CITY COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK N-34

138th St. and Convent Ave.
New York, NY 10031-9198
Tel: (212)650-7000
Admissions: (212)650-6977
Fax: (212)650-6417
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.ccny.cuny.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, university, coed. Part of City University of New York System. Awards bachelor's, master's, and first professional degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1847. Setting: 35-acre urban campus. Total enrollment: 12,108. Faculty: 1,109 (543 full-time, 566 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 11:1. 6,781 applied, 49% were admitted. 22% from top 10% of their high school class. Full-time: 6,359 students, 48% women, 52% men. Part-time: 2,758 students, 53% women, 47% men. Students come from 130 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 33% Hispanic, 26% black, 17% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 12% international, 40% 25 or older, 13% transferred in. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; engineering/engineering technologies; architecture. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at other units of the City University of New York System. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 3/1. Notification: continuous until 8/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $65. State resident tuition: $4080 full-time, $170 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $8640 full-time, $360 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $259 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time and program. Part-time tuition varies according to class time, course load, and program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 140 open to all; national fraternities. Most popular organizations: LAESA-SHPE, NSBE, BSA, Salsa-Mambo, IVCF. Major annual events: Fashion Show-FIC, Harlemween-USG, End of Semester Party-USG. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Morris Raphael Cohen Library plus 3 others with 1.4 million books, 887,471 microform titles, 22,027 serials, 38,300 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 3,000 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.