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New Mexico State University
New Mexico State University (NMSU) is New Mexico's land-grant and space-grant public university system in Las Cruces, founded in 1888 as Las Cruces College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution designated Carnegie R1 in February 2025.
New Year's Six
New Year's Six (NY6): the Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, Peach, Rose, and Sugar bowl games, which host College Football Playoff quarterfinals and semifinals on an annual rotation and revert to traditional tie-in games otherwise.
New York Institute of Technology
New York Institute of Technology (NYIT, New York Tech) is a private, nonprofit university founded in 1955, with about 8,000 students across Manhattan, Old Westbury, Jonesboro (Arkansas), and Vancouver campuses, six schools and colleges, and NYITCOM, New York's first osteopathic medical school.
New York Medical College
New York Medical College (NYMC), founded 1860 in Manhattan as the New York Homeopathic Medical College, is a private health sciences university in Valhalla, New York, part of Touro University since 2011, with three schools and a 54-acre campus.
New York University
New York University (NYU), founded 1831 in New York City by Albert Gallatin and others, is among the largest private US universities, with 20 schools, Abu Dhabi and Shanghai campuses, over 65,000 students, and 9.1% 2025-26 acceptance rate.
New York University Tandon School of Engineering
NYU Tandon School of Engineering, formerly Polytechnic University, is NYU's Brooklyn-based engineering school. Founded 1854, renamed 2015 after a $100M Tandon gift, with six ABET-accredited BS engineering programs and a $1B NYU investment since 2022.
Newcastle University
Newcastle University (UK), a Russell Group research university in Newcastle upon Tyne; founded 1834 as a School of Medicine and Surgery, independent from Durham in 1963; distinct from the University of Newcastle, Australia.
Newhouse School of Public Communications
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University's communications school (founded 1971 from 1926/1934 journalism programs), offering journalism, advertising, PR, and TV-radio-film degrees, ACEJMC-accredited, with Newhouse NYC and a $75M 2020 family pledge.
Nicholls State University
Nicholls State University is a public university in Thibodaux, Louisiana, serving about 6,000 students since 1948, with more than 60 degree programs and 15 Division I teams called the Colonels.
Nittany Lion
Nittany Lion, Penn State's mountain lion mascot named for Mount Nittany. Created by Harrison "Joe" Mason April 20, 1904 against Princeton's tiger; official nickname 1907; one student at a time portrays it; shrine by Warneke, 1942.
Nonsectarian
Nonsectarian means not affiliated with any religious sect or denomination. In US higher education it denotes colleges with no religious test or denominational control, from the University of Virginia (1819) onward; the term is now largely replaced by "secular".
Norfolk State University
Norfolk State University (NSU) is a public HBCU in Norfolk, Virginia, founded in 1935, with about 5,400 students, SACSCOC accreditation, 2025 Carnegie RCU research classification, MEAC Division I athletics, and a $50 million MacKenzie Scott gift.
Norrington Table
Norrington Table: annual Oxford college league table ranking undergraduates' finals results, devised by Sir Arthur Norrington of Trinity College in the 1960s; scored 5/3/2/1 points per degree class as a percentage; discontinued by Oxford in November 2024 as not fit for purpose.
North American Interfraternity Conference
North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC), formerly National Interfraternity Council: a voluntary trade association of men's fraternities in the US and Canada, founded November 27, 1909 with 26 members; sets NIC Standards on academics, hazing, and alcohol for campus Interfraternity Councils.
North Carolina A&T State University
North Carolina A&T State University, also called N.C. A&T or North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, is a public 1890 land-grant HBCU in Greensboro, North Carolina. Founded in 1891, it is America's largest HBCU, a Carnegie R2 research university, and the site of the 1960 Greensboro sit-ins.
North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University (NC State), public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina; founded 1887; largest university in the state; R1 institution; 15th chancellor Kevin Howell since 2025.
North Dakota Fighting Sioux controversy
North Dakota Fighting Sioux controversy: UND's 1930-2012 athletic nickname, retired after an NCAA 'hostile and abusive' policy, a 2007 NCAA settlement, 2011 state legislation, a 2012 referendum, and the 2015 Fighting Hawks vote.
North Dakota State University
North Dakota State University (NDSU), formerly North Dakota Agricultural College, is a public land-grant R1 research university in Fargo, founded 1890, with about 12,000 students and a 10-time FCS champion football program.
Northeast Conference
Northeast Conference (NEC), founded 1981 as the ECAC-Metro Conference and renamed 1988, is an NCAA Division I athletic conference in the northeastern US with 25 championship sports; its members include Fairleigh Dickinson, LIU, Saint Francis, Wagner, and Chicago State.
Northeastern State University
Northeastern State University (NSU), also known as Northeastern State, is a public university in Tahlequah, Muskogee, and Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, tracing roots to the Cherokee National Female Seminary (1846/1851) and serving one of the largest American Indian student populations in the United States.
Northeastern University
Northeastern University, founded 1898 in Boston, is a private Carnegie R1 research university known for its 115-year cooperative education program, a 14-campus global system including the new New York City campus from the Marymount Manhattan merger, and record 106,907 applications for 2026-2027.
Northeastern University (China)
Northeastern University (东北大学, NEU) is a public Ministry of Education university in Shenyang, China, founded 1923; distinct from Boston's Northeastern University, it is a Project 985/211 and Double First-Class engineering school known for metallurgy and control science.
Northern Arizona University
Northern Arizona University, founded in 1899 as Northern Arizona Normal School, is a public research university in Flagstaff, Arizona, one of the state's three public universities, designated R1 in 2025.
Northern Illinois University
Northern Illinois University (NIU), public R2 research university in DeKalb, Illinois; chartered 1895, opened 1899 as Northern Illinois State Normal School; 15,811 students, Higher Learning Commission accredited, led by President Lisa Freeman.
Northern Kentucky University
Northern Kentucky University (NKU), a public university in Highland Heights, Kentucky, near Cincinnati. Founded 1946 as a UK extension center, university since 1976; six colleges including Chase law school, about 15,000 students, NCAA Division I Norse athletics.
Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University is a public university in Marquette, Michigan, founded in 1899 to serve the Upper Peninsula, offering about 170 programs to roughly 7,500 students.
Northumbria University
Northumbria University, a research-intensive university in Newcastle upon Tyne with a London campus, formed from Rutherford College and Newcastle Polytechnic, gained university status in 1992 and ranks 23rd in UK research power (REF 2021).
Northwestern University
Northwestern University, founded 1851 in Evanston, Illinois, is a private research university with Chicago and Doha campuses, 12 schools, 21,000 students, a $15.3 billion endowment, and Big Ten athletics.
Norwich University
Norwich University, founded 1819 by Alden Partridge in Northfield, Vermont, is America's oldest private military college, birthplace of ROTC, and the only private Senior Military College, with a Corps of Cadets, civilian students, and online programs.
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, whose football program claims 11 national championships.