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Medgar Evers College was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.
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Medgar is ranked #1,830 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Medgar held the #1,970 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Medgar is also ranked #134 out of 136 schools in New York.
Medgar Evers College has an acceptance rate of 88%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Medgar.
The student to faculty ratio at Medgar Evers College is about average at 13 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 41%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 40% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Medgar Evers College. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 3% for first-time, full-time students at Medgar, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,203 | $7,779 | $10,741 | $9,373 | $8,045 |
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 $6,332 a year. That adds up to $25,328 over four years for those students.
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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 Physical Sciences | 194 | NA |
| General Biology | 172 | $39,810 |
| General Psychology | 150 | $39,868 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 110 | $37,808 |
| General Business/Commerce | 71 | $37,978 |
| Social Work | 66 | $44,311 |
| Business Administration & Management | 64 | $43,914 |
| Nursing | 55 | $115,779 |
| Public Administration | 42 | $43,317 |
| Special Education | 39 | $49,413 |
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 2022-2023, 2,810 students took at least one online class at Medgar Evers College. This is a decrease from the 3,992 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,810 | 951 |
| 2021-2022 | 3,992 | 3,072 |
| 2020-2021 | 5,236 | 5,012 |
| 2018-2019 | 789 | 60 |
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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