Supporting CUNY’s 79,000 Part-Time Students

Report - January 2022

Nearly 79,000 undergraduate students attend the City University of New York (CUNY) on a part-time basis, but although these part-time students cope with the same economic challenges as other CUNY students, they have long been effectively shut out of New York State’s tuition assistance programs. It is past time for New York’s policymakers to step up and adapt the state’s financial aid system to the needs of today’s students.

by Jonathan Bowles and Eli Dvorkin

Tags: community colleges

CUNY Community Colleges Part-time vs Full-time Enrollment by Campus (Fall 2019)
Campus	Part-time	Full-time	Total	% Attending Part-Time
Kingsborough	7,771	7,672	15,443	50.3%
Hostos	3,362	3,758	7,120	47.2%
LaGuardia	8,583	9,972	18,555	46.3%
Queensborough	5,624	8,411	14,035	40.1%
Bronx	3,849	6,191	10,040	38.3%
BMCC	7,728	17,772	25,500	30.3%
Guttman	111	911	1,022	10.9%

CUNY Senior Colleges Undergraduate Part-time vs Full-time Enrollment by Campus (Fall 2019)
Campus	Part-time	Full-time	Total	% Attending Part-Time
Lehman	4,936	8,066	13,002	38.0%
NYCCT	6,464	10,572	17,036	37.9%
York	3,003	5,113	8,116	37.0%
Medgar Evers	1,680	4,118	5,798	29.0%
Queens	4,334	12,532	16,866	25.7%
Brooklyn	3,781	11,189	14,970	25.3%
Hunter	4,130	12,991	17,121	24.1%
Staten Island	2,576	9,124	11,700	22.0%
Baruch	3,391	12,091	15,482	21.9%
City	2,834	10,196	13,030	21.7%
John Jay	2,546	11,200	13,746	18.5%

This report is a publication of the Center for an Urban Future. Researched and written by Jonathan Bowles and Eli Dvorkin.

Center for an Urban Future is a leading New York City-based think tank that generates smart and sustainable public policies to reduce inequality, increase economic mobility, and grow the economy.

General operating support for the Center for an Urban Future has been provided by The Clark Foundation, the Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation, and the Altman Foundation.

Cover photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash.