Baruch College Business Programs

Baruch College is a public institution located in New York, New York. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Baruch College Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Baruch.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Corporate Communications Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Most Popular Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Most Popular General Sales & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best General Sales & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Value Corporate Communications Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Value Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#71	Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#97	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#150	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Baruch has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#3	Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools	College Factual
#3	Best Business/Corporate Communications Schools	College Factual
#7	Best Taxation Graduate Degree Schools	College Factual
#80	Best Finance & Financial Management Schools	College Factual
#104	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#174	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Baruch College?

Contact details for Baruch are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One Bernard Baruch Way (55 Lexington Ave At 24Th St), New York, NY 10010
Phone:	646-312-1000
Website:	www.baruch.cuny.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/baruchcollege
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/baruchcollege

How Do I Get Into Baruch?

You can apply to Baruch online at: https://www.cuny.edu/admissions/undergraduate/apply/cuny-application/

Admission Requirements for Baruch

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Baruch?

Baruch has a fairly low acceptance rate of 41%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 41%, and the acceptance rate for women is 40%.

Average Test Scores

About 94% of students accepted to Baruch submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 650. Math scores were between 600 and 710.

Baruch received ACT scores from 6% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 32. Math scores were between 24 and 30. Composite scores were between 26 and 30.

Can I Afford Baruch College?

The overall average net price of Baruch is $34,615. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Baruch, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $6,958 a year. That adds up to $27,832 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Baruch is 2.2%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Baruch College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 15,774 undergraduate students at Baruch, with 12,421 being full-time and 3,353 being part-time.

There are also 3,966 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,421 full-time undergraduates at Baruch, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Baruch College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	4,656
Black or African American	950
Hispanic or Latino	2,934
White	2,469
International Students	1,050
Other Races/Ethnicities	362

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Baruch College. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 170 countries are represented at Baruch. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Online Learning at Baruch College

In 2019-2020, 19,740 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Baruch has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Baruch

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Baruch College was 6,855.9%. This is the #35 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Baruch regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Baruch College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Finance	1,006	0	1,006
Accounting	660	191	851
General Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations	477	39	516
General Business Administration and Management	232	230	462
Business/Corporate Communications	326	25	351
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	179	179
Taxation	0	112	112
General Economics	97	0	97
Entrepreneurship	67	19	86
Business Statistics	77	0	77
Business Economics	72	0	72
International Business/Trade/Commerce	57	0	57
Actuarial Science	53	0	53
Real Estate	42	0	42
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	14	14
Auditing	0	0	0
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	0	0
Investments and Securities	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0
Labor & Industrial Relations	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0
TOTAL	3,166	809	3,975

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

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