CUNY Queens College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

CUNY Queens College is a public university located in Flushing Queens, New York City, United States. It was established in 1937. The College campus, and its associated buildings, stretches over an area of 77 acres of urban land.

The departments of Queens College include:

• Accounting & Information Systems
• Agriculture
• Anthropology
• Computer Science
• English
• Family, Nutrition & Exercise Sciences
• Media Studies

CUNY Queens College's athletic team is called the Knights. The official mascot is the Knight.

CUNY QUeens College alumni association has several members from the entertainment industry including Jon Favreau, Hollywood director; Jerry Seinfeld, popularcomedian; Paul Simon, lead singer of the band Simon and Garfunkel; and Adrien Brody, Academy award winning actor.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, music, therapy and counseling, drama and performing arts, mathematics, and education and teaching.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• Selective admissions.
• High female/male ratio.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 19,572 in 2009-2010 (15,566 full-time equivalent).

About 41% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 59% of the class.

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

Students under 25 years old represent 64% 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

Queens College provides on-campus housing for 506 of its 15,566 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

Queens 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)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (633 awarded)

• Accounting
• Actuarial Science
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Labor Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (52 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (7 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (20 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (38 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (868 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Early Childhood Spec Ed Pgms
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Physics Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (59 awarded)

• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

FINE ARTS (44 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (1,281 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• Hebrew Language and Literature
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Linguistics
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Urban Studies/Affairs
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (62 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (102 awarded)

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (17 awarded)

• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MUSIC (62 awarded)

• Music Performance

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (28 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (4 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (27 awarded)

• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (69 awarded)

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

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (468 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Communication Disorders
• Psychology
• School Psychology