CUNY City College

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

CUNY City College operates as a public institution located in New York, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 12,505 students of which 14,566 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 City College is categorized as “16” 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 60.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,260. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $3,776, with published in-state tuition of $7,340 and a Pell grant recipient share of 60.5%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $11,990, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 55.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 79.3%. Graduates earn a median of $66,039 ten years after enrolling, compared with $46,435 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 229700.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 59.0% 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.