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Overview

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) is the largest community college in the City University of New York, and the only community college in Manhattan.

Student body:
• 21,858 students (59.4 percent women, 40.6 percent men)
• Full-time enrollment: 62 percent
• Part-time enrollment: 37 percent
• Median age: 22

BMCC is an international college with students from over 150 countries. Racial/ethnic makeup according to student self-descriptions:

American Indian/Native American: 2 percent
Asian/Pacific Islander: 14.3 percent
Black: 35.7 percent
Hispanic: 34.7 percent
White: 15.1 percent

Tuition and fees

Full-time Part-time
New York City residents: $1575.00 per semester $135.00 per credit
Non-residents: $210 per credit $210.00 per credit
Student activity fee: $43.85 $21.85

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Degree rankings

According to data from the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of International Education, among colleges nationwide BMCC ranks:

#2 in awarding associate degrees in business, management, and marketing
#3 in awarding associate degrees in computer and information technologies
#6 among community colleges in enrollment of international students
#5 in awarding associate degrees in education
#12 in conferring associate degrees in all disciplines

In awarding associate degrees to minority students, BMCC ranked:
#1 in awarding degrees to African-American students
#5 in awarding degrees to Hispanic students
#27 in awarding degrees to Asian-American students

Degrees awarded:

BMCC awards associate degrees-

• Associate in Science (AS),
• Associate in Arts (AA), and
• Associate in Applied Science (AAS)

-in more than 20 fields, including Accounting, Business Administration, Child Care/Early Childhood, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Forensics, Paramedic Program, Mathematics, Multimedia Technology, Nursing, Office Operations, Video Arts and Technology, Engineering Science, Human Services, Health Information technology, Small Business/Entrepreneurship, Theatre, and Writing and Literature. BMCC offers evening and weekend programs in Business Administration and Liberal Arts