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Borough of Manhattan Community College was awarded 24 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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BMCC landed the #928 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
BMCC also holds the #83 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
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Borough of Manhattan Community College has an open admissions policy, so you should not have much trouble being accepted by the school. Still, it is important to fill out the application completely and submit any requested materials, which may include proof that you have a high school diploma or the equivalent.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Borough of Manhattan Community College, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
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 Borough of Manhattan Community College is 47%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Borough of Manhattan Community College this rate is 61%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 22,496 undergraduates at BMCC with 15,469 being full-time and 7,027 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $5,444 | $6,421 | $8,681 | $9,892 | $12,281 |
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 BMCC, 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 BMCC, approximately 2% of students took out student loans averaging $5,059 a year. That adds up to $20,236 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for BMCC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 199 Chambers St, New York, NY 10007 |
| Phone: | 212-220-8000 |
| Website: | www.bmcc.cuny.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 691 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 591 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 448 | NA |
| General Psychology | 302 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 182 | NA |
| Nursing | 144 | NA |
| Teaching Assistants | 143 | NA |
| Computer Science | 142 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 139 | NA |
| Community Organization & Advocacy | 139 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 11,488 students took at least one online class at Borough of Manhattan Community College. This is a decrease from the 17,155 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 11,488 | 4,125 |
| 2021-2022 | 17,155 | 7,998 |
| 2020-2021 | 22,180 | 21,925 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,353 | 243 |
Learn more about online learning at Borough of Manhattan Community College.
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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