CUNY Brooklyn College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for CUNY Brooklyn College

CUNY Brooklyn College operates as a public institution located in Brooklyn, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 10,543 students of which 14,043 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 Brooklyn 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 58.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,140. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $3,103, with published in-state tuition of $7,452 and a Pell grant recipient share of 57.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $11,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 55.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 80.1%. Graduates earn a median of $60,752 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,035 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 261700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 59.5% 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.