by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Borough of Manhattan Community College was awarded 411 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is public administration & social service.
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BMCC is ranked #600 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when BMCC held the #1,094 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
BMCC also holds the #42 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
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Borough of Manhattan Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
At Borough of Manhattan Community College, the student to faculty ratio is 19 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Borough of Manhattan Community College is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Borough of Manhattan Community College this rate is 56%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 22,496 undergraduates at BMCC with 15,469 being full-time and 7,027 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $4,920 | $6,148 | $8,705 | $10,539 | $12,591 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of BMCC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At BMCC, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $5,423 a year. That adds up to $21,692 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at BMCC is 10.6%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for BMCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 199 Chambers St, New York, NY 10007 |
| Phone: | 212-220-8000 |
| Website: | www.bmcc.cuny.edu/ |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 17,155 students took at least one online class at Borough of Manhattan Community College. This is a decrease from the 22,180 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 17,155 | 7,998 |
| 2019-2020 | 22,180 | 21,925 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,867 | 298 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,353 | 243 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,061 | 217 |
Learn more about online learning at Borough of Manhattan Community College.
Footnotes
*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.
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