CUNY Hostos Community College
About
Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York is a public community college in the South Bronx, New York City. It is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system and was created by an act of the Board of Higher Education in 1968 in response to demands from the Hispanic/Puerto Rican community, which was urging for the establishment of a college to serve the people of the South Bronx. At the time it opened, it was considered the only bilingual education college in the region; this policy became more limited after 1997, but the college still offers many courses in Spanish. In 1970, the college admitted its first class of 623 students at the site of a former tire factory. Several years later, the college moved to a larger site nearby at 149th Street and Grand Concourse. The college also operates a location at the prow building of the Bronx Terminal Market.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 27 Title IV programs, 10 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 4 fail. 13 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing10 · 37.0%
- No Data13 · 48.1%
- Failing4 · 14.8%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 10
- Aug 2025Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Apr 2025Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Jun 2022Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2021Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- Apr 2021Grant Substantive Change: ProgramAmerican Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 4,500 students received $20.4M in Pell grants, alongside $1.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 416 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (2.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at CUNY Hostos Community College
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 4
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- Public property3
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
CUNY Hostos Community College vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CUNY Hostos Community College selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCUNY Hostos Community College | 16% | — | 5,478 | $5,001 | Community College |
Bristol Community College | — | — | 6,950 | $6,235 | Community College |
Bunker Hill Community College | — | — | 9,876 | $6,313 | Community College |
Butler Community College | — | — | 6,841 | $16,051 | Community College |
Cabrillo College | — | — | 9,457 | $13,328 | Community College |
Cape Fear Community College | — | — | 14,082 | $5,416 | Community College |
Chabot College | — | — | 12,842 | $4,616 | Community College |
College of the Desert | — | — | 12,861 | $11,812 | Community College |
Columbia State Community College | — | — | 5,712 | $4,576 | Community College |
CUNY Bronx Community College | — | — | 6,787 | $4,342 | Community College |
CUNY Queensborough Community College | — | — | 10,337 | $4,620 | Community College |
Delta College | — | — | 8,397 | $4,550 | Community College |
Hartnell College | — | — | 11,273 | $2,895 | Community College |
Imperial Valley College | — | — | 8,873 | $1,697 | Community College |
Las Positas College | — | — | 8,103 | $4,175 | Community College |
Los Medanos College | — | — | 8,455 | $5,692 | Community College |
Motlow State Community College | — | — | 5,980 | $10,421 | Community College |
Mott Community College | — | — | 6,718 | $6,258 | Community College |
Nashville State Community College | — | — | 7,533 | $6,283 | Community College |
Oklahoma City Community College | — | — | 11,475 | $5,135 | Community College |
Oxnard College | — | — | 7,361 | $659 | Community College |
Pellissippi State Community College | — | — | 9,399 | $5,252 | Community College |
Rockland Community College | — | — | 5,364 | $8,508 | Community College |
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus | — | — | 5,218 | $10,818 | Community College |
Santiago Canyon College | — | — | 11,897 | $3,407 | Community College |
South Plains College | — | — | 9,098 | $7,062 | Community College |
Southwest Tennessee Community College | — | 100.0% | 7,004 | $4,588 | Community College |
St Charles Community College | — | — | 6,143 | $5,981 | Community College |
Ventura College | — | — | 12,222 | $2,257 | Community College |
Volunteer State Community College | — | — | 6,963 | $10,477 | Community College |
Walters State Community College | — | — | 5,899 | $4,153 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 16% | 100.0% | 8,103 | $5,252 |
CUNY Hostos Community College Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Institutional Effectiveness (IE) refers to how well an institution is achieving its mission and goals. An effective institution is characterized by a clearly defined mission that articulates who it serves, what it aspires to be, and what it values.
Visit IR office page- Babette Audant, Ph.DAssistant Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness
- Babette Audant, Ph.DAssistant Vice President of Institutional Effectiveness, Accreditation Liaison Officer
Common Data Set (6)
The institution's official annual Common Data Set publications — the most detailed reference for enrollment, admissions, and outcomes.
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DashboardDashboardir.baruch.cuny.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planCUNY Lifting New York; 2023-2030 Strategic Roadmap2023CUNY aims to become the nation's foremost student-centered urban university system by 2030, emphasizing equity, access, and upward mobility. The strategic plan outlines goals to enhance access, academic quality, and research while prioritizing community engagement and system modernization. The institution plans to publish yearly action plans to measure progress and adapt strategies in response to dynamic challenges and opportunities.cuny.edu
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