Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/New York University

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, a coeducational non-sectarian institution in New York City; founded in 1831; reported at the close of 1919: Professors and instructors, 518; students, 9,765; volumes in the library, 142,000; productive funds, $1,200,000; income, $762,192; number of graduates, 26,154; president, Elmer Ellsworth Brown, LL. D.