Long Island is home to a range of
higher education institutions, both public and private. Brooklyn and Queens contain five of eleven senior colleges within
CUNY, the public university system of New York City and one of the largest in the country. Among these are the notable institutions of
Brooklyn College and
Queens College. Brooklyn also contains private colleges such as
Pratt Institute and the
New York University Tandon School of Engineering, the engineering school of
New York University.
