Queens College vs SUNY Albany

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	CUNY Queens College	SUNY at Albany
Overview
Location	Queens, New York	Albany, New York
Campus setting	City: Large	City: Small
College type	4 year	4 year
Control/business model	Public	Public
Calendar system	Semester	Semester
Degrees offered	Undergraduate and Graduate	Undergraduate and Graduate
Students retention rate	80.0%	82.0%
Common app member	No	Yes
Religious affiliation

Admission
Acceptance rate	60.8%	68.0%
Application fees	Undergraduate: $65 Graduate: $75	Undergraduate: $50 Graduate: $75
SAT range	N/A	1090 - 1280
ACT range	N/A	22 - 29
Students submitting SAT score		15.0%
Students submitting ACT score		2.0%
Total number of applicants	21,777	21,265
Total number of admissions given out	13,237	14,458
Admitted students who chose to enroll	2,100	3,030
Yield rate	15.9%	21.0%
Test scores (SAT/ACT)	N/A	N/A
High school GPA	Required	Required
Recommendation letters	Not required	Required
High school transcript	Not required	Not required
English proficiency test (e.g. TOEFL)	Required	Required

Tuition and Fees
Sticker price	In state: $31,853 Out of state: $39,803	In state: $26,578 Out of state: $44,418
Average net price	$4,777	$17,350
Tuition	In state: $6,930 Out of state: $14,880	In state: $7,070 Out of state: $24,910
Room & board		Room/dormitory: $9,558 Meal plan: $5,495
Available payment plans	Prepaid tuition plan Tuition payment plan	Tuition payment plan

Financial Aid
Students receiving financial aid (Grants & scholarships)	87.0% Average amount $7,627	84.0% Average amount $10,460
Students receiving federal student loan	5.0% Average amount $4,272	54.0% Average amount $5,299
Students taking out private loans	0.0% Average amount $12,494	8.0% Average amount $13,629

Students and Campus
Undergraduate students	15,883 Men 45.9% Women 54.1%	12,654 Men 46.4% Women 53.6%
Graduate students	2,889 Men 27.3% Women 72.7%	4,421 Men 35.0% Women 65.0%
Racial/ethnic diversity	Moderate	Moderate
Out-of-state students	N/A	4.4%
International students	4.7%	6.6%
Campus local/setting	City: Large	City: Small
Dormitory capacity	510	6,867
First year students are required to live on campus?	No	No
Top 5 states where most U.S. students come from	N/A	New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Connecticut Maryland

Academics
Popular study areas	Education Business Visual & Performing Arts Health Professions Communication and Journalism	Education Business Public Administration and Social Service Health Professions Social Sciences
Students to faculty ratio	16:1	18:1
Institutional accreditation	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Outcome
Graduation rate	55.2%	66.3%
Dropout rate	15.0%	8.5%
Transferred out	24.2%	24.4%
Alumni salary by major (Top 10)	Educational Administration and Supervision (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: $118,574 Year 2: $107,163 Year 3: $110,663 Computer Science (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $57,110 Year 2: $59,873 Year 3: $78,560 Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $68,915 Year 2: $68,666 Year 3: $76,852 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $70,362 Year 2: $67,765 Year 3: $76,069 Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $59,825 Year 2: $63,005 Year 3: $73,544 Special Education and Teaching (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $64,955 Year 2: $65,131 Year 3: $69,855 Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: $81,638 Year 2: $61,516 Year 3: $68,278 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Graduate/Professional Certificates) Year 1: $44,860 Year 2: $54,109 Year 3: $67,876 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $61,019 Year 2: $58,221 Year 3: $64,640 Urban Studies/Affairs (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $53,300 Year 2: $50,231 Year 3: $61,351	Taxation (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $70,203 Year 2: $74,307 Year 3: $95,473 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $63,947 Year 2: $74,576 Year 3: $92,782 Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $62,191 Year 2: $60,256 Year 3: $75,996 Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $43,841 Year 2: $49,962 Year 3: $69,785 Public Administration (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $54,012 Year 2: $55,964 Year 3: $63,462 Public Health (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $54,175 Year 2: $49,270 Year 3: $61,387 Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $46,902 Year 2: $40,510 Year 3: $58,543 Curriculum and Instruction (Master's Degrees) Year 1: $55,701 Year 2: $52,733 Year 3: $55,488 Information Science/Studies (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: N/A Year 2: $43,798 Year 3: $52,904 Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor's Degrees) Year 1: $42,404 Year 2: $38,289 Year 3: $52,601

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