CUNY City College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Post-master's certificate
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

CUNY City College Introduction

Situated on 35 acres in the heart of Manhattan, New York, CUNY City College was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States. A senior college of the City University of New York, CUNY City College is composed of buildings largely constructed in the Neo-Gothic style. The campus extends along Convent Avenue between 130th and 141st Street. Today many of the buildings on the CUNY College campus are designated landmarks, most of them designed by the famed George Browne Post when the college was first established. The college’s history dates back to 1847, when the City College of New York was founded as the Free Academy of the City of New York.

Since its establishment, however, the college has grown considerably. Today CUNY City College has approximately 11,314 undergraduate students, 3,222 postgraduate students, and 508 full-time faculty members. The endowment for the college is estimated to be close to $131 million. In 2008, CUNY City College was rated as #355 in the Forbes.com list of America’s Best Colleges. The college is also ranked 62nd in the U.S. News and World Report’s master’s universities of the North category.

CUNY City College Academics

CUNY City College offers a variety of undergraduate majors as well as graduate degree programs. There are 13 on-site CUNY doctoral programs as well as masters programs in architecture, engineering, biomedical education, and many other areas. For both graduate and undergraduate students, CUNY City College focuses on integrating learning within the classroom and learning through work in research and internships. CUNY City College encompasses the vast array of diverse courses available through the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, the Macaulay Honors College at City College, the CCNY School of Education, the Grove School of Engineering, the Division of Humanities and the Arts, the Division of Social Sciences, the Division of Interdisciplinary Studies at Center for Worker Education, the Division of Science, and the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education.

CUNY City College Unique Programs

Among the unique programs offered by CUNY City College, are multiple honors programs designed to meet the needs of students interested in pursuing accelerated, advanced study in a field of their choosing. The Macaulay Honors College also offers students with outstanding high school academic records the chance to pursue their Bachelor’s degree in a unique, challenging, and intellectually vibrant atmosphere. This honors college offers small, collaborative-learning classes taught by faculty members that are experts in their fields. The Macaulay Honors College also encourages its matriculates to learn in environments outside of the classroom, through providing its students with unique opportunities to pursue internships and undergraduate research.

CUNY City College Admissions

CUNY City College maintains two admissions cycles throughout the calendar academic year. For those applying in the fall, the deadline for admissions consideration is February 1st, while for those applying in the spring the deadline for consideration is October 1st. Applications to CUNY City College are reviewed on a rolling basis. Prospective students are judged on the strength of their academic background and examination scores, as well as on their backgrounds in community service and extra-curricular involvement. While the majority of undergraduate matriculates do have a high school diploma, applicants with a General Equivalency Diploma will also be considered provided that they have an SAT score of 3250 or higher. Applications to CUNY City College can be attained from the college’s website and may be submitted via mail or electronically.

CUNY City College Financial Aid

CUNY City College has a Financial Aid Office which is dedicated to helping students discern the best avenues through which to finance their education. The Office administers state as well as federal funds to the undergraduate and postgraduate student body. The majority of the financial aid awards given by the CUNY City College Financial Aid Office are need-based, however the college does also grant some merit-based scholarships. Regardless of whether the scholarship a student receives is merit-based, all students are required to meet certain minimal academic requirements in order to continue to receive their awards on an annual basis. The college generally advises students and potential students to apply for aid as early as possible. Although awards are not given preference based on the date of application, there are limited funds available for allocation. The deadline for applying for financial aid at CUNY City College is April 1.

CUNY City College Students

The school’s size is approximately nine thousand, two hundred and sixty-four degree-seeking undergrads. Besides, the student body consists of eighty-five percent in-state students, fifteen percent out-of-state students, twenty-four percent asian per pacific islander, twenty percent black per non-hispanic, thirty-three percent hispanic, nine percent white per non-hispanic, fourteen percent non-resident alien, fourteen percent in top 10th of graduating class and seventeen percent in top quarter of graduating class. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 97 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited, College Board member and Hispanic serving. City University of New York: City College offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. Further, it is part of an Urban setting, Very large city (over 500,000) and Commuter campus.

This school features the Urban setting, Very large city (over 500,000) and Commuter campus. Further, the university has many unique facilites such as planetarium, weather station, ultra-fast laser spectroscopy laboratory, microwave laboratory, computer-aided design facilities, slide library, darkroom facilities, sonic music arts facility.

CUNY City College Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
• Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Intramural Soccer
• Women’s Intramural Softball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_outdoor
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Volleyball