Edited sentence: Lang is ranked regionally in the northeast.Mannes has long been considered a top-ranked music conservatory.News & World Report places The New School as 152nd in the nation, but best for small class sizes and for international student enrollment, in addition to ranking nationally with other universities.Parsons is consistently ranked among the top art and design schools in the country and it is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious art and design schools in the world.The university is also ranked nationally among the Forbes top colleges, private colleges, and research universities