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CUNY Brooklyn College

Basic Information

Type Public
Location Brooklyn, NY
Population 13,500,000
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Demographics

Total Undergraduates 10,443
Men / Women 46% / 54%
White 26%
Black 25%
Hispanic 23%
Asian 19%
Mixed 3%
International 3%
Native American 0%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees
Humanities & Social Sciences 31%
Business & Economics 27%
Education 11%
Life & Natural Sciences 10%
Arts 8%
Computer Science & Math 8%
Health Sciences 5%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,452
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $15,402
Est. In-State Cost $9,640
Est. Out-of-State Cost $19,924
10-Year ROI $251,000
ROI Percentile 93th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 80%
4-Year Graduation Rate 34%
6-Year Graduation Rate 54%
Transfer-Out Rate 24%

Weather

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

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 52%
Yield (Unbound) 10%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R3
Expenditure
Humanities & Social Sciences $2M #215
Life & Natural Sciences $8M #263
Engineering, Computing & Math $1M #330

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

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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
School of Business 668 51% / 49% 3% $65,855
Accounting 151 +1 54% / 46% 3% $64,147
Accounting and Finance 1 0% / 100% 0% $64,147
Business Management and Administration 429 +1 45% / 55% 2% $66,050
Economics 16 +1 69% / 31% 6% $76,869
Finance 71 +2 72% / 28% 6%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Education 269 19% / 81% 1% $67,919
Biology Teacher Education 1 100% / 0% 0% $71,850
Early Childhood Education 86 2% / 98% 2% $66,072
Elementary Education 97 6% / 94% 2% $66,072
English Education 19 16% / 84% 0% $71,850
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 44 68% / 32% 0% $71,850
Physics Teacher Education
Social Studies Teacher Education 13 54% / 46% 0% $71,850
Spanish Language Teacher Education 4 0% / 100% 0% $71,850
Music Education 5 60% / 40% 0% $71,850
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Humanities and Social Sciences 348 26% / 74% 2% $53,702
Communication Sciences and Disorders 75 5% / 95% 3% $70,753
Africana Studies 5 0% / 100% 0% $46,606
American Studies 1 100% / 0% 0%
Children and Youth Studies 43 +4 5% / 95% 5% $46,606
Classics 2 +2 50% / 50% 0%
Communication 43 40% / 60% 5% $50,705
Comparative Literature
Creative Writing 22 36% / 64% 0% $35,569
English 32 +3 22% / 78% 3% $40,045
French 1 100% / 0% 0%
History 28 +1 50% / 50% 0% $58,979
Judaic Studies
Linguistics 7 29% / 71% 0%
Philosophy 17 +1 53% / 47% 0% $38,362
Political Science 38 +3 39% / 61% 3% $57,851
Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies
Religion/Religious Studies 2 50% / 50% 0%
Sociology 22 +3 27% / 73% 0% $53,858
Spanish 7 14% / 86% 0%
Women's and Gender Studies 3 0% / 100% 0% $46,606
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences 910 37% / 63% 3% $62,991
Computational and Applied Mathematics 6 33% / 67% 0%
Computer Science 135 74% / 26% 8% $91,508
Computer Science and Engineering 6 33% / 67% 0%
Financial Mathematics 1 100% / 0% 0%
Information Systems 21 +1 67% / 33% 0%
Mathematics 20 +4 45% / 55% 0% $71,006
Multimedia Computing 1 100% / 0% 0%
Biology 120 44% / 56% 3% $67,290
Chemistry 15 73% / 27% 0% $76,840
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services 85 15% / 85% 6% $59,446
Environmental Studies 10 70% / 30% 0%
Geosciences 14 71% / 29% 0%
Physics 5 40% / 60% 20%
Exercise Science and Kinesiology 41 61% / 39% 7% $62,392
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 4 25% / 75% 0%
Anthropology 14 +2 21% / 79% 14%
Psychology 412 +6 20% / 80% 1% $52,294
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl 5yr Earn
School of Visual, Media, and Performing Arts 245 47% / 53% 2% $40,006
Journalism and Media Studies 20 45% / 55% 10% $53,146
Television and Radio 27 59% / 41% 0% $44,988
Art 66 36% / 64% 0% $40,374
Art History 5 20% / 80% 0% $40,374
Film Production 75 55% / 45% 1% $33,220
Music 6 50% / 50% 0%
Music Performance 9 33% / 67% 11%
Music Theory and Composition 3 100% / 0% 33%
Theater 34 44% / 56% 3% $42,526