CUNY City College

New York, New York · Public · Predominantly bachelor's · City: Large

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: Middle States Commission on Higher Education

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $1,557. 50% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $69,594 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $11,695.

Average net price
$1,557
per year Verified data
Completion rate
50%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$69,594
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$11,695
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$7,340
Out-of-state tuition and fees$15,290
Average cost of attendance$12,926
Books and supplies$1,500
Room and board, on campus$19,552
Average net price, all aided students$1,557
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000Data unavailable
Average net price, family income over $110,000$10,618

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
60%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
1070 to 1430
ACT composite range, middle 50%
Data unavailable
Undergraduate enrollment
12,505
Graduate enrollment
2,562
Students receiving Pell grants
63%
Student to faculty ratio
15 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time50%
Completion within normal time25%
First-year retention (full-time)79%
Median federal debt, graduates$11,695
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$133
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$20,235
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry73%
1 year after completion$48,798
4 years after completion$67,740
6 years after entry$56,759
8 years after entry$65,532
10 years after entry$69,594
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $69,594; the middle half earned $40,612 to $98,173. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at CUNY City College

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

154 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (4)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
CIP 51.11 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International/Globalization Studies
CIP 30.20 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Publishing
CIP 09.10 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bachelor's degree (64)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
21Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Applied Mathematics
CIP 27.03 · No credentials fully online
19$62,323Suppressed for privacy
Architectural Sciences and Technology
CIP 04.09 · No credentials fully online
56Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
CIP 40.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
CIP 13.02 · Some credentials fully online
24$56,145Suppressed for privacy
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
27$38,460Suppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
193$33,188$10,750
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
CIP 14.05 · No credentials fully online
22$59,486Suppressed for privacy
Biotechnology
CIP 26.12 · No credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · No credentials fully online
86$48,261$12,000
Chemical Engineering
CIP 14.07 · No credentials fully online
23$80,780Suppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Civil Engineering
CIP 14.08 · No credentials fully online
23$75,489Suppressed for privacy
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
64$52,335$11,121
Computer Engineering
CIP 14.09 · No credentials fully online
38$79,996Suppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
84$83,587Suppressed for privacy
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Digital Humanities and Textual Studies
CIP 30.52 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
21$32,456Suppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
101$53,488$12,500
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
73$76,943$12,762
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
60$39,605$15,000
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
CIP 52.07 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
CIP 14.14 · No credentials fully online
18$67,936Suppressed for privacy
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online
20$36,788Suppressed for privacy
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
12$34,919Suppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
95$33,271$12,500
Geography and Cartography
CIP 45.07 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
38$47,542Suppressed for privacy
International Relations and National Security Studies
CIP 45.09 · No credentials fully online
52$38,415$11,500
Landscape Architecture
CIP 04.06 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · Some credentials fully online
77$42,998$11,975
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
91$70,680$10,249
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.11 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
CIP 30.99
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · Some credentials fully online
28$25,416Suppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Non-Professional Legal Studies
CIP 22.00 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
16$51,499Suppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
50$43,837$12,875
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
406$42,032$9,039
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
CIP 09.07 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
8$47,261Suppressed for privacy
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
45$43,369$14,694
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · Some credentials fully online
82$52,980$12,031
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Urban Studies/Affairs
CIP 45.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Post-baccalaureate certificate (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Master's degree (58)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
31$127,472Suppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Architectural Sciences and Technology
CIP 04.09 · No credentials fully online
34$66,635Suppressed for privacy
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · Some credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
CIP 13.02 · No credentials fully online
20$80,868Suppressed for privacy
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
CIP 14.05 · No credentials fully online
20$75,218Suppressed for privacy
Biotechnology
CIP 26.12 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Managerial Economics
CIP 52.06 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemical Engineering
CIP 14.07 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning
CIP 04.03 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Civil Engineering
CIP 14.08 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computational Science
CIP 30.30 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Engineering
CIP 14.09 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Dance
CIP 50.03 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
16$74,055Suppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering, General
CIP 14.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering, Other
CIP 14.99 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering-Related Fields
CIP 15.15 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
CIP 14.14 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
13$53,469Suppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Information Science/Studies
CIP 11.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International Relations and National Security Studies
CIP 45.09 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Landscape Architecture
CIP 04.06 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
CIP 30.13 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
19$57,823Suppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
49Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
14$70,651Suppressed for privacy
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09 · No credentials fully online
0$66,436Suppressed for privacy
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
CIP 09.07 · No credentials fully online
22Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
23$57,386Suppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
127$84,664Suppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sustainability Studies
CIP 30.33 · Some credentials fully online
20$64,799Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
43$75,637Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · Some credentials fully online
85$80,979Suppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
29$79,626Suppressed for privacy
Visual and Performing Arts, General
CIP 50.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (14)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
CIP 13.02 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemical Engineering
CIP 14.07 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Civil Engineering
CIP 14.08 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
21$142,345Suppressed for privacy
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Engineering-Related Fields
CIP 15.15 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · Some credentials fully online
30Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sustainability Studies
CIP 30.33 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
16$99,125Suppressed for privacy
Doctoral degree (10)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
CIP 14.05 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemical Engineering
CIP 14.07 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Civil Engineering
CIP 14.08 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering
CIP 14.10 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mechanical Engineering
CIP 14.19 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Professional degree (JD, MD, and similar) (2)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Architectural Sciences and Technology
CIP 04.09
$55,063Suppressed for privacy
Medicine
CIP 51.12 · No credentials fully online
57$79,011Suppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 190567, OPEID 002688. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.