The City College of New York Computer Science Programs

The City College of New York is a public institution located in New York, New York. The location of CCNY is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is The City College of New York?

Contact details for CCNY are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	160 Convent Ave, New York, NY 10031
Phone:	212-650-7000
Website:	www.ccny.cuny.edu

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How Do I Get Into CCNY?

You can apply to CCNY online at: www.ccny.cuny.edu/admissions/applications

Admission Requirements for CCNY

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	3
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into CCNY?

CCNY has an acceptance rate of 67%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 58%, and the acceptance rate for women is 74%.

Can I Afford The City College of New York?

The overall average net price of CCNY is $30,384. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At CCNY, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $6,594 a year. That adds up to $26,376 over four years for those students.

The City College of New York Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 12,364 undergraduate students at CCNY, with 9,761 being full-time and 2,603 being part-time.

There are also 2,667 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 9,761 full-time undergraduates at CCNY, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The City College of New York students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2,686
Black or African American	1,379
Hispanic or Latino	3,676
White	1,198
International Students	492
Other Races/Ethnicities	330

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at The City College of New York. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 170 countries are represented at CCNY. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Online Learning at The City College of New York

In 2022-2023, 6,530 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CCNY has changed over the last few years.

The City College of New York Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Computer Science	132	5	137
Computer & IS Security	0	8	8
General Information Science	0	4	4
TOTAL	132	17	149

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Elsie140 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.