How has CUNY Queens 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 33% (2010) to 64% (2024).
Applicants and students admitted
Applicants rose from 18,027 (2010) to 22,189 (2024).
Enrollment
Total enrollment fell from 20,906 (2010) to 15,965 (2024).
SAT mid-50% range
SAT mid-50% range moved from 1000–1180 (2016) to 1010–1290 (2024).
- Score data describes enrolled freshmen, not all admitted students.
- Years before 2016 use the old 2400-point SAT and are not shown.
- Many schools became test-optional around 2020 — score changes partly reflect who chooses to submit.
ACT mid-50% range
Not enough history yet
CUNY Queens 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 $5,607 (2011) to $7,538 (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 19, 2026.