CUNY is No.1 Again in
Standard & Poor's Survey

The City University of New York ranks first in the nation in the number of baccalaureate alumni who are top corporate leaders, according to the 1996 independent Standard & Poor's survey of 70,000 business executives.

• CUNY has held the No.1 position since 1990 when it displaced Yale University.
• 75% of the top corporate executives who are CUNY graduates live and work in the New York metropolitan area. They are responsible for employing tens of thousands of workers within the region.

CUNY Graduates Stay in New York

• About 425,000 of CUNY 1970-95 graduates are still in New York State, along with hundreds of thousands of previous graduates, 205,000 current students, and 150,000 adult and continuing education students. Estimates based on surveys of students who graduated in the last quarter century indicate:

• Each year The City University of New York graduates students well-prepared to fill the critical jobs waiting for them in expanding occupational sectors.
• With CUNY colleges representing just 15 percent of bachelors degree-granting institutions and 21 percent of associate degree-granting institutions in New York City, CUNY awards nearly 41 percent of four-year degrees, and more than 55 percent of two-year degrees.
• In 1995, CUNY graduated 840 teachers with baccalaureate degrees and offered advanced degrees in education to another 2,267 teachers.
• Nearly 2,400 health care workers graduated from the University in 1995, including physicians, nurses, physical therapists, laboratory technicians and community health workers.
• CUNY graduates approximately 500 engineers, 490 MBAs and 485 MPAs each year.
• U.S. News and World Report ranked the clinical training program at the CUNY Law School eighth in the nation.
• Hunter College's School of Social Work (the only public program in New York City) was ranked tenth in the nation by the same publication.
• According to the report of the National Research Council, more than a third of the Graduate School's rated doctoral programs rank among the nation's 20 best.
• CUNY founded the first Family College in the nation. The program helps welfare recipients study for an associate's degree to prepare for a career while their children attend an elementary school on campus. Family Colleges are in operation at Kingsborough, Bronx, and LaGuardia Community Colleges.
• Baruch College has the largest collegiate School of Business in the United States. It is ranked among the most eminent business schools in the country by leading business publications and accreditation agencies.