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Online and Multi-Location Schools CUNY Baccalaureate Degree
CUNY Online Baccalaureate Degree
The University includes eleven senior colleges, seven community colleges,
The Macaulay Honors College and five graduate and professional schools,
located throughout the city’s five boroughs.
Each of the senior colleges offers a distinctive history, as well as a rigorous baccalaureate degree program and enriching campus experience. Over the years, The City College of New York, founded in 1847 as the Free Academy, has been joined by:
The University’s seven community colleges provide a high-quality education through associate degree programs that prepare students for transfer to senior colleges or entry into professional careers. These institutions include:
The CUNY Graduate Center offers more than 30 doctoral programs, as well as seven master’s degree programs. CUNY School of Public Health, a collaboration of four CUNY institutions, offers masters and doctoral degrees, as well as two undergraduate degrees. The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is the only publicly funded graduate school of journalism in the Northeast, and the CUNY School of Law, which recently moved to Long Island City, is recognized as the nation’s premier public-interest law school. In addition, the New York City College of Technology— the largest public college of technology in New York State — serves as a national model for technological education, blending specialized, cutting-edge instruction with a broad liberal arts program. The new CUNY School of Public Health focuses on the distinctive health issues facing urban neighborhoods and brings together public health programs at Brooklyn, Lehman and the Graduate Center, as well as other faculty with relevant expertise from around the University.
The CUNY School of Professional Studies fulfills the many educational and training needs of the city’s working adults, organizations and employers. SPS also offers CUNY’s first fully online undergraduate degree, as well as several groundbreaking online master’s degree programs.
CUNY Online Baccalaureate Degree
The University includes eleven senior colleges, seven community colleges,
The Macaulay Honors College and five graduate and professional schools,
located throughout the city’s five boroughs.
Each of the senior colleges offers a distinctive history, as well as a rigorous baccalaureate degree program and enriching campus experience. Over the years, The City College of New York, founded in 1847 as the Free Academy, has been joined by:
- Baruch College
- Brooklyn College
- The City College of New York
- College of Staten Island
- Hunter College
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Lehman College
- Medgar Evers College
- New York City College of Technology
- Queens College
- York College
The University’s seven community colleges provide a high-quality education through associate degree programs that prepare students for transfer to senior colleges or entry into professional careers. These institutions include:
- Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Bronx Community College
- Hostos Community College
- Kingsborough Community College
- LaGuardia Community College
- Stella and Charles Guttman Community College
- Queensborough Community College
The CUNY Graduate Center offers more than 30 doctoral programs, as well as seven master’s degree programs. CUNY School of Public Health, a collaboration of four CUNY institutions, offers masters and doctoral degrees, as well as two undergraduate degrees. The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is the only publicly funded graduate school of journalism in the Northeast, and the CUNY School of Law, which recently moved to Long Island City, is recognized as the nation’s premier public-interest law school. In addition, the New York City College of Technology— the largest public college of technology in New York State — serves as a national model for technological education, blending specialized, cutting-edge instruction with a broad liberal arts program. The new CUNY School of Public Health focuses on the distinctive health issues facing urban neighborhoods and brings together public health programs at Brooklyn, Lehman and the Graduate Center, as well as other faculty with relevant expertise from around the University.
The CUNY School of Professional Studies fulfills the many educational and training needs of the city’s working adults, organizations and employers. SPS also offers CUNY’s first fully online undergraduate degree, as well as several groundbreaking online master’s degree programs.
The Service Academies of our country have very competitive entrance requirements. Applicants must have exhibited leadership and athleticism as well as strong academic credentials. The application/nomination process to be accepted at the academies should begin in the junior year. Please see the admissions section of each academy's website for more detailed information.
Freshman and Sophomores who are interested in the
United States Military Academy West Point should request the e-brochure
"Your Guide To Successful Admission." There is a lot they can do now to be ready for a future at USMA.
FairTest's work to reduce the role of standardized tests as gatekeepers to higher education
has never been more important!
Nationwide, scores of colleges and universities are reexamining their admissions policies and de-emphasizing test scores.
Visit the following pages to learn more about our work on university testing reform
More than 800 four-year colleges and universities do not use the SAT or ACT
to admit substantial numbers of bachelor-degree applicants.See the searchable database of schools.
Find out why and how schools go "Test Optional."
has never been more important!
Nationwide, scores of colleges and universities are reexamining their admissions policies and de-emphasizing test scores.
Visit the following pages to learn more about our work on university testing reform
More than 800 four-year colleges and universities do not use the SAT or ACT
to admit substantial numbers of bachelor-degree applicants.See the searchable database of schools.
Find out why and how schools go "Test Optional."
Financial Aid Applications http://www.finaid.ucsb.edu/fafsasimplification/index.html
To apply for student financial aid from the federal government, including the Pell Grant, Perkins Loan, Stafford Loan and work-study, you will need to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). There is no charge for submitting this form. The FAFSA is also required by all state and many school student assistance programs.You should apply for aid every year, even if you think you don't qualify. There are many factors affecting eligibility for financial aid. For example, a student who didn't qualify one year might become eligible during the next year when a brother or sister enrolls in college. A change in family financial circumstances might affect your eligibility for student aid.
Some private colleges and universities will require one or more supplemental forms to obtain information not included on the FAFSA. They may have their own forms or they may ask you to complete the College Board's CSS PROFILE form.
Watch the Five-Minute FAFSA Video for a quick introduction to the FAFSA.
Before you begin, you should review important information about the deadlines (including the strange business about not submitting the FAFSA form before January 1) and gather together all the documents you'll need to complete the form. The IRS Form/FAFSA Map will show you which lines of your income tax returns correspond to each line of the FAFSA.
February is
Financial Aid
Awareness Month!
Then read our sections relating to the FAFSA and/or CSS PROFILE forms. You should also read our section on Help Completing the FAFSA and our list of Common Errors on Financial Aid Applications. You will find our Title IV School Code Database helpful, since it contains the magic numbers you'll need to identify the schools to which you are applying. We also review what happens after you submit the FAFSA, in the section about the Student Aid Report (SAR) and Expected Family Contribution (EFC).
If you're wondering whether you count as a dependent or independent student for financial aid purposes, see FinAid's dependency status form.You will later receive financial aid award letters from the colleges, listing the amount and types of financial aid in your financial aid package. These award letters can sometimes be difficult to decode. Most financial aid award letters for incoming students arrive in late March or early April.
If you want to get an early estimate of what the government thinks you can afford to pay for your education, try FinAid's Financial Aid Estimation Form. It lets you play what-if games, to give you an idea how changes in income and assets affect the expected family contribution. FinAid also has a variety of other EFC calculators such as the QuickEFC calculator which provides an approximation of the EFC with one tenth the questions.
- Online Student Financial Aid(PDF -84 KB)
- FINANCIAL AID POWER POINT 12/16/13(PDF -507 KB)
- FinAid.org
- NY 529 College Savings Program
- Student Aid
- Upromise Rewards Program
HESC Introduces College Financial Aid Award Letter Comparison Tool
Just in time for College Acceptance Month, HESC has launched a College Financial Aid Award Letter Comparison Tool to help college-bound students and families interpret their award letters and get the bottom line cost of each college before making their final decision.
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Comparing College Financial Aid Award Letters Congratulations on your college acceptances! The Financial Aid Award Letter Comparison Tool helps you evaluate your financial aid packages and determine the bottom line cost – the difference between the cost of attendance and your financial aid package – for each college. It may surprise you that the school with the highest cost of attendance may not be the most expensive for you to attend!