4 miles |
| West Orange | NJ | 49,330 | 0 | - | 0 | 18.7 miles |