College profile
Queens College (CUNY)
Listed in federal data as “CUNY Queens College”.
NY · Public · Large city · 20,800 applicants 2023
A parent's read
- Top feeder high schools: Great Neck North High School (21.2), Jericho Senior High School (3), Syosset Senior High School (1). Graduates per class year, from each high school's own published list. 3 high schools' lists name Queens College (CUNY); every one is ranked below.
- The major moves the money more than the admit letter. Computer Science grads from here earn about $112,903 four years out; fine and studio arts grads about $37,764 — a 3.0× spread on the same diploma. Have the major conversation before you deposit, not after.
- The payoff holds even at full price: roughly 11× over a decade. With no aid at all — the full in-state ~$14,367/yr — a decade of median earnings (~$62,763/yr) still runs about 11× the four-year cost. This payoff doesn't depend on qualifying for anything. (Out-of-state costs more.)
- Ask the submit question deliberately. This college is test-optional — but at many such colleges, applicants who submit strong scores are admitted at meaningfully higher rates. “Optional” is a strategy decision, not a pass.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
Feeder high schools
Which high schools send graduates to Queens College (CUNY)?
The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to Queens College (CUNY), from each school's own published list: Great Neck North High School (21.2), Jericho Senior High School (3), Syosset Senior High School (1). 3 high schools' lists name Queens College (CUNY).
Enrolled — from the schools' matriculation lists
All 3 schools, with the class years each list covers
How this is counted
3 high schools publish a numbered matriculation list — where their graduates actually enrolled, counted, in the school's own School Profile — and name Queens College (CUNY) on it. Between them they printed 110 enrolled graduates. Ranked by graduates per class year enrolling at Queens College (CUNY), from each school's own published list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, so a one-year list and a five-year list can sit on the same page. A list whose class years we cannot read is not divided by a guess — it is listed below with its total instead.
Is my high school on this list?
Admitted — from the schools' acceptance lists
All 1 schools, with the class years each list covers
How this is counted
1 high schools publish a numbered list of college acceptances — where their graduates were admitted, not where they enrolled — and name Queens College (CUNY) on it. Between them they printed 52 admissions. Ranked by admissions per class year to Queens College (CUNY), from each school's own published acceptances list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. Admits are counted at each college a student was admitted to, the same way the UC Reach Score counts a student admitted to three UC campuses three times — so this is a count of admissions, not of students. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, and a list whose class years we cannot read is listed below with its total rather than divided by a guess.
All 4 feeder schools, ranked →
Counted from each school's own published document, linked on that school's page. A high school that is not here does not publish a numbered list we could read — that is all absence means, and it says nothing about its graduates. Where a school publishes both, the two lists are shown separately: an acceptances list is not a list of enrollments, and the two are never added together.
Parent/student verdict
AccessibleAccessible for most applicants. Affordable — net price averages ~$4,195/yr among aid recipients. Major value play for in-state residents.
Best for
- Solid academic profiles — the admitted-student bands above are within reach for strong students
- In-state residents (tuition ~$7,538 — major value play)
- Students drawn to Psychology or Social Sciences (the two biggest majors)
The reality
- You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: SAT below 1100, or unweighted GPA below ~3.50 (test bands are the school's own; the GPA floor is our estimate, not a published figure)
Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price with aid and at full price, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
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Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
5% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score — this range describes students who submitted, not the whole class.
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
Outcomes & cost
What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.
Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).
The real cost
What Queens College (CUNY) actually costs
Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by Queens College (CUNY)'s own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.
Your odds + estimated cost across your whole college list, side by side.
The payoffTen years of typical graduate pay minus four years of cost — how many dollars ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten. Check both the full-price and with-aid versions to see which applies to you; median pay reflects who a college admits and what they study as much as the college itself., both ways
+$570K ahead at full price +$611K with aidSource: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance, largely in-state for publics; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.
What students study here
Most popular majors at Queens College (CUNY)
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Queens College (CUNY) actually graduates — not just what it markets.
What those majors earn here
Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — Queens College (CUNY)'s own graduates, not national averages.
| Major (CIP) | 4-yr earnings |
|---|---|
| Computer Science. | $112,903 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | $94,526 |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language. | $79,175 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | $78,281 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | $76,925 |
| Urban Studies/Affairs. | $74,979 |
| Mathematics. | $74,659 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | $69,956 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | $67,221 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research. | $65,863 |
Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →
Student body & economic mobility
Who attends here — and what the campus adds.
Opportunity Insights data. It measures two things at once: how many lower-income students a college enrols, and how many of them reach the top earnings quintile later. A high rate says the college does both — it does not establish that the campus caused the earnings, because the students it admits differ from the students it doesn't. Read it as a signal about access and destination, not as proof of value added.
Full leaderboards: /college-mobility →
AI program signal
AI + computing education at Queens College (CUNY)
Full multi-lens comparison: /ai-colleges →
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At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantQueens College (CUNY) is a public four-year college in NY. It admitted 68% of applicants (20,800 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1100–1320. 5% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score — this range describes students who submitted, not the whole class.
Cost: about $4,195 a year on average with aid, $14,367 a year at full price for in-state students.
Median earnings ten years after entry: $62,763 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $610,850 ahead with aid, $570,162 ahead at full price.
Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Computer Science ($112,903); Finance and Financial Management Services ($94,526); Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language ($79,175).
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 20% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 35% of those reached the top fifth as adults.
High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name Queens College (CUNY): 3, 110 enrolled students between them — ranked by graduates per class year, most often Great Neck North High School (21.2 per class year, 106 over 5 class years, Classes of 2021–2025); Jericho Senior High School (3.0 per class year, 3 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); Syosset Senior High School (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2025). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/cuny-queens-college.
High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming Queens College (CUNY): 1, 52 admissions between them — ranked by admissions per class year, most often Bronx High School of Science (The) (52.0 per class year, 52 over 1 class year, 2025). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/cuny-queens-college.
Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/cuny-queens-college.json
Questions families ask
What is Queens College (CUNY)'s acceptance rate? Queens College (CUNY) is a public four-year college in NY. It admitted 68% of applicants (20,800 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
Does Queens College (CUNY) require the SAT or ACT? Queens College (CUNY) is a public four-year college in NY. It admitted 68% of applicants (20,800 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
What SAT or ACT scores do Queens College (CUNY) students have? Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 1100–1320. 5% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score — this range describes students who submitted, not the whole class.
How much does Queens College (CUNY) cost? Cost: about $4,195 a year on average with aid, $14,367 a year at full price for in-state students.
What do Queens College (CUNY) graduates earn? Median earnings ten years after entry: $62,763 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $610,850 ahead with aid, $570,162 ahead at full price.
Which majors at Queens College (CUNY) pay the most? Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Computer Science ($112,903); Finance and Financial Management Services ($94,526); Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language ($79,175).
Which high schools send the most graduates to Queens College (CUNY)? The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to Queens College (CUNY), from each school's own published list: Great Neck North High School (21.2), Jericho Senior High School (3), Syosset Senior High School (1). 3 high schools' lists name Queens College (CUNY).
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