NYU's MA in Middle Eastern Studies

[tizummik]

I'm going to NYU in the fall for their MA in MES - and suddenly it seems that anything I read related to the Middle East is coming out of Columbia. I didn't apply to Columbia and genuinely wasn't interested, but now I'm having this crippling sense of self-doubt and regret, like I'm going to a sloppy-seconds school. As excited as I am by the opportunity to work with NYU's profs, I really can't afford to spend so much money on a mediocre degree. What do you guys know about NYU's program? Is it worth it?

Edited June 5, 2012 by tizummik