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Carlsky Belizaire (left) and Karissa Caputo, 2015 Macaulay Honors College at Queens College graduates, and winners of Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships to Taiwan, have the world at their fingertips. VALUE

With its high-quality academic programs, affordable tuition and student support, including financial aid and privately funded scholarships, The City University of New York plays a vital role in educating hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers annually and in contributing to the region’s economic health.

This is the CUNY Value.

That value translates into respected, affordable academic and professional credentials for CUNY graduates, an overwhelming majority of whom remain in New York after college, contributing their knowledge, skills and increased earning power to the state, the city, their neighborhoods and society.

To continue CUNY’s historic mission to provide the quality, affordability and access that are the hallmarks of the CUNY Value, it needs the support of the communities it serves. The University’s 2016-17 budget proposal is critical Support to sustaining the CUNY Value. theCUNY Value NORTH EA S T CUNY Ranked BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK Tops in

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Kirssy Martinez, 2015 valedictorian, winner of TheDream.US Scholarship, with Chancellor James B. Milliken RECORD ENROLLMENT

Enrollment 2010-2015

274,000 2015

262,321 2010 CUNY enrollment has increased to record levels during the last five years.

Jake Levin, Macaulay Honors College at ’16, is the 2015 Harry S. Truman Scholarship recipient. This award will grant him $30,000 toward tuition for his graduate studies.

Support theCUNY Value CUNY FUNDING SOURCES

Senior Colleges FY 2015

15% Federal & State Financial Aid

53% State Funding

31% Tuition

1% City Funding Community Colleges FY 2015

24% Federal & State Financial Aid

27% State Funding

17% Tuition

32% City Funding AFFORDABLE TUITION...

Average Annual Full-Time Tuition and Fees Public Four-Year Universities and Local Private Institutions, Fiscal Year 2016 Public Universities Cost In State Cost Out of State CUNY* $6,782 $17,252 SUNY* $7,803 $17,897 University of Vermont $16,738 $39,130 University of Virginia $14,468 $43,082 Rutgers New Brunswick $14,131 $29,521 University of California Riverside $13,527 $38,235 University of California Berkeley $13,431 $38,139 University of Connecticut $13,364 $34,908 University of Massachusetts Boston $12,682 $29,920 Colorado State University $10,558 $27,267 University of Texas Austin** $9,830 $34,836 Western Connecticut State University $9,516 $21,786 Binghamton University SUNY $9,053 $22,173 Stony Brook University SUNY $8,855 $23,935 University of Wisconsin Oshkosh $7,437 $15,010 Stephanie Ho, Queensborough California State University Long Beach $6,452 $17,612 Community College ’15, 2015 CUNY Athletic Conference California State University Los Angeles $6,344 $15,272 Scholar-Athlete of the year NYC Private Institutions Cost $53,000 $46,586 $47,750 $46,932 $41,281 Hofstra University $40,460 St. John’s University $38,680 Adelphi University $34,034 College of New Rochelle $33,600

Source: The College Board *Mean tuition and fees for all institutions in the system. In some systems, tuition is not the same for all institutions. Support **University of Texas Austin tuition was not available from the College Board. These figures are from U.S. News & World Report. theCUNY Value ...MODEST AND NO SURPRISES Before the predictable tuition policy was introduced in 2011, increases were unpredictable and large. Now, modest predictable tuition increases help students and families plan for their financial futures.

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William Cheung, CUNY Baccalaureate at Brooklyn College ’14, recipient of a 2014 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Germany TUITION-FREE

More than 66% of full-time undergraduates attend CUNY colleges tuition-free.

Kevin Hill, York College ’16, Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet. He worked as CUNY’s part-time Veteran/ROTC liaison while earning his B.S. in Computer Science. Support theCUNY Value Percentage of graduates with DEBT-FREE Federal Student Loans Public and private four-year institutions CUNY 19%* More than Columbia University 27% 8 out of 10 CUNY 35% college students University of California – Berkeley 42% University of Colorado – Boulder 44% graduate free of University of Texas – Austin 49% federal loan debt. New York University 50% Fordham University 60% University of Delaware 60% University of Connecticut 62%

Rutgers University – Newark 64% Melody Mills, Macaulay Honors College at ’14, Hofstra University 66% received a U.S. Student Fulbright Study/Research Award to conduct SUNY – Albany 69% research in Peru on the educational Adelphi University 72% trajectories of disadvantaged girls. Pace University 73% St. John’s University – Queens, NY 74% The College of New Rochelle 84%

*CUNY figure for fall 2015 is from University databases. The other institutional data, for fall 2013, is the most recent available from the Institute for College Access and Success. BY THE NUMBERS

Average U.S. Tuition and Fees 2015-2016

CUNY Public 4-Year For-Profit Private Nonprofit 4-Year 4-Year Colleges In-State Institutions Institutions Colleges and Universities $6,782 $9,410 $15,610 $32,405

Ilana Gelb, CUNY Baccalaureate and Macaulay Honors College at Baruch College ’16, won a 2015 U.S. State Department Critical Language Scholarship to India, where she planned to research human trafficking and prostitution, and work with a nonprofit fighting sexual exploitation of women and girls.

Support theCUNY Value SUPPORT CUNY students have benefited from more than $960 million in scholarships, grants and other support since 2000.

Sean Thatcher, College of Stat- en Island ’17, 2015 Goldwater Scholarship winner. He intends to do research on protecting coastal ecosystems. FACULTY WINNERS

Since the predictable tuition policy began in 2011, CUNY faculty have garnered MacArthurs, Guggenheims, National Book Awards, Pulitzer Prizes and 51 Fulbrights.

Timothy Ellmore is an Associate Professor of Psychology and head of the Memory and Cognition Lab at The .

Ava Chin is an Associate Professor of Creative Nonfiction and Journalism at the . Chin is the author of “Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Love and the Perfect Meal.” Support theCUNY Value STUDENT WINNERS

Since the predictable tuition policy began in 2011, CUNY students and alumni have won 86 Fulbright Awards, 81 NSF Fellowships, 12 Goldwater, 5 Soros, 3 Truman Scholarships – and a Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

Carla Spensieri, ’14; Queens College, M.A.T., Childhood Education ’15, 2015 Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship recipient EARNING POWER IN NY

Baccalaureate graduates in NY earn $469 million a year com- pared with the $254 million the same number would earn with only a high school diploma, and associate degree graduates earn $228 million annually compared with the $162 million they would earn as high school graduates.

Ernst Pierre, Queens College ’14, aspires to be a real estate developer. He interned at the Brooklyn Navy Yard through the CUNY Service Corps and accepted a job as a residential property administrator with Support the LeFrak Organization. theCUNY Value VALUE TO NY

Baccalaureate graduates in NY CUNY graduates stay earn $469 million a year com- in New York State pared with the $254 million the 96.8% of 2008 graduates lived in the state one same number would earn with year later, as did 88.2% of 1999 graduates 10 only a high school diploma, and years later. associate degree graduates earn 93.8% of 2008 baccalaureate graduates lived $228 million annually compared in the state one year later, as did 81.8% with the $162 million they would of graduates 10 years later. 85.5% of associate graduates and 87.9% of earn as high school graduates. baccalaureate graduates are employed in New York State. Photo by Mauricio Vallejo Support theCUNY Value

THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK

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