College · Public · New York, NY · City
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
New York, NY
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate48%
6-yr median pay$62k
Net price / yr$3k
Undergrad size16,154
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $3k/yr for a shot at a $62k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 48% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1280.
If you get in
16,154 undergrads. Medium. Clubs matter for finding your people.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $14k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $3k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$57k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$12k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$45k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $7.5k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $15.4k
- Room & board
- $18.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants57%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans11%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$12k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr72%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$62k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$76k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out15%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 16,154
- Location
- New York, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · large · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Baruch · Baruch College
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Asian35%
- Hispanic29%
- White18%
- Black9%
- International6%
- Two or more races2%
First-gen students51%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time19%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans0%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$21k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 37
What you can study.