List of City University of New York institutions

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The City University of New York (CUNY) system is the public university system of New York City. CUNY consists of three types of institutions: senior colleges, which grant bachelor's degrees and occasionally master's and associate's degrees; community colleges, which grant associate degrees; and graduate or professional schools. As of 2009, CUNY is the United States's largest urban public university, with an enrollment of over 400,000 students.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

CUNY and the State University of New York (SUNY) are different university systems, despite the fact that both are public institutions that receive funding from the state of New York. The 64 SUNY and 24 CUNY campus institutions are part of University of the State of New York (USNY). USNY is the governmental umbrella organization for most education-related institutions and many education-related personnel (both public and private) in the state of New York, and which includes, as a component, the New York State Education Department.

All of these schools are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools,^[8] in addition to other program-specific accreditations held by individual campuses, such as Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.

History

CUNY's history dates back to the formation of the Free Academy in 1847 by Townsend Harris.^[9] The school was fashioned as "a Free Academy for the purpose of extending the benefits of education gratuitously to persons who have been pupils in the common schools of the … city and county of New York".^[10] The Free Academy later became the City College of New York, the oldest institution among the CUNY colleges.^[11] From this grew a system of seven senior colleges, four hybrid schools, six community colleges, as well as graduate schools and professional programs. CUNY was established in 1961 as the umbrella institution encompassing the municipal colleges and a new graduate school.^[12]

Over the years, the configuration of the institutions of CUNY has changed. The current College of Staten Island, the largest CUNY school by land area, is the result of a merger between Richmond College (upper-division college founded in 1965) and Staten Island Community College (lower-division college founded in 1955).^[13] Lehman College was formerly a branch campus of Hunter College that was known as Hunter-in-the-Bronx.^[14]

The City College is the oldest institution of CUNY, having been founded in 1847. Established in 2008, the School of Public Health is the newest addition to the University. Hunter College, with over 20,000 students, is the largest institution in the CUNY system.

Institutions

Image	Name	Borough	Founded^[a][15]	Type	Enrollment[16]	Male/ Female %[17]	References	Notes
	Baruch College	Manhattan	1968	Senior	16,097	48%/52%	[18][19][20][21]	—
	The City College	Manhattan	1847	Senior	14,392	48%/52%	[22][23][24][25]	—
	Graduate Center	Manhattan	1961	Graduate	4,543	43%/57%	[26][27][28]	—
	Graduate School of Journalism	Manhattan	2006	Graduate	99	38%/62%	[29]	—
	Hunter College	Manhattan	1870	Senior	20,845	30%/70%	[30][31][32][33]	—
	John Jay College of Criminal Justice	Manhattan	1964	Senior	14,841	40%/60%	[34][35][36][37]	Originally known as the College of Police Science.
	Macaulay Honors College	Manhattan	2001	Senior	1,300	^[b]	[38]	—
	Manhattan Community College	Manhattan	1963	Junior	19,259	40%/60%	[39][40][41][42]	—
	School of Professional Studies	Manhattan	2003	Graduate	826	29%/71%	[43]	—
	School of Public Health	Manhattan	2008	Graduate	^[c]	^[c]	[44]	—
	Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education	Manhattan	1973	Graduate	425	^[b]	[45]	—
	Bronx Community College	The Bronx	1957	Junior	9,003	38%/62%	[46][47][48][49]	—
	Hostos Community College	The Bronx	1968	Junior	5,112	29%/71%	[50][51][52][53]	—
	Lehman College	The Bronx	1968	Senior	10,922	28%/72%	[54][55][56][57]	Formerly the Bronx branch of Hunter College.
	Brooklyn College	Brooklyn	1930	Senior	16,087	37%/63%	[58][59][60][61]	—
	College of Technology	Brooklyn	1946	Senior	13,502	51%/49%	[62][63][64][65]	—
	Kingsborough Community College	Brooklyn	1963	Junior	14,962	42%/58%	[66][67][68][69]	—
	Medgar Evers College	Brooklyn	1969	Senior	5,550	25%/75%	[70][71][72][73]	—
	College of Staten Island	Staten Island	1976	Senior	12,517	39%/61%	[13][74][75][76]	Result of a merger of Richmond College (1965) and Staten Island Community College (1955).
	LaGuardia Community College	Queens	1971	Junior	15,169	38%/62%	[77][78][79][80]	—
	Queens College	Queens	1937	Senior	18,728	37%/63%	[81][82][83][84]	—
	Queensborough Community College	Queens	1958	Junior	13,359	43%/57%	[85][86][87][88]	Transferred to CUNY from the SUNY system in 1965.
	School of Law	Queens	1983	Graduate	420	35%/65%	[89][90][91]	—
	York College	Queens	1966	Senior	6,727	33%/67%	[92][93][94][95]	—
	Institute for State and Local Governance							—

Notes

• ^a Each college's founding year is linked to the category of all schools founded in that year
• ^b Gender ratio data not provided for these units.
• ^c As of 2009 the School of Public Health has not admitted a student body.

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External links

• CUNY website