Parsons School of Design (known colloquially as
Parsons) is a
private art and design college located in the
Greenwich Village neighborhood of
Lower Manhattan in
New York City. It is one of the seven colleges of
The New School. Parsons was the first school in the United States to offer programs in fashion design, advertising, interior design, and graphic design. Parsons offers 13 undergraduate bachelor's programs and 17 graduate master's programs, and it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious art and design schools in the world. It is currently ranked as the #1 art and design school in the United States and #2 in the world, just behind the Royal College of Art in London.