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Medgar Evers College was awarded 62 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is public administration & social service.
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Medgar landed the #1,970 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Medgar also holds the #125 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
Because it has a high acceptance rate of 86%, some consider Medgar to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
The student to faculty ratio at Medgar Evers College is about average at 16 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Medgar Evers College is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 39% rate at Medgar Evers College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Medgar is 7%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Medgar Evers College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,237 undergraduates at Medgar with 3,856 being full-time and 1,381 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,515 | $7,452 | $10,412 | $13,315 | $15,360 |
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 Medgar, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Medgar, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $4,389 a year. That adds up to $17,556 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Medgar is 8.7%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
See which majors at Medgar Evers College make the most money.
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Contact details for Medgar are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1650 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225 |
| Phone: | 718-270-4900 |
| Website: | https://www.mec.cuny.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 203 | $28,959 |
| General Psychology | 144 | $32,154 |
| Social Work | 93 | $34,291 |
| General Business/Commerce | 68 | $33,458 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 39 | $36,608 |
| Special Education | 37 | $43,960 |
| Accounting | 28 | $38,797 |
| Nursing | 21 | $94,129 |
| Public Administration | 19 | NA |
| Computer Science | 14 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 3,992 students took at least one online class at Medgar Evers College. This is a decrease from the 5,236 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,992 | 3,072 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,236 | 5,012 |
| 2018-2019 | 726 | 24 |
| 2017-2018 | 789 | 60 |
| 2016-2017 | 655 | 58 |
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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