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College of Staten Island CUNY

Basic Information

Type Public
Population 8,500,000
Map of the United States

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 9,387
Men / Women 49% / 51%
White 44%
Hispanic 25%
Asian 14%
Black 12%
Mixed 3%
International 2%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 40%
Business & Economics 21%
Life & Natural Sciences 11%
Computer Science & Math 10%
Education 8%
Engineering 4%
Health Sciences 4%
Arts 3%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,490
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $15,440
Est. In-State Cost $9,689
Est. Out-of-State Cost $19,973
10-Year ROI $206,000
ROI Percentile 84th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 76%
4-Year Graduation Rate 28%
6-Year Graduation Rate 34%
Transfer-Out Rate 27%

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50th pctl)
Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41th pctl)
Days Without Precipitation 243 (42th pctl)
Muggyness Nice

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 95%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R3
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $1M #305
Life & Natural Sciences $4M #314
Engineering, Computing & Math $0M #398
Graduate Degrees
Engineering, Computing & Math 0 #258
Life & Natural Sciences 20 #418
Humanities & Social Sciences 0 #578

Honors College

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Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average; +1 is one standard deviation above. The emphasized lines at +2 and −2 mark two standard deviations. One chart per macro-category; all charts share a common y-axis.

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences 563 29% / 71% 2% $52,264
African and African Diaspora Studies
American Studies 2 100% / 0% 0%
Communications 46 46% / 54% 0% $54,544
Contemplative Studies 4 25% / 75% 0%
English 64 +1 16% / 84% 0% $53,866
Geography 4 25% / 75% 0%
History 28 71% / 29% 0% $55,559
International Studies 3 0% / 100% 33%
Italian Studies 1 0% / 100% 0%
Philosophy 7 +2 86% / 14% 0%
Political Science 31 +1 45% / 55% 3% $57,170
Psychology 254 +5 20% / 80% 2% $53,098
Sociology and Anthropology 55 35% / 65% 2% $39,245
Spanish 8 +2 0% / 100% 12%
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 3 0% / 100% 0%
General Education 18 6% / 94% 0% $55,191
Art 18 11% / 89% 0%
Cinema Studies 9 89% / 11% 0%
Drama 2 50% / 50% 0%
Music 6 67% / 33% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Division of Science and Technology 348 57% / 43% 3% $80,137
Electrical Engineering 29 86% / 14% 3%
Engineering Science 22 95% / 5% 5% $74,921
Computer Science 91 85% / 15% 5% $92,481
Computer and Information Sciences 5 100% / 0% 0%
Mathematics 12 +3 50% / 50% 8%
Biochemistry 9 56% / 44% 11%
Biology 122 35% / 65% 0% $63,749
Chemistry 4 +1 25% / 75% 0%
Geosciences 5 60% / 40% 0%
Physics 1 100% / 0% 0%
Clinical Laboratory Science 16 19% / 81% 0% $86,521
Nursing 32 28% / 72% 0% $107,914
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
Lucille and Jay Chazanoff School of Business 297 61% / 39% 2% $61,419
Information Systems and Informatics 19 63% / 37% 0%
Accounting 55 +2 60% / 40% 0% $63,192
Business 193 +7 62% / 38% 3% $60,915
Economics 30 +3 60% / 40% 3%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Education and Social Work 108 7% / 93% 1% $68,654
Social Work 14 0% / 100% 0% $58,818
Biology Teacher Education
Elementary Education 64 2% / 98% 2% $66,860
English Education 12 8% / 92% 0% $77,674
History Education 6 33% / 67% 0% $77,674
Mathematics Education 5 20% / 80% 0% $77,674
Physics Teacher Education
Spanish Education 5 60% / 40% 0% $77,674
Drama Education 2 +1 0% / 100% 0%