Why CUNY?
The Nations Largest Urban University
CUNY is the nations largest urban
university : 11 senior colleges, 6
community colleges, a graduate school,
a law school and The Sophie Davis
School of Biomedical Education. More
than 450,000 degree credit students
and adult, continuing and professional
education students are enrolled art
campuses located in all New York City
boroughs. In fall 2003, 45% of all
the college students in the City of
New York were attending CUNY. An additional
40,500 students are enrolled in the
College Now, the university’s
enrichment program for high school
students at CUNY campuses are more
than 200 New York City high schools.
Another 8,000 students are enrolled
in CUNY-affiliated high schools.
Faculty
More than 80 percent of CUNY’s
senior college faculty hold the highest
degrees in their field, such as PhD’s,
JD’s, MD’s and MFA’s.
the full-time teaching faculty of
over 5,800 include world-renowned
experts in virtually every field of
human endeavour. CUNY Distinguished
Professor at Lenham College, Billy
Collins served as Poet Laureate of
the United States. Other current CUNY
faculty have won prestigious awards
in recognition of their contribution
to education and scholarship. Included
are Guggenheim Fellowships, Pulitzer
Prizes, An Academy Award, Macarthur
Foundation “genius awards”,
and Carnegie Teacher of The Year Awards
among many other honors, fellowships
and grants.
Students
CUNY Students have won nationally
acclaimed competitive awards such
as Marshall and Gates Millennium Scholarships
and Rhodes, Fulbright, Mellon, Soros,
Javits and National Science ?Foundation
Fellowships. CUNY Engineering students
won every major award at a regional
meeting of the American society of
Mechanical Engineers, besting students
from other leading private and public
universities. A team of City college
chemical engineering students won
an American Institute of chemical
Engineers national design competition.
Two Hunter College athletes –
track and wrestling stars –
were named All-Americans in 2003.
A New York junior won first prize
in the neuroscience poster competition
in the annual Biomedical Research
conference for Minority Students,
beating students from Ivy league Community
college and Brooklyn College were
first place winners of the prestigious
and highly competitive Pan American
Intercollegiate Team Chess Tournaments.
Alumni
Alumni CUNY graduates include 11 Nobel
Laureates – 10 scientist and an
economist – among the highest
numbers from any public university in
the country. A U.S secretary of state,
a Supreme Court Justice, Mayors, Members
of Congress, state legislators, an astronaut,
actors, singers, composers, writers
and inventors are among outstanding
alumni.
More top U.S corporative executive
earned their bachelors degree at the
City University of New York than any
other university in the country. According
to a recent survey conducted by CUNY
of the 900,000 students that graduated
more than 88% found work within six
months of graduation and nearly 90%
of them worked in New York.
CUNY awards almost 9,000 associate
degrees 14,000 bachelors degrees sand
about 6,400 masters degrees each year.
At least one third of college-educated
New Yorkers are CUNY graduates..
CUNY is one of the nations leading
producers of black and Hispanic engineers
and physicians. CUNY colleges are
among the top sources of doctoral,
baccalaureate and master’s degrees
earned by minority students in all
disciplines, according to Black Issues
in Higher Education. Five CUNY community
colleges rank among the top 26 in
the nation as a source of associate
degrees in all disciplines awarded
to minority students, according to
Community College Week.
Facilities
The facilities at CUNY’s 19
modern campuses throughout the five
boroughs of New York city include
the traditional and the innovative.
More than 280 buildings on close to
23 million square feet of space include
state-of-the-art computer centres,
science and language laboratories,
gymnasiums, theatres, greenhouses,
astronomy observatories, and many
more features.
Getting In and Getting Help
CUNY has programs to strengthen academic
skills and provide advanced placement
courses. They include College Now,
the free pre-freshman Summer Immersion
Programs, remedial classes in community
colleges, English as a Second Language
classes, SEEK and College Discovery
(for economically and educationally
disadvantaged students) and an intensive
low-cost Language Immersion Program
for entering freshman who need to
improve their English.
Financial Aid
To help meet CUNY’s affordable
tuition, the Peter F. Vallone Academic
Scholarships and individual scholarships
offered by the colleges complement federal
and state grants and loans. Graduates
of New York City high schools with a
B average or better, who are accepted
by CUNY, may be eligible for the Vallone
Scholarships. Of full-time CUNY degree
students, 70% receive financial aid.
Each tear 110,000 CUNY students received
federal Pell Grants, State TAP{ grants,
and federal Work-study grants. In addition,
many other students receive fellowships,
scholarships and waivers through the
college foundations, employer or union-supported
tuition reimbursement and other sources.
Annually, students receive more than
$450 million from a variety of sources
to help defray the affordable cost of
attending a CUNY college. For the latest
information see www.cunyedu/financialaid
Tuition
For New York State residents, tuition
for full-time students at CUNY’s
six community colleges is $2,800 and
at the eleven senior colleges it is
$4,000 per year. For out-of-state
residents, community college tuition
is $190 and senior college tuition
is $360 per credit.
How To Apply
For more information, visit CUNY’s
new one-stop admission help center
in midtown Manhattan located on the
15th floor of the W.R. Grace building
facing Byrant Park, with entrances
on 42nd Street and at 114 avenue of
the Americas. Or call free 1-800-CUNY-YES.
For more information and access to
College websites then visit the CUNY
website at: www.cuny.edi/admissions
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