CUNY City College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

The City College of The City University of New York was established in 1847 as the Free Academy of the City of New York. It was founded by Townsend Harris, president of the Board of Education. It was renamed to College of the City of New York in 1866 and City College of New York in 1929. The college adopted its current name in 1961. It is also known as City College of New York, City College, or CCNY and is a flagship campus of the City University of New York (CUNY) system. The following are the academic division of CCNY:

• Division of Humanities and the Arts
• Division of Science
• Division of Social Sciences
• School of Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
• School of Education
• Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education
• The Grove School of Engineering
• The Macaulay Honors College at City College

Some of the fraternities and sororities recognized by CCNY are Phi Beta Sigma, Sigma Lambda Upsilon, and Tau Epsilon Phi. The college has several other student organizations including American Medical Student Association, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Asian Cultural Union, The History Club, Sociology Club, Persian Student Association, and many more.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in engineering, therapy and counseling, computer science and engineering, fine arts, music, education and teaching, architecture and planning, science, and mathematics.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Selective admissions.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

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.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 15,306 in 2009-2010 (11,716 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 77% of enrolled students and graduate students are 23%.

Students under 25 years old represent 65% of the student body. About 7% 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

City College provides on-campus housing for 589 of its 11,716 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

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

Graduate School Focus

City College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

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)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (79 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (35 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (104 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (13 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (590 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Bilingual and Multilingual Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (328 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering/Industrial Management
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FINE ARTS (97 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (5 awarded)

• Pre-Law Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (536 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Linguistics
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Urban Studies/Affairs

MATHEMATICS (34 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (78 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (18 awarded)

• Physician Assistant

MUSIC (58 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (17 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (7 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (166 awarded)

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

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (202 awarded)

• Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
• Psychology