Depends on what you want to study. Historically it was a very strong compilers school, and when I went there for my undergrad it still had that emphasis, which

Depends on what you want to study. Historically it was a very strong compilers school, and when I went there for my undergrad it still had that emphasis, which is not as exciting for the industry anymore. However, just as I was finishing up, they hired Yann LeCun, and after a decade, NYU became a "Deep Learning" power house.