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Brooklyn, NY · Public · 3,233 undergraduates · urban

CUNY Medgar Evers College

Less selective

Medgar Evers is a mission-driven CUNY college designed around educational access and community advancement in central Brooklyn.

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Institutional profile

Established Exceptional in affordability, and solid in mobility.
Academic Emerging Affordability Exceptional Career Solid Mobility Solid Experience Emerging
Academic standing Emerging
Affordability Exceptional
Career outcomes Solid
Mobility Solid
Student experience Emerging
Admission
83.4% admitted

11,239 applicants in the reported year

Price by income
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Completion
30.3%

$46,498 median earnings 10 years after enrollment

What sets CUNY Medgar Evers College apart

Academic design

Business, science and health, liberal arts, education and professional studies are framed by a general-education core tied closely to the college’s civic mission.

Campus pattern

The urban campus in Crown Heights is commuter-oriented, with Brooklyn neighborhoods, transit and community institutions serving as the wider student environment.

Career & value signal

Named for civil-rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers, the college makes community engagement and Black civic history central to institutional identity.

Can I get in?

83.4% admitted

Start with the academic record, then make the intended direction and school-specific fit concrete.

Recent applicant pool

11,239

About 83 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 83.4%
Entering class

Academic range

SAT middle 50%780–1000
6401140

Of admitted students, 1% submitted an SAT. Scores were rare in this class, so the SAT range says more about who volunteered one than about who was admitted.

Academic benchmarkLess selective

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Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for CUNY Medgar Evers College, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

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What CUNY Medgar Evers College weighs when it reads a file

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  • Course rigor  
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  • Test scores  
  • Essay  
  • Recommendations  
  • Extracurriculars  
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What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

01

Show preparation for this curriculum

Business, science and health, liberal arts, education and professional studies are framed by a general-education core tied closely to the college’s civic mission.

02

Make institutional fit specific

Medgar Evers is a mission-driven CUNY college designed around educational access and community advancement in central Brooklyn.

03

Use the application route carefully

Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

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Regular DecisionFeb 1
Application routeCUNY application

$65 application fee

Major and program admission

Some fields have their own entry path.

The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.

NursingAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

Can I afford it?

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Start with the average net price for your income range, then set that estimate beside your other realistic options.

Published annual cost$37,670
Average annual cost after aid, in-state$6,000
Affordability profileExceptional

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Average annual cost by household income at CUNY Medgar Evers College

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  • $30–48k 
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  • $110k+ 
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Is it worth it?

Completion, debt, and earnings

Read completion, borrowing, field mix, and earnings together. One university-wide earnings figure does not describe every student path.

Complete within 8 years30.3%

Degree completion across the reported entering cohort

Return after year one50.9%

First-year students who return for year two

Median federal debtWhat students owe on the way out

And what that comes to against what they earn.

Median earnings$46,498

Reported 10 years after enrollment

Academic portfolio

Largest bachelor’s fields

How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.

Biology, General

Recent graduates124
Median earnings$56,157

Psychology, General

Recent graduates87
Median earnings$56,458

Social Work

Recent graduates47
Median earnings$60,755

Business/Commerce, General

Recent graduates35
Median earnings$53,503

Public Administration

Recent graduates18
Median earnings$53,849

What is campus life like?

CUNY Medgar Evers College beyond the classroom

The urban campus in Crown Heights is commuter-oriented, with Brooklyn neighborhoods, transit and community institutions serving as the wider student environment.

Academics

A defining academic feature

Business, science and health, liberal arts, education and professional studies are framed by a general-education core tied closely to the college’s civic mission.

Campus setting

What shapes an ordinary week

The urban campus in Crown Heights is commuter-oriented, with Brooklyn neighborhoods, transit and community institutions serving as the wider student environment.

Career & value

Where the degree can lead

Named for civil-rights leader Medgar Wiley Evers, the college makes community engagement and Black civic history central to institutional identity.

3,233 undergraduatesMid-Atlanticurban settingPrimarily off-campus housing