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===Higher education=== {{multiple image |align=right |direction=vertical |total_width=250 |image1=Yeshiva University Schottenstein Center.jpg|caption1=[[Yeshiva University]] Schottenstein Center |image2=NYPL Washington Heights Branch, Manhattan.jpg|caption2=[[New York Public Library]] Washington Heights branch }} University education in Washington Heights includes [[Yeshiva University]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yu.edu/about/visiting|access-date=February 15, 2021|title=Visiting Us|publisher=[[Yeshiva University]]}}</ref> and [[Boricua College]].<ref name=boricua>{{cite web|url=http://boricuacollege.edu/contact-us/|publisher=[[Boricua College]]|access-date=April 8, 2020|title=Contact Us|archive-date=March 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328231152/http://boricuacollege.edu/contact-us/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Located between 184th and 186th Streets east of Broadway, Yeshiva University's Wilf Campus was founded in 1928 and is the Jewish institution's main campus;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yu.edu/sites/default/files/inline-files/2015_Campus_Maps_WILF_0.pdf|title=Wilf Campus Map|publisher=[[Yeshiva University]]|access-date=February 23, 2021|date=2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yu.edu/yeshiva-college/mission-history|title=Mission and History|publisher=[[Yeshiva University]]|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> it was originally envisioned with [[Moorish Revival]] aesthetic, although most of its buildings ended up with a modern design.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Building Bust – The Unbuilt Synagogues of the Great Depression|url=https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/13951/building-bust|journal=Tablet Magazine|date=August 20, 2009}}</ref> Schools within the campus include [[Yeshiva College (Yeshiva University)|Yeshiva College]], the [[Syms School of Business]], and the [[Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy]] high school.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yu.edu/student-life/campuses/wilf|title=Wilf Campus|publisher=[[Yeshiva University]]|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref> Boricua College, whose Manhattan campus is located on 156th and Broadway in the [[Audubon Terrace]] complex,<ref name=boricua/> is a small private college founded in 1975 to serve the city's Puerto Rican population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boricuacollege.edu/history-and-aims/|title=History and Aims|access-date=February 23, 2021|publisher=[[Boricua College]]|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308135450/http://boricuacollege.edu/history-and-aims/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The medical campus of [[Columbia University]] hosts the [[Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons|College of Physicians and Surgeons]], the [[Columbia University College of Dental Medicine|College of Dental Medicine]], the [[Mailman School of Public Health]], the [[Columbia University School of Nursing|School of Nursing]], and the biomedical programs of the [[Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences|Graduate School of Arts and Sciences]], which offer Masters and Doctorate degrees in several fields.<ref name=irvingnyp>{{cite web|url=https://www.nyp.org/locations/newyork-presbyterian-columbia-university-medical-center|title=NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center|access-date=April 8, 2020|publisher=[[NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital]]}}</ref> These schools are among the departments that compose the [[Columbia University Irving Medical Center]].<ref name=irvingcu>{{cite web|url=https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/|title=Columbia University Irving Medical Center|access-date=April 8, 2020|publisher=[[Columbia University]]}}</ref> CUNY in the Heights, a higher education program of the [[Borough of Manhattan Community College]] of the [[City University of New York]], is actually located in Inwood on the corner of 213th Street and Broadway, despite its name.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/academics/learning-options/off-site/bmcc-cuny-in-the-heights/|title=CUNY in the Heights|access-date=April 8, 2020|publisher=[[Borough of Manhattan Community College]]}}</ref> In the same building, the CUNY XPress Immigration Center is a branch of their [[Citizenship Now!]] program, which offers immigrants free legal services to help in attaining citizenship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.immigrationadvocates.org/nonprofit/legaldirectory/organization.393165-CUNY_Citizenship_Now_CUNY_Xpress_Immigration_Center|website=Immigration Advocates Network|access-date=April 8, 2020|title=CUNY Citizenship Now! – CUNY Xpress Immigration Center – National Immigration Legal Services Directory}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/citizenship-now/about/contact-2/|title=Contact – Citizenship Now!|access-date=May 2, 2020|publisher=[[City University of New York]]}}</ref>
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