CUNY Medgar Evers College

Public · Moderately Selective · NY

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School data & stats

TypePublic

LocationNY · Northeast

SettingUrban

Undergrads3,233

Student:faculty13:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate8.3%

6-yr grad rate19.8%

Drop-out rate50.3%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$7k

Out-of-state tuition$15k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity98.3%

Gender diversity73.1%

International2.4%

Identity—

Overview

Medgar Evers College, part of CUNY, sits in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and was founded in response to community organizing that wanted a college explicitly serving the neighborhood's Black residents. It carries the name of the civil rights leader assassinated in 1963, and that history still shapes its identity and mission around access and mobility.

Academics

Nursing, education, and public- and community-service-oriented programs are the college's core strengths, built with an eye toward professional licensure and direct entry into Brooklyn's health and school systems. Class sizes are small, and the faculty culture leans toward mentorship given the first-generation-heavy student body.

Getting in

Admission runs through the CUNY system and is comparatively accessible, consistent with the college's founding mission of opening doors rather than filtering people out.

After graduation

Many graduates stay in Brooklyn's public institutions — hospitals, schools, city agencies — making the college a significant local pipeline into those fields.

Worth knowing

Medgar Evers is one of CUNY's designated predominantly Black institutions, and that identity is intentional and central to the college's mission rather than incidental.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate86.1%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 850–1020

Test policyoptional

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

Regular decisionFeb 1

Applying