CUNY City College

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 14,000,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41%)
Days Without Precipitation 243 (42%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 10,905
Men / Women 48% / 52%
From State 84%
From Region 0%
Athletes 178 (1.7%)

Racial/Ethnic

Hispanic 41%
Asian 24%
Black 16%
White 12%
International 4%
Mixed 3%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture 63 46% 30% 22% 10% 30% 3% $65,420 29 -0.30 77
Architecture 63 — 46% 30% 22% 10% 30% 3% $65,420 30 -0.30 77 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership 814 38% 13% 20% 17% 41% 5% $57,765 5 -0.35 65 92%
Business 92 +1 62% 11% 26% 20% 34% 4% $55,870 4 -1.13 62 93% — — — —
Economics 122 +5 70% 11% 34% 12% 31% 7% $61,235 2 -1.38 71 91% — — — —
Anthropology 14 +10 36% 29% 21% 36% 7% 0% $53,529 43 -0.30 57 — — — — —
International Studies 34 +8 21% 6% 9% 26% 38% 12% $65,755 34 -0.36 78 86% — — — —
Political Science 72 +3 42% 18% 17% 10% 39% 11% $63,321 26 -0.65 74 93% — — — —
Psychology 427 +17 25% 13% 17% 17% 47% 3% $55,887 60 +0.12 62 92% — — — —
Sociology 53 +8 32% 9% 9% 26% 49% 4% $56,647 55 -0.02 63 95% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Humanities and the Arts 466 32% 17% 14% 18% 45% 4% $53,390 2 +0.42 56 91% 3.6%
Black Studies 13 +8 15% 8% 0% 31% 62% 0% $57,810 51 -0.11 65 89% — — — —
Classical Languages 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $63,649 70 +0.50 75 — — — — —
Digital Humanities 3 — 67% 0% 0% 33% 33% 33% $60,503 87 +0.99 70 — — — — —
English 66 +2 29% 18% 17% 15% 44% 2% $55,664 69 +0.40 61 92% — — — —
History 40 +2 48% 32% 18% 8% 42% 0% $61,021 78 +0.40 71 86% — — — —
Philosophy 9 +2 67% 22% 22% 0% 33% 22% $45,632 5 -1.19 36 84% — — — —
Romance Languages 6 — 0% 0% 17% 17% 67% 0% $63,381 68 +0.48 75 84% — — — —
Communication and Media Arts 73 +7 23% 14% 7% 30% 44% 3% $67,969 99 +2.26 80 92% — — — —
Film and Video 14 — 79% 21% 21% 0% 36% 14% $34,354 3 -2.15 10 100% — — — —
Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences 76 — 14% 9% 9% 22% 57% 3% $56,012 89 +0.98 62 93% 3.6% — — —
Jazz Studies 4 — 50% 0% 0% 0% 25% 75% $35,790 7 -1.18 12 95% — — — —
Media Communication Arts 7 — 57% 14% 14% 0% 57% 14% $55,967 59 +0.02 62 97% — — — —
Music 7 — 57% 43% 0% 29% 14% 14% $35,790 7 -1.18 12 95% — — — —
Sonic Arts 12 — 58% 50% 0% 0% 25% 17% $35,790 7 -1.18 12 95% — — — —
Studio Art 111 +3 29% 15% 23% 14% 44% 2% $47,140 54 +0.03 40 89% — — — —
Theatre 23 +1 48% 17% 0% 35% 48% 0% $33,341 5 -1.30 9 91% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Division of Science 229 39% 16% 29% 20% 23% 8% $69,672 43 +0.11 82 94%
Earth System Science and Environmental Engineering 1 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $75,619 10 -1.35 87 — — — — —
Applied Mathematics 11 +1 45% 0% 27% 27% 36% 0% $69,761 3 -1.23 82 98% — — — —
Chemistry 3 — 67% 33% 33% 0% 33% 0% $66,658 28 -0.48 79 — — — — —
Earth System Science 6 — 17% 17% 0% 0% 67% 17% $64,464 53 -0.05 76 — — — — —
Mathematics 11 +1 73% 9% 27% 27% 27% 0% $54,001 2 -1.18 58 95% — — — —
Physics 7 — 57% 43% 14% 0% 14% 29% $65,730 8 -1.29 78 86% — — — —
Biochemistry 22 — 41% 32% 36% 5% 18% 9% $56,526 5 -1.33 63 100% — — — —
Biology 98 +3 32% 17% 36% 10% 22% 11% $73,318 84 +0.80 85 94% — — — —
Biomedical Sciences 60 — 40% 8% 22% 43% 17% 0% $73,318 68 +0.34 85 94% — — — —
Biotechnology 10 — 40% 20% 20% 20% 20% 20% $64,329 18 -0.64 76 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Grove School of Engineering 302 78% 17% 43% 7% 21% 9% $102,371 95 -0.55 98 96%
Biomedical Engineering 12 — 50% 33% 25% 0% 25% 8% $88,846 20 -0.85 94 91% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 18 — 56% 17% 33% 6% 28% 17% $82,866 0 -2.32 91 94% — — — —
Civil Engineering 29 — 83% 21% 21% 14% 17% 17% $84,600 11 -1.10 92 98% — — — —
Computer Engineering 29 — 76% 3% 59% 7% 24% 3% $119,336 68 +0.11 99 96% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 34 — 79% 12% 59% 0% 15% 12% $96,137 6 -0.99 96 96% — — — —
Environmental Engineering 20 — 65% 25% 15% 20% 20% 20% $91,684 85 +0.87 95 96% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 62 — 89% 26% 29% 8% 24% 10% $93,057 19 -0.77 96 94% — — — —
Computer Science 98 — 82% 13% 59% 5% 18% 4% $118,086 48 -0.20 99 97% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Education 98 6% 6% 15% 8% 60% 8% $67,979 37 +2.17 80 97%
Bilingual Education 25 — 12% 0% 8% 4% 76% 8% $77,761 99 +3.14 88 96% — — — —
Childhood Education 29 — 7% 10% 28% 7% 45% 10% $64,630 96 +1.83 76 97% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 44 — 2% 7% 11% 11% 61% 7% $64,630 96 +1.83 76 97% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,711
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $16,266
Est. In-State Cost $9,975
Est. Out-of-State Cost $21,042
ROI Percentile 77th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 79%
4-Year Graduation Rate 29%
6-Year Graduation Rate 57%
Transfer-Out Rate 25%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Social Sciences 30.4% 600 27% 13% 16% 18% 45% 4% $57,350 46 -0.02 65 92% —
Arts 19.8% 390 33% 18% 14% 18% 43% 4% $53,937 62 +0.35 57 92% 3.6%
Business & Economics 10.9% 214 66% 11% 31% 15% 32% 6% $58,929 3 -1.27 67 92% —
Engineering 10.4% 205 77% 19% 36% 8% 22% 12% $94,729 17 -0.71 96 95% —
Life & Natural Sciences 9.6% 190 36% 16% 31% 21% 20% 8% $70,901 67 +0.33 83 94% —
Humanities 7.0% 139 35% 21% 15% 14% 45% 3% $57,309 63 +0.26 64 89% —
Computer Science 5.0% 98 82% 13% 59% 5% 18% 4% $118,086 63 -0.20 99 97% —
Education 5.0% 98 6% 6% 15% 8% 60% 8% $67,980 97 +2.17 80 97% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.9% 38 53% 16% 21% 16% 34% 8% $63,375 10 -0.98 75 94% —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $25.4M #142 67% $0.1M 14 #160 145 20
Physical Sciences & Math $15.1M #149 80% $0.2M — — — 25
Humanities & Social Sciences $10.7M #145 13% $0.0M 17 #193 79 —
Life & Natural Sciences $6.7M #187 78% $0 — — — 5
Health Sciences $1.6M #212 62% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $1.5M #139 70% $0.2M — — — —
Education $1.4M #206 6% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.8M #235 74% $0.0M — — — —
Business & Economics $0.0M #407 0% $0 — — — —
Total $63.4M #185 61% $0.5M 31 #322 224 50

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 28 $18K $18K $0
Baseball 25 $62K $62K $0
Track & Field (combined) 24 $7K $7K $0
Basketball 14 $18K $18K $0
Volleyball 12 $16K $16K $0
Total 92 $123K $123K $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 26 $10K $10K $0
Soccer 22 $22K $22K $0
Fencing 17 $22K $22K $0
Basketball 15 $22K $22K $0
Volleyball 13 $21K $21K $0
Total 86 $98K $98K $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Soccer 50 $40K $40K $0
Track & Field (combined) 50 $17K $17K $0
Basketball 29 $41K $41K $0
Baseball 25 $62K $62K $0
Volleyball 25 $37K $37K $0
Fencing 17 $22K $22K $0
Total 178 $487K $487K $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 58%
Yield (non-ED) 12%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 58% 58% 58%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 11%
SAT Range 1070 – 1430
SAT Math Range 530 – 730
SAT RW Range 540 – 700