Honors
- Baruch College is among the top 10% of U.S. colleges according to The Princeton Review, which selected the College for inclusion in its The Best 368 Colleges: 2009 Edition.
- Baruch ranks third among some 3,800 U.S. colleges and universities polled for Consumers Digest Magazine's list of 100 Top Values Schools in 2007.
- Baruch ranks among the top 33 universities in the Northeast that offer a full range of undergraduate and master's programs and is among the top six of those institutions that are public (U.S. News & World Report, "America's Top Colleges 2008").
- Baruch’s undergraduate business programs ranked 41st nationally, the second most highly regarded in the NY/NJ metropolitan area. The undergraduate business program was also ranked among the top 25 of public institutions (U.S. News & World Report, "America's Top Colleges 2008").
- Baruch's Zicklin School of Business is included in the 2007 edition of The Princeton Review's annual "Best Business Schools" listing.
- The 2006 edition of the Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive Business School Survey ranked Baruch 50th among the nation's top 50 regional undergraduate business colleges.
- Baruch’s Part-Time MBA Program is ranked 22nd in the nation by U.S. News & World Report ("America's Best Graduate Schools 2009"), making it second in New York City. It was the only ranked public part-time program in New York State.
- Baruch is one of the nation’s best value undergraduate institutions according to the Princeton Review’s America’s Best Value Colleges (2008).
- Baruch was cited as one of the best colleges in the Northeast in the 2008 edition of the Princeton Review’s Guide to the Best Northeastern Colleges.
- Baruch College won the 2008 TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Award for Faculty Development to Enhance Undergraduate Teaching and Learning.
- Baruch's MBA program offered through the College's Zicklin School of Business ranks among the Aspen Institute's Global 100 list of colleges and universities included in its Center for Business Education’s Beyond Grey Pinstripes 2007 MBA survey, a biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools that are driving discussions of social and environmental issues into the core curriculum and addressing these topics in terms of mainstream business decision-making.
- Baruch College won the American Advertising Federation's 2007 District Two Diversity Achievement Award for an Educator. The annual award honors progressive individuals, corporations, and institutions that exemplify forward thinking in the enrichment of diversity of advertising.
- The Kaplan/Newsweek 2008 edition of America's Hottest Colleges ranks Baruch College as one of the nation's 372 most interesting schools. Rankings were determined by factors such as academic strength, student body, and specialty programs. Also on the 2008 list are Harvard, Princeton, and New York University.
- For nine years, Baruch has topped the list of the most ethnically diverse colleges in the United States (U.S. News & World Report, "America's Top Colleges 2008").
- Baruch’s School of Public Affairs is ranked in the top 20 percent in the nation for its Master of Public Administration program by U.S. News & World Report (2006).
- Baruch’s innovative, 17-floor William and Anita Newman Vertical Campus was honored in 2003 by the American Institute of Architects with the highest award it offers to an individual building.
- The William and Anita Newman Library was named the top college library in the nation for 2003 by the Association of Research and College Libraries/American Library Association. Previous winners of the award were Oberlin, Wellesley, and Earlham Colleges.
