CUNY York College

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

CUNY York College operates as a public institution located in Jamaica, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 4,345 students of which 7,834 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 York College is categorized as “20” 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 64.1%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 880. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $4,456, with published in-state tuition of $7,358 and a Pell grant recipient share of 40.1%. 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 31.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 57.4%. Graduates earn a median of $56,945 ten years after enrolling, compared with $46,148 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 101500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 59.4% 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.