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.
Queens College was awarded 452 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is physical education teaching & coaching.
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QC landed the #347 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. This is an improvement over the previous year, when QC held the #390 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
QC also holds the #26 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
The acceptance rate at Queens College is a competitive 61%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
The student to faculty ratio at Queens 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.
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 Queens College is 41%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 80% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Queens College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
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 QC is 27%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Queens College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 16,702 undergraduates at QC with 12,479 being full-time and 4,223 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $1,344 | $3,524 | $7,582 | $9,771 | $12,377 |
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 QC, 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 QC, approximately 5% of students took out student loans averaging $5,091 a year. That adds up to $20,364 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at QC is 4.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for QC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Queens, NY 11367 |
| Phone: | 718-997-5000 |
| Website: | https://www.qc.cuny.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 605 | $29,897 |
| Accounting | 400 | $38,025 |
| Economics | 394 | $40,122 |
| Computer Science | 317 | $57,110 |
| Sociology | 180 | $30,300 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 151 | $46,405 |
| Political Science & Government | 140 | $33,479 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 131 | $29,634 |
| General Biology | 120 | $28,576 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 116 | $27,694 |
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, 17,223 students took at least one online class at Queens College. This is a decrease from the 19,648 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 17,223 | 7,931 |
| 2019-2020 | 19,648 | 17,825 |
| 2018-2019 | 695 | 117 |
| 2017-2018 | 640 | 134 |
| 2016-2017 | 761 | 109 |
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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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