CUNY Colleges

Located near Wall Street in Midtown, Manhattan, Baruch College has a winning location for its well-regarded Zicklin School of Business. 80% of Baruch undergraduate students are enrolled in the Zicklin School, making it the largest college business school in the country.

• Location: Midtown Manhattan
• Enrollment: 16,321 (12,731 undergraduates)
• For data on costs, financial aid, SAT scores, acceptance rates and more, read the Baruch College profile.

Located on a 26-acre tree-lined campus, Brooklyn College frequently ranks among the best educational values in the country. The college has strong programs in the liberal arts and sciences that have earned it a chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

• Location: Brooklyn
• Enrollment: 16,689 (13,011 undergraduates)
• For data on costs, financial aid, SAT scores, acceptance rates and more, read the Brooklyn College profile.

The CCNY campus features some stunning examples of neo-Gothic architecture. CCNY's Grove School of Engineering was the first public institution of its kind, and the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture is the only public school of architecture in New York City. For its strong liberal arts and sciences, CCNY was awarded a chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

• Location: Manhattan (Harlem's Hamilton Heights)
• Enrollment: 11,306 (11,977 undergraduates)
• For data on costs, financial aid, SAT scores, acceptance rates and more, read the CCNY profile.

The New York City College of Technology (City Tech) focuses entirely on undergraduate education and offers 29 associate and 17 bachelor degree programs as well as certificate programs and continuing education courses. The college has been expanding its 4-year degree offerings in recent years. Areas of study are mostly pre-professional in nature such as business, computer systems, engineering, health, hospitality, education, and many other fields.

• Location: Brooklyn
• Enrollment: 14,268 (all undergraduate)
• For data on costs, financial aid, SAT scores, acceptance rates and more, read the City Tech profile.

The College of Staten Island was founded in 1976 when Staten Island Community College and Richmond College merged. The current 204-acre campus was completed in 1996. The campus is located in the center of the island and features neo-Georgian buildings, woodlands and open lawns. It is the only public university on Staten Island.

• Location: Central Staten Island
• Enrollment: 13,092 (12,183 undergraduates)
• For data on costs, financial aid, SAT scores, acceptance rates and more, read the College of Staten Island profile.

The strength of Hunter's academic programs and the relatively low cost of attendance has earned the school a place on national rankings of best value colleges. High achieving students should check out the Honors College which offers tuition waivers, special classes, and many other perks. Hunter College has a 15 to 1 student / faculty ratio and, like many of the CUNY schools, an impressively diverse study body.

• Location: Manhattan's Upper East Side
• Enrollment: 15,698 (21,258 undergraduates)
• For data on costs, financial aid, SAT scores, acceptance rates and more, read the Hunter College profile.

The specialized public service mission of John Jay College has made it a leader in preparing students for careers in criminal justice and law enforcement. John Jay is one of the few schools in the country to offer an undergraduate program in forensics. The curriculum takes advantage of the school's mid-Manhattan location to provide students with many community service opportunities.

• Location: Midtown Manhattan
• Enrollment: 14,844 (12,943 undergraduates)
• For data on costs, financial aid, SAT scores, acceptance rates and more, read the John Jay College profile.

Originally founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, Lehman is now one of the 11 senior colleges of CUNY. The college is located along the Jerome Park Reservoir in the Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood of the Bronx. The college has a student-centered curriculum and can boast of a 16 to 1 student / faculty ratio and an average class size of 18. Students at Lehman come from over 90 countries.

• Location: The Bronx
• Enrollment: 11,860 (9,569 undergraduates)
• For data on costs, financial aid, SAT scores, acceptance rates and more, read the Lehman College profile.

Medgar Evers College offers 29 associate and baccalaureate degree programs through its four schools. The college is named after Medgar Wiley Evers, a black civil rights activist who was assassinated in 1963. The spirit of Evers' work is kept alive at Medgar Evers through the college's curriculum and academic centers.

• Location: Central Brooklyn
• Enrollment: 6,036 (all undergraduate)
• For data on costs, financial aid, SAT scores, acceptance rates and more, read the Medgar Evers College profile.

Queens College's 77-acre campus is open and grassy with beautiful views of the Manhattan skyline. The college offers bachelor's and master's degrees in more than 100 areas with psychology, sociology and business being most popular among undergraduates. The college's strengths in the liberal arts and sciences earned it a chapter of the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society.

• Location: Flushing, Queens
• Enrollment: 15,262 (19,572 undergraduates)
• For data on costs, financial aid, SAT scores, acceptance rates and more, read the Queens College profile.

York College's student population mirrors the rich ethnic diversity of the surrounding community. Students come from over 50 countries and speak over 37 languages. York College offers over 40 majors with programs in health, business and psychology being the most popular. In 2003, the CUNY Aviation Institute was established on the York College campus.

• Location: Queens
• Enrollment: 7,157 (7,111 undergraduates)
• For data on costs, financial aid, SAT scores, acceptance rates and more, read the York College profile.