Brooklyn College Description:
Admissions Data (2008):
- Percent of Applicants Admitted: 40%
- Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
- SAT Critical Reading: 450 / 550
- SAT Math: 490 / 590
- SAT Writing: - / -
- ACT Composite: - / -
- ACT English: - / -
- ACT Math: - / -
Enrollment (2008):
- Total Enrollment: 16,689 (13,011 undergraduates)
- Gender Breakdown: 40% Male / 60% Female
- 71% Full-time
Costs (2008 - 09):
- Tuition and Fees: $4,431 (in-state); $9,071 (out-of-state)
- Books: $1,016 (why so much?)
- Room and Board: $10,201
- Other Expenses: $4,526
- Total Cost: $20,174 (in-state); $24,814 (out-of-state)
Brooklyn College Financial Aid (2007 - 08):
- Percentage of Students Receiving Aid: 82%
- Percentage of Students Receiving Types of Aid
- Grants: 81%
- Loans: 5%
- Average Amount of Aid
- Grants: $5,935
- Loans: $3,034
Most Popular Majors:
Transfer, Graduation and Retention Rates:
- First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 77%
- Transfer Out Rate: 30%
- 4-Year Graduation Rate: 20%
- 6-Year Graduation Rate: 44%
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Brooklyn College Mission Statement:
"Brooklyn College provides a superior education in the arts and sciences. Its students will become independent and critical thinkers, skilled communicators, culturally and scientifically literate, and oriented to innovation. Its graduates will be marked by a sense of personal and social responsibility, the knowledge and talents to live in a globally interdependent world, and the confidence to assume leadership roles.
Brooklyn College encourages and supports its faculty to thrive as high-achieving teacher-scholars, as proficient in their research as in their mentorship of students. It esteems the loyalty and commitment of its staff.
Together, the Brooklyn College faculty, students, and staff reach out to, work with, and serve their communities."
