BARUCH COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

• More than 17,000 students
• More than 130 languages spoken
• 174 countries represented on campus
• 35 undergraduate majors

• 93 undergraduate minors
• 25 graduate-level specializations
• 1 doctoral program in business
• 14 Varsity NCAA Division III sports teams on campus

Baruch, a senior college in the City University of New York system, is named in honor of Bernard M. Baruch, statesman, financier, and devoted alumnus. Baruch has a history of more than 160 years of making a world-class education accessible to a highly motivated and diverse student body through three acclaimed schools: the Zicklin School of Business; the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences; and the School of Public Affairs.

More than 25 centers and institutes including:

• Baruch College Survey Research Unit
• Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC)
• Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute
• Center for Educational Leadership
• Center for Equality, Pluralism and Policy
• Center for Innovation and Leadership in Government
• Center for Nonprofit Strategy
  and Management

• Center for Teaching and Learning
• Center for the Study of Business and Government
• Computer Center for Visually Impaired People
• CUNY Institute for Demographic Research
• Graduate Career Management Center
• International Student Service Center
• Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship

• New York Census Research Data Center
• Robert Zicklin Center for Corporate Integrity
• Sandra Kahn Wasserman Jewish Studies Center
• STARR Career Development Center
• Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute
• Wasserman Trading Floor/ Subotnick Financial Services Center
• Weissman Center for International Business

In 2011, a report released by the Education Trust, a research and advocacy group, named Baruch College one of five U.S. 4-year colleges that is doing a good job serving low-income students. Additionally, of the five schools, Baruch College has the highest graduation rate (60.3%) and highest Pell enrollment (44%). In 2013, Baruch earned recognition for access, affordability, and quality in the following rankings:

• #1 Highest annual ROI, according to PayScale 2013 College Report; #108 (Top 10%) of PayScale’s overall ranking of U.S. public and private colleges
• #3 “The Future Zuckerbergs” 2013 College Rankings by HerCampus.com for Entrepreneurship

• #3 Washington Monthly’s “Best Bang for the Buck” ranking based on the economic value students receive per dollar spent
• #21 Top 100 “Obama Scorecard Colleges” for Value and Affordability by Affordable Colleges

Rankings At a Glance

The 2014 rankings by U.S. News & World Report list Baruch College:

• #4
• #5
• #22
• #2

• Top 10 Public Schools/Regional Universities (North)
• Most Ethnically Diverse Colleges in the country
• “Best Colleges (North)”
• "Financial Value at Graduation" for the Zicklin School of Business MBA program

The 2013 “America’s Top Colleges” ranking by Forbes magazine:

• #48
• #105
• #280

• “Best Value”
• “Top Colleges in the Northeast”
• “America’s Top Colleges”

Public Accounting Report (PAR) 32nd Annual Professors Survey 2013

• #15
• #18
• #11

• “Top 25 Undergraduate Programs”
• “Top 25 Master's Programs”
• “Top 25 Undergraduate Rankings of Schools with 22+ Full-time Accounting Faculty”

Quant Network

• #4   

• Top Master's of Financial Engineering Program

The Princeton Review

• 15%
• #25

• Of Top U.S. Colleges, for the sixth consecutive year
• "Top 25 Colleges for Entrepreneurship," for the sixth consecutive year