College of Staten Island CUNY Data & Information Overview

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• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning
• Related Schools

How Well Is College of Staten Island CUNY Ranked?

2021 Rankings

College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.

College of Staten Island CUNY was awarded 24 badges in the 2021 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.

Overall Quality

CSI landed the #1,219 spot in College Factual's 2021 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 1,715 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

Out of the 132 colleges in New York, CSI is ranked at #111.

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Is It Hard to Get Into CSI?

Acceptance Rate

College of Staten Island CUNY 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.

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College of Staten Island CUNY Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

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 College of Staten Island CUNY, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 College of Staten Island CUNY is 35%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at College of Staten Island CUNY

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 76% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like College of Staten Island CUNY enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 19% for first-time, full-time students at CSI, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.

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Good Overall Diversity at CSI

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 12,211 undergraduates at CSI with 9,567 being full-time and 2,644 being part-time.

CSI Diversity Score

When calculating the overall diversity score for a school, College Factual does not just look at the percentage of women and racial-ethnic minorities*. Instead, it looks to see how good of a mixture a school has with regard to gender, ethnicity, age, and location of origin.

The overall diversity score for CSI is 69.37 out of 100, meaning that is is more diverse than most schools in the country.

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How Much Does College of Staten Island CUNY Cost?

The overall average net price of CSI is $6,217. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for CSI

$0-30 K	$30K-48K	$48-75	$75-110K	$110K +
$4,299	$6,274	$10,136	$12,623	$14,407

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 CSI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 CSI, approximately 15% of students took out student loans averaging $5,366 a year. That adds up to $21,464 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CSI is 9.6%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do CSI Graduates Make?

Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from CSI with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $41,500 in their early years. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of College of Staten Island CUNY

College of Staten Island CUNY is a public institution situated in Staten Island, New York. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

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Contact details for CSI are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2800 Victory Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10314
Phone:	718-982-2000
Website:	www.csi.cuny.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/CollegeOfStatenIsland
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/csinews

College of Staten Island CUNY Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 60 majors graduated from College of Staten Island CUNY. Of these students, 2,497 received undergraduate degrees and 302 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
General Psychology	290	$28,100
General Business/Commerce	212	$33,800
General English Literature	126	$27,000
Accounting	110	$38,200
Nursing	97	$89,500
Sociology & Anthropology	74	$26,800
General Biology	70	NA
Communication & Media Studies	69	$27,500
Computer Science	57	$52,300
Economics	54	$28,400

Learn more about the majors offered at College of Staten Island CUNY along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at CSI

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 2017-2018, 491 students took at least one online class at College of Staten Island CUNY. This is an increase from the 408 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	491	28
2016-2017	408	45
2015-2016	395	12
2014-2015	340	15
2013-2014	1,729	311

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Related Schools

If you’re considering College of Staten Island CUNY, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.

• Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
• Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
• Middle Tennessee State University
• Northern Illinois University
• Sonoma State University

Curious on how these schools stack up against CSI? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!

Notes and References

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.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

More about our data sources and methodologies.