NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Former President Donald Trump鈥檚 youngest son, Barron Trump, began his freshman year of college this week at New York University, his father said Wednesday.

Trump revealed the decision in a with the Daily Mail, confirming months of rumors that his son would attend the university鈥檚 Stern School of Business, which ranks among the nation鈥檚 top business schools.

鈥淗e鈥檚 a very high aptitude child, but he鈥檚 no longer a child,鈥� Trump said. 鈥淗e鈥檚 just passed into something beyond child-dom. He鈥檚 doing great.鈥�

Barron Trump, 18, in May from Oxbridge Academy, an exclusive private school near his father鈥檚 Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. As a freshman at NYU, he will attend classes a few miles away from his childhood home in Trump Tower, where his father retains a residence.

It wasn鈥檛 immediately clear if he would live on campus or at home. A spokesperson for NYU did not respond to an emailed inquiry about the enrollment.

The Stern campus is located in a bustling area of downtown Manhattan, across the street from the famed Washington Square Park. The business school's plaza was last spring by pro-Palestinian protesters before police came in and made arrests. Facing the possibility of renewed protests, the university has implemented additional security measures for the start of the fall semester.

Three of Trump鈥檚 four children 鈥� Ivanka Trump, Tiffany Trump, and Donald Trump Jr. 鈥� graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, which the former president also attended. Trump, who attended the university's Wharton business school, said his youngest son considered the program but decided against it.

"I went to Wharton, and that was certainly one that we were considering. We didn鈥檛 do that,鈥� Trump told the Daily Mail. 鈥淲e went to Stern.鈥�