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CUNY Queensborough Community College

Bayside, New York Public 2-year Large city

Overview

CUNY Queensborough Community College is a public two-year institution based in Bayside, New York. Its campus is in a large city. It enrolled 10,337 students in fall 2024. It is part of City University of New York.

CUNY Queensborough Community College offers certificates and associate degrees across 45 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Business Administration and Management, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences. It awarded 1,459 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 2 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 65% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 15 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
10,337
Students enrolled
65%
First-year retention
1,459
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
45
Programs and majors
15:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociate

Programs and majors offered 45

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 8
Business, Management and Marketing 5
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Computer and Information Sciences 5
Visual and Performing Arts 6
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 2
Psychology 1
Engineering Technologies 5
Education 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Physical Sciences 3
Communications Technologies 1
Engineering 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
65%
First-year retention, part-time students
39%
Student-to-faculty ratio
15:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
1,456
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
3

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
10,337
Undergraduates, fall 2024
10,337
Full-time, fall 2024
50%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
14,278
Full-time, 2024-25
43%
Size category
10,000 to 19,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
55%
Men
45%
White
13%
Hispanic or Latino
30%
Black or African American
20%
Asian
27%
Two or more races
2%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
6%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
2
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
9%
Students taking some online courses
47%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Part of
City University of New York
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Traditional
Athletic association
NJCAA
President
Christine Mangino
Services and opportunities
ROTC, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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