Five CUNY senior colleges were listed among the best colleges in the United States by Money, the personal finance website. The colleges — Baruch College, City College of New York, Hunter College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Lehman College — were named among the top 745 colleges in the country based on an analysis of graduation rates, cost of attendance, financial aid offerings and graduates’ salaries.
“We are thrilled to once again see CUNY colleges recognized as some of the best in the country for students who are looking for an excellent and affordable education that will lead to a prosperous career,” said CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez. “Prospective CUNY students should remain assured that our colleges are ready and able to set them up for success as they pursue their professional and personal goals.”
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Money’s ranking, which uses a five-star rating system to compare the listed colleges, awarded Baruch College five stars under this methodology and four-and-a-half stars to the four other schools.
This ranking is the latest recognition of CUNY’s success in providing an affordable and high-quality college education. Last year, CUNY colleges featured prominently in an interactive college ranking, created by the New York Times, that allowed users to prioritize such factors as high earnings, academic profile, economic mobility, low sticker price, low net price, racial diversity and economic diversity.
Similarly, five CUNY colleges — Baruch, Brooklyn College, City College, Hunter and Queens College — were listed among “The Best 389 Colleges for 2024” by The Princeton Review, based on survey and opinion data from 165,000 students who attend the 389 recognized four-year schools.
The City University of New York is the nation’s largest urban public university, a transformative engine of social mobility that is a critical component of the lifeblood of New York City. Founded in 1847 as the nation’s first free public institution of higher education, CUNY today has seven community colleges, 11 senior colleges and seven graduate or professional institutions spread across New York City’s five boroughs, serving more than 225,000 undergraduate and graduate students and awarding 50,000 degrees each year.
CUNY’s mix of quality and affordability propels almost six times as many low-income students into the middle class and beyond as all the Ivy League colleges combined. More than 80 percent of the University’s graduates stay in New York, contributing to all aspects of the city’s economic, civic and cultural life and diversifying the city’s workforce in every sector. CUNY’s graduates and faculty have received many prestigious honors, including 13 Nobel Prizes and 26 MacArthur “genius grants.” The University’s historic mission continues to this day: provide a first-rate public education to all students, regardless of means or background. To learn more about CUNY, visit https://www.cuny.edu.
