CUNY Brooklyn College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Brooklyn College was founded by the New York City Board of Higher Education in 1930. At that time, it was the Downtown Brooklyn branches of the City College of New York and Hunter College. It was the first public, coeducational college in New York City. Presently, the college is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system. The campus is spread over 25 acres in Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn College offers a number of degree programs and is organized into the following academic divisions:

• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Division of Graduate Studies
• School of General Studies

There are several student organizations and clubs in Brooklyn College. Some of these are the Academic Club Association, Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity, Americans for Informed Democracy, Black Family Organization, Brooklyn College Anime and Manga Corps, and Pan-African Student Alliance.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, religion and philosophy, fine arts, therapy and counseling, business and management, drama and performing arts, and photography and commercial art.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• Selective admissions.
• High female/male ratio.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Racially diverse student body.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 16,689 in 2009-2010 (13,588 full-time equivalent).

About 40% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 60% of the class.

Undergrads are 76% of enrolled students and graduate students are 24%.

Students under 25 years old represent 60% of the student body. About 8% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Athletics

The school is in the City University of New York Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Brooklyn College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (3 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (733 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (84 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (56 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (978 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Early Childhood Spec Ed Pgms
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Autism
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Health Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (16 awarded)

• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies

FINE ARTS (53 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (443 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Linguistics
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (12 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (119 awarded)

• Broadcast Journalism
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (109 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (104 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (41 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (37 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (57 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (37 awarded)

• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy

SCIENCE (158 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (382 awarded)

• Experimental Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
• Psychology
• School Psychology