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CUNY City College

General Information

Name: CUNY City College
Address: 160 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031-9101
Phone:

  • General information: (212) 650-7000
  • Financial aid office: (212) 650-5819
  • Admissions office: (212) 650-6977

Website: www.ccny.cuny.edu
Type of Institution: Public, 4-year or above
Religious affiliation: None

Estimated Student Expenses

Undergraduate academic year prices
Detailed expenses2006-072005-062004-05
Tuition and fees
        In-state$4,279$4,279$4,259
        Out-of-state$8,919$8,919$8,899
Books and supplies$879$832$798
Living arrangement
On-campus
        Room and board$9,555$0$0
        Other expenses$4,374$0$0
Off-campus
        Room and board$7,663$7,310$6,971
        Other expenses$4,374$4,297$4,136
Off-campus with family
        Other expenses$3,526$3,495$3,387

Total expenses   
In-state
        On-campus$19,087$0$0
        Off-campus$17,195$16,718$16,164
        Off-campus with family$8,684$8,606$8,444
Out-of-state
        On-campus$23,727$0$0
        Off-campus$21,835$21,358$20,804
        Off-campus with family$13,324$13,246$13,084

Financial Aid Recipients

    Percentage of Students Who Receive Aid:
  • Any form of aid: 83%
  • Federal grants: 56%
  • State/local grants: 80%
  • Institutional grants: 13%
  • Student loans: 5%
    Average Amount of Aid Received:
  • Federal grants:$3590
  • State/local grants:$3169
  • Institutional grants:$2651
  • Student loans:$2404

Admissions

Undergraduate application fee (2006-07):$65
Undergraduate Admissions
Fall 2005
TotalMenWomen
Number of applicants12,3275,9636,364
Percent admitted43.3%42.6%44.0%
Percent admitted who enrolled
Full-time23.9%27.0%21.1%
Part-time0.9%1.1%0.8%

Enrollment

Total enrollment: 12360
Undergraduate enrollment: 9418
First-time student retention: 79%
Overall graduation rate: 35%

Characteristics of undergraduate students

    • Attendance:
    • Full Time: 72%
    • Part Time: 28%
    • Gender:
    • Men: 51%
    • Women: 49%

White non-hispanic: 16%
Black non-hispanic: 26%
Hispanic: 30%
Asian/pacific islander: 15%
American indian/alaska native: 0%
Other: 13%

Degrees offered

    Architecture and Related Services
  • Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) - Bachelor
  • City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning - Master
  • Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) - Bachelor
    Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
  • Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies, Other - Bachelor
    Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  • Biochemistry - Master
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Biomedical Sciences, General - Bachelor
    Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Services
  • Business Administration and Management, General - Bachelor
    Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
  • Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric - Bachelor
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia - Bachelor
    Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
  • Computer Science - Bachelor, Master
    Education
  • Art Teacher Education - Bachelor, Master
  • Bilingual and Multilingual Education - Bachelor, Master
  • Biology Teacher Education - Master
  • Chemistry Teacher Education - Master
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching - Bachelor, Master
  • Education, Other - Master
  • Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision - Master
  • Elementary Education and Teaching - Bachelor, Master
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education - Master
  • Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching - Master
  • Mathematics Teacher Education - Master
  • Music Teacher Education - Bachelor
  • Physics Teacher Education - Master
  • Reading Teacher Education - Master
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education - Master
  • Social Studies Teacher Education - Master
  • Special Education and Teaching, General - Master
  • Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor - Master
    Engineering
  • Biomedical/Medical Engineering - Bachelor, Master
  • Chemical Engineering - Bachelor, Master
  • Civil Engineering, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Computer Engineering, General - Bachelor
  • Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering - Bachelor, Master
  • Mechanical Engineering - Bachelor, Master
    English Language and Literature/Letters
  • Creative Writing - Master
  • English Language and Literature, General - Bachelor, Master
    Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • Linguistics - Master
  • Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General - Bachelor
  • Spanish Language and Literature - Master
    Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
  • Physician Assistant - Bachelor
    History
  • History, General - Bachelor, Master
    Legal Professions and Studies
  • Pre-Law Studies - Bachelor
    Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies & Humanities
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies - Bachelor
    Mathematics and Statistics
  • Applied Mathematics - Bachelor
  • Mathematics, General - Bachelor, Master
    Philosophy and Religious Studies
  • Philosophy - Bachelor
    Physical Sciences
  • Chemistry, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Geology/Earth Science, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Physics, General - Bachelor, Master
    Psychology
  • Psychology, General - Bachelor, Master
    Social Sciences
  • Anthropology - Bachelor, Master
  • Economics, General - Bachelor, Master
  • International Relations and Affairs - Bachelor, Master
  • Political Science and Government, General - Bachelor
  • Sociology - Bachelor, Master
    Visual and Performing Arts
  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General - Bachelor
  • Fine/Studio Arts, General - Bachelor, Master
  • Music Performance, General - Bachelor
  • Music, General - Bachelor, Master


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