CUNY York College
Jamaica, New York · Public · 4,345 undergraduates · york.cuny.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
64%
of 15,563 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
790 to 960
of enrolled freshmen
Your chances and merit aid at CUNY York College
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
64% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
Not available
What to do with your 880
Send your score
Your SAT is at or above the median of freshmen who sent scores (880).
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Reviews applications as they arrive, so applying early helps.
Source: Standardized Testing Policy – The City University of New York · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Feb1Priority deadline · February 1, 2027Apply by this date for the best chance at admission and scholarships.
Who gets in
64%
of applicants were admitted: 9,976 of 15,563 for fall 2024.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2024)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above.
SAT total 790 to 960
Reading and Writing 410 to 480
Math 380 to 480
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.02
- 4.00%
- 3.75 to 3.990.5%
- 3.50 to 3.747.1%
- 3.25 to 3.4915%
- 3.00 to 3.2429%
- 2.50 to 2.9944%
- Below 2.504.8%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
CUNY York College hasn't published a total yearly cost for in-state students. The parts it has published are below.
- Tuition (in state)$7,340
- Fees$450
- Books and supplies$1,590
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$364
- $30,001 to $48,000$780
- $48,001 to $75,000$5,177
- $75,001 to $110,000$7,927
- Over $110,000$11,220
Financial aid
51%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$9,365
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
1%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $1,788 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 10/1
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
- Aid deadline: 4/12
- The last day to send aid forms.
Source: Common Data Set 2024-2025
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
42 of 42
Earn credit with a score of 3
42 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $730Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | FA 999 |
| 2-D Art and Design | 4 | 3 | FA 150 |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | FA 999 |
| 3-D Art and Design | 4 | 3 | FA 152 |
| African American Studies | 3 | 3 | History blanket credit |
| African American Studies | 4 | 3 | HIST 272 |
| Art History | 3 | 3 | FA 999 |
| Biology | 3 | 3 | BIO 999 |
| Biology | 5 | 8 | BIO 201 & BIO 202 |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | MATH 120 |
| Calculus AB | 4 | 4 | Excuse MATH 120, Credit for MATH 121 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 4 | MATH 120 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 8 | MATH 121 & MATH 122 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 3 | 4 | MATH 120 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 4 | 4 | EXCUSE MATH 120 CREDIT FOR MATH 121 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 3 | CHEM 999 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 10 | CHEM 108/109 CHEM 111/112 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | CHIN 999 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | CHIN 105 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POL 999 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | POL 101 |
| Computer Science A | 3 | 3 | CS 999 |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 4 | CS 172 |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | 3 | CS 999 |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | FA 999 |
| Drawing | 5 | 3 | FA 155 |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENG 999 |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 3 | ENG 125 |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENG 999 |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 3 | ENG 126 |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3 | BIO 999 |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 3 | BIO 110 |
| European History | 3 | 3 | HIST 999 |
| European History | 4 | 3 | HIST 113 |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | FREN 999 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | FREN 105 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | GERM 999 |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | GERM 105 |
| Human Geography | 3 | 3 | GEOG 999 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | ITAL 999 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | ITAL 105 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | HUMANITIES 999 |
| Latin | 3 | 3 | HUMANITIES 999 |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 999 |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 103 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 999 |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 102 |
| Music Aural Subscore | 3 | 3 | MUS 999 |
| Music Non-Aural Subscore | 3 | 3 | MUS 999 |
| Music Theory | 3 | 3 | MUS 999 |
| Music Theory | 4 | 3 | MUS 110 |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 3 | PHYS 999 |
| Physics 1 | 4 | 5 | PHYS-113 & PHYS-117 |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 3 | PHYS 999 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 3 | PHYS 999 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 5 | PHYS 118 & PHYS 114 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 3 | PHYS 999 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 5 | PHYS 117 & PHYS 113 |
| Psychology | 3 | 3 | PSY 999 |
| Psychology | 4 | 3 | PSY 102 |
| Research | 3 | 3 | HUM 999 |
| Seminar | 3 | 3 | HUM 999 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | SPAN 999 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | SPAN 105 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | 3 | SPAN 999 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 3 | SPAN 106 |
| Statistics | 3 | 4 | MATH 999 |
| Statistics | 4 | 4 | MATH 111 |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POL 999 |
| United States Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | POL 103 |
| United States History | 3 | 6 | HIST 999 |
| United States History | 4 | 6 | HIST 201 & HIST 202 |
| World History: Modern | 3 | 3 | HIST 999 |
| World History: Modern | 4 | 6 | HIST 100 & HIST 113 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
27%
Come back for a second year
57%
Typical earnings
$62,351
a year, 10 years after starting here
- CUNY York College$57,558
- All colleges$54,104
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 23 majors here have earnings data.
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