- The Inkwell
- New York
- CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NYCity: largeZIP 11210Founded 1930
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1930
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Campuses
- 2
- Website
- www.brooklyn.edu
New YorkPublic
CUNY Brooklyn College
CUNY Brooklyn College is a public college in Brooklyn, New York, with 10,543 undergraduates. It admits 58% of applicants, graduates 53% within six years and costs $950 a year after aid.
53%graduate
Admission rate58%
Retention80%
4-year graduation34%
Pell Grant share59%
Federal loans6.2%
$950net price / year
58%admission rate
1140average SAT
53%graduate in 6 years
$66,519median earnings, 10 yrs
$12,250median debt
#503 of 1,704 for earnings#4 of 1,739 for lowest net price#932 of 1,738 for graduation rate#345 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $12,517tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $7,450
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $15,400
- Average net price
- $950national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000—
$30,001–48,000$94
$48,001–75,000$3,802
$75,001–110,000$6,786
$110,001+$11,027
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 58%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1140
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 460–660
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 490–680
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college58%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college80%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college53%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college59%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 53%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 34%
- First-year retention
- 80%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 60%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $50,747
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $66,519middle 50%: $40,082–$93,747
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,250
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$93,747
Median, CUNY Brooklyn College$66,519
Lower quarter$40,082
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 10,543
- Part-time
- 23%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 23.3
- First-generation students
- 48%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 59%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 32%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,737 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $14,437
- Endowment, end of year
- $57,281,090
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White24%
Hispanic24%
Black20%
Asian24%
Two or more races3.6%
U.S. nonresident3.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management26%
Psychology15%
Computer & information sciences10%
Education9.9%
Visual & performing arts9.2%
Health professions6.1%
Biological & biomedical sciences4.5%
Social sciences4.2%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 190549. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q371625.