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?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at CCNY.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 39% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from CCNY makes roughly $46,300 a year. This is 13% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

The City College of New York Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Multilingual Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value Architectural Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Multilingual Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Value International Relations & Security Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Value Ethnic, Culture & Gender Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Teaching English or French Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#62	Best Value English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#67	Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#77	Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#107	Best Value Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Education/Teaching of Individuals in Junior High/Middle School Special Education Programs Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#7	Best Multilingual Education Schools	College Factual
#11	Best Teaching English or French Schools	College Factual
#11	Best Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Schools	College Factual
#96	Best Educational Administration Schools	College Factual
#118	Best Education Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual

Where Is The City College of New York?

Contact details for CCNY are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	160 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031
Phone:	212-650-7000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-City-College-of-New-York/170858093839
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/citycollegeny

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into CCNY?

The acceptance rate at CCNY is 51%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 44%, and the acceptance rate for women is 56%.

Average Test Scores

About 96% of students accepted to CCNY submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 610. Math scores were between 530 and 650.

CCNY received ACT scores from 8% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 32. Math scores were between 24 and 30. Composite scores were between 23 and 31.

Can I Afford The City College of New York?

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 5% of students took out student loans averaging $6,003 a year. That adds up to $24,012 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CCNY is 5.4%. 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.

The City College of New York Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 12,587 undergraduate students at CCNY, with 9,847 being full-time and 2,740 being part-time.

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.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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.

Online Learning at The City College of New York

In 2019-2020, 14,966 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of CCNY

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at The City College of New York was 21,423.9%. This is the #21 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at CCNY 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%.

The City College of New York Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Psychology	0	386	0	13	0	399
General Biology	0	248	0	8	0	256
Teaching English or French	0	0	18	138	0	156
Fine & Studio Arts	0	136	0	18	0	154
Mechanical Engineering	0	125	0	21	2	148
General English Literature	0	123	0	18	0	141
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	82	4	37	0	123
Civil Engineering	0	93	0	9	11	113
Computer Science	0	102	0	7	0	109
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	104	0	0	0	104
Economics	0	84	0	14	0	98
Communication & Media Studies	0	95	0	0	0	95
Electrical Engineering	0	68	0	21	4	93
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	10	82	0	92
International Relations & National Security	0	77	0	10	0	87
Architectural Sciences & Technology	0	49	0	30	0	79
Political Science & Government	0	75	0	0	0	75
Multilingual Education	0	34	18	20	0	72
Sociology	0	72	0	0	0	72
Business Administration & Management	0	71	0	0	0	71
Biomedical Engineering	0	38	0	14	5	57
Chemical Engineering	0	46	0	2	9	57
History	0	45	0	11	0	56
Music	0	47	0	9	0	56
Special Education	0	0	1	54	0	55
Computer Engineering	0	44	0	2	0	46
Medicine	0	0	0	0	45	45
Drama & Theater Arts	0	45	0	0	0	45
Educational Administration	0	0	22	22	0	44
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	26	0	18	0	44
Ethnic Studies	0	42	0	0	0	42
Applied Mathematics	0	37	0	0	0	37
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0	36	0	36
Mathematics	0	19	0	17	0	36
Romance Languages	0	24	0	7	0	31
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	31	0	31
Physics	0	24	0	7	0	31
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	26	0	3	0	29
Sustainability Science	0	0	0	28	0	28
Writing Studies	0	0	0	24	0	24
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	11	0	13	0	24
Environmental Engineering	0	16	0	4	0	20
Philosophy	0	17	0	0	0	17
Anthropology	0	17	0	0	0	17
Chemistry	0	12	0	3	0	15
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	14	0	14
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	13	0	0	0	13
Public Administration	0	0	0	13	0	13
Information Science	0	0	0	11	0	11
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0	10	0	10
Landscape Architecture	0	0	0	9	0	9
Urban & Regional Planning	0	0	0	8	0	8
Natural Resources Conservation	0	7	0	0	0	7
Biotechnology	0	6	0	0	0	6
Computational Science	0	0	0	5	0	5
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0	0	5	0	5
Area Studies	0	0	0	4	0	4
Publishing	3	0	0	0	0	3
General Architecture	0	0	0	0	0	0
Business/Managerial Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Information Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Student Counseling	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electromechanical Engineering Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	0	0	0	0
General Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Engineering	0	0	0	0	0	0
Classical Languages & Literature	0	0	0	0	0	0
Germanic Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
Communication Sciences	0	0	0	0	0	0
Health/Medical Prep Programs	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nursing	0	0	0	0	0	0
Public Health	0	0	0	0	0	0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Digital Humanities and Textual Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Medieval Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geography & Cartography	0	0	0	0	0	0
Urban Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dance	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3	2,586	73	830	76	3,568

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 Elsie140 under License

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