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Medgar Evers College - SAT Scores, Costs and Admissions Data

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Medgar Evers College (CUNY)

Medgar Evers College (CUNY)

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Medgar Evers College Description:

Founded in 1969, Medgar Evers College is a public university located in central Brooklyn, and it is one of the eleven senior colleges in CUNY. The college offers 29 associate and baccalaureate degree programs through its four schools: The School of Business, The School of Professional and Community Development, The School of Liberal Arts and Education, and The School of Science, Health, and Technology. 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.

Admissions Data (2012):

Enrollment (2011):

  • Total Enrollment: 6,966 (all undergraduate)
  • Gender Breakdown: 26% Male / 74% Female
  • 65% Full-time

Costs (2012 - 13):

  • Tuition and Fees: $5,732 (in-state); $11,942 (out-of-state)
  • Books: $1,248 (why so much?)
  • Room and Board: $11,902
  • Other Expenses: $4,940
  • Total Cost: $23,822 (in-state); $30,032 (out-of-state)

Medgar Evers College Financial Aid (2010 - 11):

  • Percentage of Students Receiving Aid: 86%
  • Percentage of Students Receiving Types of Aid
    • Grants: 85%
    • Loans: 5%
  • Average Amount of Aid
    • Grants: $7,311
    • Loans: $2,781

Most Popular Majors:

Accounting, Biology, Business, Liberal Arts, Nursing, Psychology

Transfer, Graduation and Retention Rates:

  • First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 64%
  • Transfer Out Rate: 29%
  • 4-Year Graduation Rate: 11%
  • 6-Year Graduation Rate: 39%

Data Source:

National Center for Educational Statistics

Medgar Evers College Mission Statement:

mission statement from http://www.mec.cuny.edu/presidents_office/mec_mission.asp

"Medgar Evers College was founded as a result of collaborative efforts by community leaders, elected officials, the Chancellor, and the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York. The College, named for the late civil rights leader, Medgar Wiley Evers (1925-1963), was established in 1969 and named in 1970, with a mandate to meet the educational and social needs of the Central Brooklyn community. The College is committed to the fulfillment of this mandate.

In keeping with the philosophy of The City University and Medgar Evers College, we believe that education has the power to positively transform the lives of individuals and is the right of all individuals in the pursuit of self-actualization. Consequently, the College's mission is to develop and maintain high quality, professional, career-oriented undergraduate degree programs in the context of liberal education. The College offers programs both at the baccalaureate and at the associate degree levels, giving close attention to the articulation between the two-year and the four-year programs.

The College has a commitment to students who desire self-improvement, a sound education, an opportunity to develop a personal value system, and an opportunity to gain maximum benefits from life experience and from their environment."

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