Baruch College Overview

Located in New York, New York, Baruch College is a public institution. New York is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Baruch College Known For?

• Students at Baruch have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 3%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Baruch.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 45% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Baruch makes roughly $57,200 a year. This is 40% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Baruch College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Baruch.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best General Sales & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value Applied Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Value Mathematics & Statistics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Value Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#23	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#68	Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#74	Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#86	Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Baruch has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Business/Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#43	Best Health & Medical Administrative Services Schools	College Factual
#90	Best Public Administration & Social Service Schools	College Factual
#103	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#174	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#280	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is Baruch College?

Contact details for Baruch are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One Bernard Baruch Way (55 Lexington Ave At 24Th St), New York, NY 10010
Phone:	646-312-1000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/baruchcollege
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/baruchcollege

How Do I Get Into Baruch?

You can apply to Baruch online at: www.baruch.cuny.edu/undergrad/requirements.html

Admission Requirements for Baruch

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Baruch?

The acceptance rate of Baruch College is 41%. While it may not be as selective as some schools, it does screen its applicants very carefully. Do what you can to stand out among others in the pool of applicants!

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 41%, and the acceptance rate for women is 40%.

Average Test Scores

About 94% of students accepted to Baruch submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 650. Math scores were between 600 and 710.

Baruch received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 32. Math scores were between 24 and 30. Composite scores were between 26 and 30.

Can I Afford Baruch College?

The overall average net price of Baruch is $34,615. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Baruch, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $6,958 a year. That adds up to $27,832 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Baruch is 3.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Baruch College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,774 undergraduate students at Baruch, with 12,421 being full-time and 3,353 being part-time.

There are also 3,966 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,421 full-time undergraduates at Baruch, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Baruch College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	4,656
Black or African American	950
Hispanic or Latino	2,934
White	2,469
International Students	1,050
Other Races/Ethnicities	362

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Baruch College. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 170 countries are represented at Baruch. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Online Learning at Baruch College

In 2019-2020, 19,740 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Baruch has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Baruch

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Baruch College was 6,855.9%. This is the #41 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Baruch regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Baruch College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Finance & Financial Management	900	4	904
Accounting	570	204	774
General Sales & Marketing	442	28	470
Business Administration & Management	229	165	394
Business/Corporate Communications	317	22	339
Information Science	244	1	245
Public Administration	40	195	235
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	101	98	199
Management Information Systems	0	129	129
General Psychology	120	0	120
Business/Managerial Economics	89	1	90
Political Science & Government	81	0	81
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	20	55	75
Entrepreneurial Studies	58	15	73
Communication & Media Studies	73	0	73
Economics	70	0	70
Taxation	0	67	67
Educational Administration	0	55	55
Applied Mathematics	16	33	49
Mathematics	49	0	49
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	46	46
Real Estate	44	0	44
Journalism	44	0	44
International Business	43	0	43
Statistics	4	38	42
General English Literature	41	0	41
Operations Research	0	35	35
General Biology	29	0	29
International Relations & National Security	0	28	28
Liberal Arts General Studies	21	0	21
Philosophy	18	0	18
Arts & Media Management	0	18	18
Sociology	15	0	15
Mental & Social Health Services	0	12	12
Music	12	0	12
Human Resource Management	0	11	11
History	11	0	11
Romance Languages	3	0	3
Business Support & Assistant Services	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0
Other Education	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0
Public Policy	0	0	0
TOTAL	3,704	1,260	4,964

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

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