How has CUNY City College changed over time?
Multi-year trends in admissions, enrollment, test scores, and cost. Every chart is labeled with its data source and the years it covers — no smoothing, no mixing sources.
Admission rate
Admission rate rose from 31% (2010) to 60% (2024).
Applicants and students admitted
Applicants rose from 20,639 (2010) to 34,322 (2024).
Enrollment
Total enrollment rose from 15,416 (2010) to 15,544 (2024).
SAT mid-50% range
SAT mid-50% range moved from 1000–1240 (2016) to 1070–1430 (2024).
- Score data describes enrolled freshmen, not all admitted students.
- Years before 2016 use the old 2400-point SAT and are not shown.
ACT mid-50% range
Not enough history yet
CUNY City College doesn't have enough years of comparable ACT data to chart. Many schools stopped reporting scores after going test-optional.
Cost
In-state tuition rose from $5,459 (2011) to $7,340 (2025).
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Data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education) and school Common Data Set filings; each chart names the source its series comes from. Most recent data year: 2025. Last updated October 20, 2026.