CUNY Bernard
M Baruch College
Public College in New York, NY. Six-year graduation rate 72%. Median 10-year earnings $75,971.
Students who entered CUNY Bernard M Baruch College reach a median of $75,971 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. 72% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,512. On economic mobility, 12.9% of students travel from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.15 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Mobility score 12.9 — top quartile among US colleges
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College admits 48% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly one in two applicants are turned away. The applicant pool is large — 28,111 in the most recent cycle — so the published rate reflects genuine competition rather than a small-sample quirk. Only 19% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 12% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 550–690 | 296 (12%) |
| SAT Math | 550–710 | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 72% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 89% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. 15% transfer out. IPEDS does not follow them, so whether they finished elsewhere is not recorded either way. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 65% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 15,734 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $4,326 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $607 at the $0–30k band to $12,314 at $110k+. About 72% get grants averaging $9,137, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 11% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 2,597 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $607 |
| $30–48k | $2,052 |
| $48–75k | $6,312 |
| $75–110k | $8,623 |
| $110k+ | $12,314 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,791 of these 15,734 students, totalling $11,768,310 — an average of $6,571 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (New York County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)