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The City College of New York Overview

The City College of New York is a public institution located in New York, New York. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is The City College of New York Known For?

2,264 Undergraduate Awards
$30,384 Avg Cost After Aid
67% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at CCNY.
  • In a recent academic period37% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, CCNY bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $66,039 a year. That's about 62% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is The City College of New York?

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Contact details for CCNY are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 160 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031
Phone: 212-650-7000
Website: www.ccny.cuny.edu

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How Do I Get Into CCNY?

You can apply to CCNY online at: www.ccny.cuny.edu/admissions/applications

Admission Requirements for CCNY

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 3
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into CCNY?

67% Acceptance Rate
59% Of Accepted Are Women
CCNY has an acceptance rate of 67%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 58%, and the acceptance rate for women is 74%.

Can I Afford The City College of New York?

$30,384 Net Price
4% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of CCNY is $30,384. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At CCNY, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $8,089 a year. That adds up to $32,356 over four years for those students.

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The City College of New York Undergraduate Student Diversity

9,847 Full-Time Undergraduates
55% Women
82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 12,587 undergraduate students at CCNY, with 9,847 being full-time and 2,740 being part-time.

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There are also 2,640 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,847 full-time undergraduates at CCNY, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The City College of New York students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 2,725
Black or African American 1,342
Hispanic or Latino 3,724
White 1,225
International Students 542
Other Races/Ethnicities 289

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at The City College of New York. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

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

The City College of New York Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
General Psychology 0 0 432 0 43 0 475
General Biology 0 0 196 0 5 0 201
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 85 3 40 0 128
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 106 0 14 0 120
Economics 0 0 99 0 17 0 116
Mechanical Engineering 0 0 100 0 12 1 113
Electrical Engineering 0 0 83 0 14 13 110
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 0 9 99 0 108
Computer Science 0 0 105 0 2 0 107
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 104 0 0 0 104
Business Administration & Management 0 0 83 0 0 0 83
Special Education 0 0 0 35 41 0 76
General English Literature 0 0 69 0 4 0 73
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 0 52 0 20 0 72
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 69 0 0 0 69
Political Science & Government 0 0 68 0 0 0 68
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 31 0 26 10 67
Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 60 60
International Relations & National Security 0 0 49 0 10 0 59
Civil Engineering 0 0 36 0 13 6 55
Sociology 0 0 50 0 4 0 54
Chemical Engineering 0 0 37 0 6 6 49
Multilingual Education 0 0 22 21 5 0 48
Computer Engineering 0 0 44 0 2 0 46
Sustainability Science 0 0 0 0 45 0 45
History 0 0 32 0 10 0 42
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 14 23 0 37
Music 0 0 32 0 5 0 37
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 14 0 22 0 36
Environmental Engineering 0 0 27 0 9 0 36
Drama & Theater Arts 0 0 36 0 0 0 36
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 0 35 0 35
Educational Administration 0 0 0 30 4 0 34
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 21 0 10 0 31
Writing Studies 0 0 0 0 29 0 29
Mathematics 0 0 18 0 9 0 27
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 18 0 5 0 23
Applied Mathematics 0 0 23 0 0 0 23
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 0 22 0 22
Ethnic Studies 0 0 21 0 0 0 21
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 0 0 19 0 19
Physics 0 0 14 0 5 0 19
Anthropology 0 0 19 0 0 0 19
Chemistry 0 0 10 0 3 0 13
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 0 10 0 3 0 13
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 0 0 13 13
Landscape Architecture 0 0 0 0 12 0 12
Publishing 11 0 0 0 0 0 11
Information Technology 0 0 0 0 11 0 11
Philosophy 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
Public Administration 0 0 0 0 10 0 10
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 0 0 9 0 9
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 9 0 0 0 9
Romance Languages 0 0 7 0 0 0 7
Biotechnology 0 0 5 0 1 0 6
Health/Medical Prep Programs 0 4 0 0 0 0 4
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Information Science 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Area Studies 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
Digital Humanities and Textual Studies 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
International Studies 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Student Counseling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
General Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Communication Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nursing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Public Health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Computational Science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medieval Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Geography & Cartography 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 12 4 2,248 112 688 109 3,173

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.

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