CUNY Queens College

Queens, 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 $1,272. 53% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $68,324 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $10,500.

Average net price
$1,272
per year Verified data
Completion rate
53%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$68,324
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$10,500
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$7,538
Out-of-state tuition and fees$15,488
Average cost of attendance$12,914
Books and supplies$1,500
Room and board, on campus$17,742
Average net price, all aided students$1,272
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000Data unavailable
Average net price, family income over $110,000$11,077

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
64%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
1010 to 1290
ACT composite range, middle 50%
Data unavailable
Undergraduate enrollment
12,550
Graduate enrollment
2,501
Students receiving Pell grants
51%
Student to faculty ratio
13 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 time53%
Completion within normal time34%
First-year retention (full-time)79%
Median federal debt, graduates$10,500
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$119
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$24,906
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry70%
1 year after completion$43,659
4 years after completion$68,713
6 years after entry$52,691
8 years after entry$61,793
10 years after entry$68,324
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $68,324; the middle half earned $42,095 to $96,995. 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 Queens 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.

114 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 (1)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Biological and Physical Sciences
CIP 30.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bachelor's degree (52)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
204$54,804$14,300
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
35$31,562Suppressed for privacy
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
71$30,942$8,250
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed 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
52$31,666$7,750
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
77$36,976$11,700
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
260$71,589$9,338
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
118$34,278$10,646
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
CIP 51.31 · No credentials fully online
24$34,541$10,000
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
17$24,790Suppressed for privacy
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.03 · No credentials fully online
17$34,094Suppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
199$53,003$9,875
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
96$35,994$13,135
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
CIP 05.02 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
CIP 19.01 · No credentials fully online
4$38,766Suppressed for privacy
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
27Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Finance and Financial Management Services
CIP 52.08 · No credentials fully online
69$52,479Suppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
44$29,252$11,214
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
CIP 19.05 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
CIP 16.99 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed 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
58$39,751$12,000
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
CIP 19.07 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Human Resources Management and Services
CIP 52.10 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International Business
CIP 52.11 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
20$34,085Suppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
53$43,158Suppressed for privacy
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.11 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
CIP 30.00 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
18Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
CIP 03.01 · No credentials fully online
37$44,785$9,234
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
CIP 26.15 · No credentials fully online
22Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed 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
77$43,367$11,375
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
639$37,632$10,000
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Religion/Religious Studies
CIP 38.02 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
30Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Sciences, Other
CIP 45.99 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
145$37,036$11,000
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
22$34,199Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
163$41,135$13,775
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
126$58,736$12,000
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
6$54,121Suppressed for privacy
Urban Studies/Affairs
CIP 45.12 · No credentials fully online
23$47,592Suppressed for privacy
Post-baccalaureate certificate (1)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Philosophy
CIP 38.01
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Master's degree (42)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03 · No credentials fully online
50$78,977Suppressed for privacy
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
CIP 13.02 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
57$76,381Suppressed for privacy
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
CIP 51.02 · No credentials fully online
17$73,516Suppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer Science
CIP 11.07 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Economics
CIP 45.06 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
20$111,721Suppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · No credentials fully online
15$58,082Suppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
CIP 40.06 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Library Science and Administration
CIP 25.01 · No credentials fully online
74$61,876Suppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Information Systems and Services
CIP 52.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
27$55,315Suppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
25Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Neurobiology and Neurosciences
CIP 26.15 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Nutrition Sciences
CIP 30.19 · No credentials fully online
13Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · No credentials fully online
16$57,240Suppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
17Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Sciences, General
CIP 45.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
54$75,570Suppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Student Counseling and Personnel Services
CIP 13.11 · No credentials fully online
16$66,339Suppressed for privacy
Taxation
CIP 52.16 · No credentials fully online
9Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
81$67,663Suppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · Some credentials fully online
183$80,354Suppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
45$79,526Suppressed for privacy
Urban Studies/Affairs
CIP 45.12 · No credentials fully online
14$84,059Suppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (18)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education
CIP 13.02 · Some credentials fully online
29Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Educational/Instructional Media Design
CIP 13.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Library Science and Administration
CIP 25.01 · 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
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.15 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Philosophy
CIP 38.01 · All credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Research and Experimental Psychology
CIP 42.27 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Special Education and Teaching
CIP 13.10 · No credentials fully online
23Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Statistics
CIP 27.05 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · Some credentials fully online
125Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Visual and Performing Arts, Other
CIP 50.99 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed 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 190664, OPEID 002690. 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.