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CHOOSING THE RIGHT TYPE OF COLLEGE IS A BIG DECISION, AND AS NEW
YORKERS, THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OFFERS SOME OF THE BEST,
MOST AFFORDABLE OPTIONS. FOUNDED IN 1847 AS THE NATION'S FIRST FREE
PUBLIC UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, CUNY TODAY HAS 25 COLLEGES SPREAD ACROSS
THE FIVE BOROUGHS, SERVING 275,000 DEGREE-SEEKING STUDENTS OF ALL
AGES AND AWARDING 55,000 DEGREES EACH YEAR. EACH SCHOOL HAS ITS
UNIQUE STRENGTHS, COSTS, STUDENT LIFE, AND OPPORTUNITIES.
There are too many CUNY schools to fit on just one page, but here are just a few to get you started.
Lehman College
Location: 250 Bedford Park Blvd, Bronx, NY
Undergraduate Enrollment: 13,002
Admissions Rate: 47%
Student to Faculty Ratio: 15:1
“Originally founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, Lehman is now
one of the 1 senior colleges of CUNY. The college is located along the Jerome Park
Reservoir in the Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood of the Bronx. Students at Lehman
come from over 90 countries.”
Baruch College
in Undergraduate Enrollment: 15,774
Admissions Rate: 41%
Student to Faculty Ratio: 20:1
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Location: 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY
: 19:1
“Locat Admissions Rate: 50%
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Hunter College Location: 695 Park Ave, New York, NY
Undergraduate Enrollment: 17,121
Admissions Rate: 40%
Student to Faculty Ratio: 13:1
“The strength of Hunter’s academic programs and the relatively low cost of attendance
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Lo ation: 16 Ave New York NY Undergraduate Enrollment: 58 Admissions Rate: Student to Faculty Ratio: pub , gh Y’ ted ted 4 4 considered its flagship college. The college has graduated ten Nobel Prize winners,
itz Rhodes Scholars.”
For more details on every CUNY school, visit www.cuny.edu.
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