CUNY Brooklyn College: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #2632 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #730 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #668 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #68 of 221 | In New York State |
| #25 of 92 | In New York City |
| #351 of 1,562 | For Media Studies |
| Top50% | For 119 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 54%
- Undergraduates
- 11,330
- Graduates
- 2,605
- Male:Female Ratio
- 41:59
- Control
- Public
- Highest Degree
- Post-master's certificate
- Website
- brooklyn.cuny.edu
CUNY Brooklyn College Acceptance rate and admissions statistics
CUNY Brooklyn College has an acceptance rate of 54% and is among the top 18% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance Rate | 54% | 48% | 59% |
| Applicants | 27,112 | 12,400 | 14,203 |
| Admissions | 14,548 | 5,918 | 8,358 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 1,504 | 701 | 752 |
| Freshmen enrolled part time | 15 | 7 | 7 |
6,082 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
1,650 enrolled exclusively in distance education.
SAT scores
Among admitted applicants
87 or 6%
submitted SAT
25% of them
had 1140
or below
75% of them
had 1420
or below
Typical SAT scores of first-years in CUNY Brooklyn College are 1140-1420 (middle 50% range).
Admissions requirements
| College-preparatory program | Required |
|---|---|
| Formal demonstration of competencies | Required |
| Secondary school GPA | Required |
| Secondary school record | Required |
| TOEFL | Required |
| SAT/ACT | Considered but not required |
| Other Tests | Neither required nor recommended |
| Recommendations | Neither required nor recommended |
| Secondary school rank | Neither required nor recommended |
Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity
| White | 3711 (27%) |
|---|---|
| Black or African American | 3172 (23%) |
| Hispanic | 3121 (22%) |
| Asian | 3016 (22%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 475 (3%) |
| Two or more races | 420 (3%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 (0.1%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 5 (0%) |
Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees
The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.
- Average aid awarded
- $9,290
- Students receiving aid
- 89%
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $6,930 | $11,090 |
| Tuition in-state | $6,930 | $11,090 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $14,880 | $20,520 |
| Fee in-district | $522 | $434 |
| Fee in-state | $522 | $434 |
| Fee out-of-state | $522 | $434 |
CUNY Brooklyn College majors
CUNY Brooklyn College has granted 2,613 bachelor's degrees across 59 programs and 824 master's across 46 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at CUNY Brooklyn College.
| Major | Bachelor | Master |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration and Management, General | 417 | 87 |
| Psychology, General | 428 | |
| Accounting | 185 | 23 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 194 | |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 105 | 71 |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 107 | 56 |
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 113 | 1 |
| Cinematography and Film & Video Production | 105 | |
| Education & Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs | 105 | |
| Audiology & Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist | 89 | |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services, Other | 88 | |
| Finance, General | 78 | |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 45 | 33 |
| Fine & Studio Arts, General | 47 | 8 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 45 | 7 |
| Creative Writing | 17 | 33 |
| Exercise Science and Kinesiology | 48 | 1 |
| Political Science and Government, General | 38 | 11 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other | 40 | |
| Mental Health Counseling & Counselor | 40 | |
| Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General | 17 | 21 |
| English & Language Arts Teacher Education | 18 | 20 |
| Radio and Television | 37 | |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 37 | |
| History, General | 28 | 7 |
| Information Science & Studies | 31 | 3 |
| Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist | 33 | |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | 30 | |
| Film & Cinema & Media Studies | 29 | |
| Sociology, General | 29 | |
| Geology & Earth Science, General | 14 | 12 |
| Social Studies Teacher Education | 14 | 11 |
| Chemistry, General | 20 | 2 |
| School Psychology | 22 | |
| Anthropology, General | 20 | |
| Mathematics, General | 20 | |
| Broadcast Journalism | 19 | |
| Education & Teaching of Individuals in Elementary Special Education Programs | 18 | |
| Computer Science | 4 | 13 |
| Counselor Education & School Counseling and Guidance Services | 17 | |
| Music Theory and Composition | 2 | 15 |
| Philosophy | 17 | |
| Economics, General | 16 | |
| Industrial and Organizational Psychology | 16 | |
| Music Performance, General | 7 | 6 |
| Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General | 12 | |
| Art Teacher Education | 10 | |
| Sustainability Studies | 9 | |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | 8 | |
| Science Teacher Education & General Science Teacher Education | 8 | |
| Physics, General | 6 | 1 |
| Sport and Fitness Administration & Management | 7 | |
| Experimental Psychology | 6 | |
| Linguistics | 6 | |
| Music Teacher Education | 6 | |
| Spanish Language Teacher Education | 5 | 1 |
| Web Page, Digital & Multimedia and Information Resources Design | 6 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 5 | |
| Education & Teaching of Individuals in Early Childhood Special Education Programs | 4 | |
| Music, General | 4 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | 4 | |
| Women's Studies | 4 | |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 3 | |
| Computational and Applied Mathematics | 3 | |
| Medical Informatics | 3 | |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 3 | |
| African-American & Black Studies | 2 | |
| Biology Teacher Education | 2 | |
| Earth Science Teacher Education | 2 | |
| Jewish & Judaic Studies | 2 | |
| Junior High & Intermediate & Middle School Education and Teaching | 2 | |
| Mass Communication & Media Studies | 2 | |
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology | 2 | |
| American & United States Studies & Civilization | 1 | |
| Comparative Literature | 1 | |
| Environmental Studies | 1 | |
| Financial Mathematics | 1 | |
| French Language and Literature | 1 | |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other | 1 | |
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American & Chicano Studies | 1 | |
| Physics Teacher Education | 1 | |
| Public Health, General | 1 | |
| Grand Total | 2,613 | 824 |
CUNY Brooklyn College has a graduation rate of 57%, which is among the 44% highest for universities in the US.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 57% | 50% | 63% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
CUNY Brooklyn College has published 16,417 scientific papers with 314,003 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Biology, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Medicine, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Political Science, and Philosophy.
Publication / Citation count by topic
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 150 | 3086 |
| 1993 | 148 | 2431 |
| 1994 | 138 | 2929 |
| 1995 | 143 | 2589 |
| 1996 | 154 | 2841 |
| 1997 | 150 | 2785 |
| 1998 | 134 | 3072 |
| 1999 | 139 | 3053 |
| 2000 | 154 | 3173 |
| 2001 | 159 | 3593 |
| 2002 | 237 | 4306 |
| 2003 | 178 | 4576 |
| 2004 | 176 | 4756 |
| 2005 | 199 | 5337 |
| 2006 | 212 | 5857 |
| 2007 | 217 | 6180 |
| 2008 | 269 | 6685 |
| 2009 | 299 | 6841 |
| 2010 | 264 | 7534 |
| 2011 | 324 | 8254 |
| 2012 | 324 | 9381 |
| 2013 | 323 | 9901 |
| 2014 | 339 | 10562 |
| 2015 | 335 | 10838 |
| 2016 | 396 | 10920 |
| 2017 | 422 | 11487 |
| 2018 | 396 | 12562 |
| 2019 | 437 | 14806 |
| 2020 | 461 | 17568 |
| 2021 | 925 | 18359 |
| 2022 | 343 | 17536 |
| 2023 | 350 | 17970 |
| 2024 | 293 | 16855 |
CUNY Brooklyn College alumni
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James Franco
- Occupations
- playwrighttelevision actorpoetfilm editorfilm actor
- Biography
-
James Edward Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat Pray Love (2010), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Spring Breakers (2012), and Oz the Great and Powerful (2013). He has collaborated with fellow actor Seth Rogen on multiple projects, including Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. Franco's performance in 127 Hours (2010) earned a Best Actor nomination at the 83rd Academy Awards.
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Bernie Sanders
- Enrolled in CUNY Brooklyn College
- 1959-1960 studied psychology
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
-
Bernard Sanders is an American politician and activist who is the senior United States senator from Vermont. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, but maintains a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused with House and Senate Democrats for most of his congressional career and sought the party's presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020. Sanders has been viewed as the leader of the modern American progressive movement.
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Mel Brooks
- Occupations
- playwrightcinematographercomposeractorstage actor
- Biography
-
Melvin James Brooks is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 21 entertainers to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award. He received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, a National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017, and the Honorary Academy Award in 2024.
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Jimmy Smits
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorfilm produceractor
- Biography
-
Jimmy L. Smits is an American actor. He is best known for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s–1990s legal drama L.A. Law, NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s–2000s police drama NYPD Blue, and Matt Santos on the political drama The West Wing. He appeared in Switch (1991), My Family (1995), The Jane Austen Book Club (2007), and In the Heights (2021). He also appeared as Bail Organa in the Star Wars franchise and as ADA Miguel Prado in Dexter. From 2012 to 2014, he was a member of the main cast of Sons of Anarchy, in the role of Nero Padilla. Smits also portrayed Elijah Strait in the NBC drama series Bluff City Law.
General info
| Alternative names | Brooklyn College Brooklyn |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1930 |
| Motto | Nil sine magno labore Nothing without great effort |
| Academic calendar | September to June (September - January; February-June) |
| Total FTE staff | 1,544 |
| Carnegie classification | Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Location and contacts
| Address | 2900 Bedford Ave Brooklyn, New York, 11210 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 8,804,000 |
| Phone | 7189515000 |