New York School of Interior Design is a private, not-for-profit college devoted to the design of the interior environment.

Our guiding principle is that the successful design of an interior space improves human welfare, and that the interior design profession assumes an important role in ensuring that spaces are beautiful, functional, healthy, safe, and built in a socially and environmentally conscientious way.

We are proud of our history, our esteemed faculty, and our dedicated professionals, who, year after year, provide the environment and support to help our students realize their dreams.

Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission Statement
New York School of Interior Design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being of people and the planet.

Vision Statement
NYSID is a diverse and inclusive global community empowering students, alumni, and faculty to be thought leaders at the forefront of design.

Values Statement
With our rich history, New York City location, and commitment to inclusiveness, equity, and sense of belonging, NYSID values its:

Learners from diverse backgrounds and experiences who are driven to create spaces of beauty and utility, and are focused on improving the quality of life in the built environment:

Faculty comprised of designers, artists, and scholars dedicated to innovative teaching, conceptual and applied design, and empowering students to fulfill their creative and intellectual potential:

Community of professionals known for collaboration, innovation, and excellence; and

Alumni who contribute to the growth of the students, the College, the interior design profession, and the global community.

Strategic Planning

The New York School of Interior Design enters its 2023-2026 strategic plan with renewed confidence in knowing that despite facing unprecedented changes in the last several years, it stands firm in its ability to plan for the future. The 107-year-old, single focus college has weathered severe pandemic-associated challenges to its pedagogy, staff and student body composition while demonstrating it is a nimble, responsive and responsible college with one eye strongly fixed on the future. In the last three years, the College pivoted to an exclusively online learning model at the onset of the pandemic, took advantage of the related staff attrition to bolster its administration and witnessed an increased enrollment. As it settles into a hybrid learning model with a combination of students and faculty accessing education on site and online, the New York School of Interior Design is strengthening its academic offerings, its outreach to prospective students and lifelong learners and its delivery of the experience of a New York School of Interior Design education.

Although enrollment is returning to near pre-pandemic levels, several factors cloud the future outlook. An anticipated drop in the College age population, the volatile global economy and climate, the persistent public questioning of the value of a college education and increased political polarization threaten to disrupt enrollment projections. The College’s administration recognizes that higher education may be in for a bumpy road ahead. Not content to rest on its repeated recognition as one of the best colleges in the country to pursue an education in interior design, the New York School of Interior Design has created an ambitious strategic plan challenging itself to expand its educational excellence and reach.

The New York School of Interior Design 2023-2026 Strategic Plan builds upon many of the goals and objectives established in the previous plan and advances avenues to guide the school into the rapidly changing future of interior design education. The strategies, tactics and success metrics which support achieving the plan’s goals are outlined in a separate work plan. The administration’s well-established culture of planning and assessment along with the robust support of the Board of Trustees, the faculty, staff, students and the institution’s community will serve as ballast as the College heads into the uncharted seas ahead.

At-a-Glance

 

  • Founded: 1916

  • Chartered: 1924

  • Degree Granting Authority: 1976

  • Founder: Mr. Sherrill Whiton

  • President: Mr. David Sprouls

  • Board of Trustees Chairman: Ellen Kravet

  • Setting: Metropolitan (Manhattan, New York)

  • Enrollment: 642 (488 undergraduate, 154 graduate)

  • Average student age: 30.6

  • Student-to-faculty Ratio: 12:1

  • Total Faculty Members: 102

  • Average Class Size: 12

 

New York School of Interior Design is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

Job Placement Rate

 

Undergraduate: 95%

Of the 30 BFA graduates located from 2020-2021, 27 (90%) were employed and 3 (10%) were pursuing further education. Among the employed BFA graduates, 93% were employed in jobs that were discipline related.

Graduate: 98%

Of the 26 professional level MFA graduates located from 2020-2021, 25 (96%) were employed and one (4%) was still seeking employment. Among the employed MFA graduates, 100% were employed in jobs that were discipline related.

 

International Students

  • Percentage of international students: 16%

  • Countries represented: 31

Academic Programs

Chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York in 1924, NYSID is authorized by the Board of Regents to confer the Basic Interior Design certificate (on-site and online), the degrees of Associate in Applied Science in Interior Design (on-site and online), Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design (on-site and online), Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design, Master of Professional Studies in Healthcare Interior Design (on-site and online), Master of Professional Studies in Lighting Design (on-site and online), and Master of Professional Studies in Sustainable Interior Environments (on-site and online).

 

Undergraduate Programs

 
 
 
 
 

Graduate Programs

 
 
 
 
 
 

Accreditation

The New York School of Interior Design is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. (267-284-5000). The MSCHE is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).

The New York School of Interior Design is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).

The interior design program leading to the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design (BFA) and the professional-level Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design (MFA1) is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), 206 Grandville Avenue, Suite 350, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503. The CIDA-accredited program prepares students for entry-level interior design practice, for advanced study, and to apply for membership in professional interior design organizations. The BFA and MFA1 granted by the New York School of Interior Design meets the educational requirement for eligibility to sit for the National Council for Interior Design Qualification Examination (NCIDQ Exam). For more information about the NCIDQ exam visit their site.

Professional Memberships

American Council on Education (ACE)
Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities (AGB)
Association of Independent Colleges of Art & Design (AICAD)
Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU)
National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU)

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