by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Brooklyn College was awarded 43 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is special education.
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Brooklyn College landed the #675 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.
Brooklyn College also holds the #62 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
If you're applying to Brooklyn College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 55%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Brooklyn College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Brooklyn College is 35%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Brooklyn College has a freshmen retention rate of 77%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Brooklyn College this rate is 28%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 14,969 undergraduates at Brooklyn College with 11,401 being full-time and 3,568 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $2,305 | $3,362 | $7,541 | $9,431 | $11,504 |
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 Brooklyn College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Brooklyn College, approximately 3% of students took out student loans averaging $5,422 a year. That adds up to $21,688 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Brooklyn College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2900 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11210 |
| Phone: | 718-951-5000 |
| Website: | www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 620 | $37,057 |
| General Psychology | 508 | $29,802 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 317 | $37,223 |
| Accounting | 312 | $42,862 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 231 | $46,233 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 157 | $20,476 |
| Computer Information Systems | 151 | $51,862 |
| General Biology | 148 | $26,612 |
| Linguistics & Comparative Literature | 148 | NA |
| Special Education | 145 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 7,309 students took at least one online class at Brooklyn College. This is a decrease from the 13,965 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 7,309 | 1,725 |
| 2021-2022 | 13,965 | 4,711 |
| 2020-2021 | 17,723 | 17,596 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,493 | 67 |
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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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