Where Will Barron Trump Attend College in New York? The Likely Options

Presidential nominee Donald Trump has confirmed that his son Barron will attend college in New York.

Speaking in an interview with the New York Post, the former president said his youngest son, who he shares with his wife Melania, is “all set in a certain school that’s very good,” but declined to share which one. In June, he told Fox & Friends Weekend that Barron was accepted “everywhere” that he applied to. A formal announcement of where he will attend is forthcoming, Trump said.

In May 2024, Barron, 18, graduated from Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach, Florida, not far from Mar-a-Lago, but will be making the move to the northeast for the next step in his education. But where could Barron be attending?

Columbia University

The oldest university in the state of New York, Columbia was founded in 1754 and is located in Upper Manhattan. The university comprises of three undergraduate schools and 13 graduate and professional schools, with engineering, political science, and economics among its most desired majors.

The school has produced 34 presidents and prime ministers, including Barack Obama and Franklin D. Roosevelt, more than 100 Pulitzer Prize winners and 87 Nobel Laureates.

It was ranked the sixth best college in the U.S. by Forbes in 2023, ahead of all other New York State universities, and is the 17th best university in the world overall according to rankings by Times Higher Education. Notable former students including actor Jake Gyllenhaal, businessman Warren Buffett, and aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart.

Cornell University

Ivy League college Cornell has its main campus in Ithaca, around four hours drive from New York City, but also has a campus in the Big Apple. According to its website, it has more than “100 fields of study” for its 25,000 students.

Forbes places Cornell as the 12th best college in the U.S., and is ranked 20th in the world according to Times Higher Education. Alumni include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Nye, writer Toni Morrison, and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.

New York University

Founded in 1832, NYU is the largest private university in the country with around 65,000 students across 20 schools and colleges, with its main campus in the West Village of New York City. Forbes ranked it the 46th best university in the U.S. in 2023.

Graduates include Lady Gaga and Whoopi Goldberg, from the Tisch School Of The Arts, as well as Rudy Giuliani from the School of Law and former FBI director Robert Mueller.

SUNY – State University of New York

Established in 1948, SUNY is system of 64 public colleges across the state, which includes Albany, Binghamton, Stony Brook and Buffalo universities. Across its various schools, it has more than 360,000 students in undergraduate and graduate degrees, with almost three million graduates.

Notable alumni include broadcasters Wolf Blitzer (Buffalo) and Al Roker (Oswego).