- The Inkwell
- New York
- CUNY Queens College
Queens, NYCity: largeZIP 11367Founded 1937
- Sector
- Public
- Founded
- 1937
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.qc.cuny.edu
- Member of
- AASCU
New YorkPublic
CUNY Queens College
CUNY Queens College is a public college in Queens, New York, with 12,550 undergraduates. It admits 64% of applicants, graduates 53% within six years and costs $1,272 a year after aid.
53%graduate
Admission rate64%
Retention79%
4-year graduation34%
Pell Grant share51%
Federal loans8.8%
$1,272net price / year
64%admission rate
1120average SAT
53%graduate in 6 years
$68,324median earnings, 10 yrs
$10,500median debt
#441 of 1,704 for earnings#7 of 1,739 for lowest net price#926 of 1,738 for graduation rate#446 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
- $12,914tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $7,538
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $15,488
- Average net price
- $1,272national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000—
$30,001–48,000$90
$48,001–75,000$3,302
$75,001–110,000$6,891
$110,001+$11,077
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 64%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1120
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 500–650
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 510–640
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college64%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college79%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college53%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college51%
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
- 79%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 58%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $52,691
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $68,324middle 50%: $42,095–$96,995
- Median debt at graduation
- $10,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$96,995
Median, CUNY Queens College$68,324
Lower quarter$42,095
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
- 12,550
- Part-time
- 21%
- Women / men
- 51% / 49%
- Average age at entry
- 23.4
- First-generation students
- 47%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 51%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 13 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 42%
- Average faculty salary
- $12,204 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $13,103
- Endowment, end of year
- $64,606,986
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White17%
Hispanic31%
Black10%
Asian32%
Two or more races2.9%
U.S. nonresident6.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
20 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Psychology20%
Education15%
Social sciences15%
Business & management12%
Computer & information sciences11%
Visual & performing arts7.4%
Biological & biomedical sciences3.1%
English language & literature3.0%
keep comparing
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 190664. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1760438.