CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for CUNY Bernard M Baruch College

CUNY Bernard M Baruch College operates as a public institution located in New York, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 16,154 students of which 18,552 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. CUNY Bernard M Baruch College is categorized as “18” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 47.5%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,280. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $3,033, with published in-state tuition of $7,464 and a Pell grant recipient share of 56.9%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $11,512, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 72.1%, and the first-year retention rate is 88.6%. Graduates earn a median of $75,971 ten years after enrolling, compared with $61,542 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 163900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 74.0% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.