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CUNY Kingsborough Community College
6-yr Graduation
28%
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Total enrollment
18,165
peer median 15,999
Avg net price
$5,606
-$573 vs Community College
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About
Kingsborough Community College (KCC) is a public community college in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York. It is part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system and the only community college in Brooklyn.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Overall completion
28%
Overall completion
28%
Full-time retention
64%
Full-time retention
64%
Pell equity
5.4pp gap
Pell recipients
29%297 of 1015
Non-Pell (all)
24%101 of 428
Subsidized loan, no Pell
57%4 of 7
No Federal Aid
23%97 of 421
Pell recipients here graduate at a 5.4-point higher rate than non-Pell students, unusual and worth a closer look.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 37 Title IV programs, 14 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 21 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Total programs
37
Passing
14
37.8% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
2
5.4% of portfolio
Fail rate
5.4%
+4.8pp vs 0.6% national
Pass / fail distribution
37programs
- Passing14 · 37.8%
- No Data21 · 56.8%
- Failing2 · 5.4%
Severity spectrum
Critical
0
Severe
2
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
3
Safe
10
No data
21
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.
Program
Typical
Benchmark
EP gap
Design and Applied Arts
Associate Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
$30,135
$34,350
Same-State HS Median
-12.3%
−$4,215
Design and Applied Arts
Associate Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
-12.3%
$30,135 vs $34,350
Parks Recreation and Leisure Studies
Associate Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
$30,327
$34,350
Same-State HS Median
-11.7%
−$4,023
Parks Recreation and Leisure Studies
Associate Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
-11.7%
$30,327 vs $34,350
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
$35,003
$34,350
Same-State HS Median
+1.9%
+$653
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
+1.9%
$35,003 vs $34,350
Teaching Assistants/Aides
Associate Degree · Education
$38,313
$34,350
Same-State HS Median
+11.5%
+$3,963
Teaching Assistants/Aides
Associate Degree · Education
+11.5%
$38,313 vs $34,350
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
$38,641
$34,350
Same-State HS Median
+12.5%
+$4,291
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+12.5%
$38,641 vs $34,350
Biology General
Associate Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
$40,533
$34,350
Same-State HS Median
+18.0%
+$6,183
Biology General
Associate Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+18.0%
$40,533 vs $34,350
Hospitality Administration/Management
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$43,033
$34,350
Same-State HS Median
+25.3%
+$8,683
Hospitality Administration/Management
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+25.3%
$43,033 vs $34,350
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
$45,870
$34,350
Same-State HS Median
+33.5%
+$11,520
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
+33.5%
$45,870 vs $34,350
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Program
EP gap
Status
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
+1.9%
+$653
Just passing
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Program
Median debt
Median earnings
Debt burden
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$9,500
$47,646
20%
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$9,500 debt · $47,646 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
$7,125
$38,641
18%
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
$7,125 debt · $38,641 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
$8,190
$45,870
18%
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Associate Degree · Security And Protective Services
$8,190 debt · $45,870 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$7,906
$45,843
17%
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
$7,906 debt · $45,843 earn
Biology General
Associate Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
$6,654
$40,533
16%
Biology General
Associate Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
$6,654 debt · $40,533 earn
Teaching Assistants/Aides
Associate Degree · Education
$5,555
$38,313
15%
Teaching Assistants/Aides
Associate Degree · Education
$5,555 debt · $38,313 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$9,000
$104,210
9%
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
$9,000 debt · $104,210 earn
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Accredited since 1964Next review Jan 2033
Programmatic accreditations · 4
Action history · 2
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Sep 2021Renewal of AccreditationAccreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Aid exceeds costFamily pays
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Avg net price
$5,606
-$572vs Community College median $6,179
Federal loans
2.5%
In-state tuition
$5,252
Out-of-state
$8,132
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 5,668 students received $28.2M in Pell grants, alongside $2.2M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients
5,668
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$28.2M
$28,203,904 total
Direct Loans
$2.2M
673 loan awards
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
6k’20
5k’21
5k’22
6k’23
6k’24
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Subsidized$1.2M
385 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$994K
284 loan awards
Parent PLUS$43K
4 loan awards
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 682 borrowers who entered repayment, 21 (3.0%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate
3.0%
+0.7pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
682
Defaulted
21
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard
Default rate vs national, by cohort
2016
12.0%+2.7
2017
14.1%+4.9
2018
8.5%+1.5
2019
3.0%+0.7
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate
* 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
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Distinct CIP programs39
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered
Top program families by completions
1,609 total completions
01Liberal Arts
44127.4%
01Liberal Arts
44127.4%
02Health Professions
36822.9%
02Health Professions
36822.9%
03Business
28017.4%
03Business
28017.4%
04Security/Protective
1368.5%
04Security/Protective
1368.5%
05Visual/Performing Arts
1167.2%
05Visual/Performing Arts
1167.2%
06Education
664.1%
06Education
664.1%
07Computer Sciences
623.9%
07Computer Sciences
623.9%
08Biological Sciences
533.3%
08Biological Sciences
533.3%
09Parks/Recreation
493.0%
09Parks/Recreation
493.0%
10Personal/Culinary
382.4%
10Personal/Culinary
382.4%
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Fall total
18,165
12-mo unduplicated
23,868
Undergraduate
23,868
Graduate
0
Gender split
Men
55%13,052
Women
45%10,816
Race / ethnicity composition
Black
31.2%
Hispanic
24.5%
White
21.7%
Asian
13.4%
Non-resident
5.3%
Two or more
3.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Athletes
121
78 M · 43 W
Women athletes
35.5%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$684K
Total expenses
Men vs women · spending splits
Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$0
$0
Head-coach salaries
$5K
$5K
Men Women
Sport-by-sport · 8
Sport
Men
Women
Expenses
Basketball
16
13
$134,304
Basketball
16 M · 13 W
Soccer
27
—
$36,661
Soccer
27 M · —
Volleyball
14
11
$62,914
Volleyball
14 M · 11 W
Baseball
18
—
$49,232
Baseball
18 M · —
Track and Field (Indoor)
1
2
$15,851
Track and Field (Indoor)
1 M · 2 W
Cross Country
1
1
$15,851
Cross Country
1 M · 1 W
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.10
2 offenses · 19,070 students
3-year trend
0.142 yrs ago0.271 yr ago0.10Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
8
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
7
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
4
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0
Criminal offenses by type
Rape
1
Robbery
1
By location
2total
- On campus2
VAWA offenses
0
Domestic violence
1
Dating violence
0
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.
Hate crimes by bias
- Race3
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons21
Drugs20
Liquor00
Residence-hall fires
No residence-hall fires reported.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Student-to-faculty
21.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
316
CUNY vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CUNY selected for federal comparison reporting.
This institutionPeer median
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 Kingsborough Community College | 28% | — | 18,165 | $5,606 | Community College |
| — | — | 11,463 | $5,383 | Community College | |
| — | — | 19,342 | $4,621 | Community College | |
| — | — | 20,375 | $3,345 | Community College | |
| — | — | 15,085 | $12,726 | Community College | |
| — | — | 18,075 | $3,702 | Community College | |
| — | — | 11,283 | $12,124 | Community College | |
| — | — | 33,677 | $10,852 | Community College | |
| — | — | — | $4,181 | Community College | |
| — | — | 10,251 | $6,026 | Community College | |
| — | — | 11,098 | $5,975 | Community College | |
| — | — | 10,721 | $4,824 | Community College | |
| — | — | 8,643 | $11,133 | Community College | |
| — | — | 13,018 | $2,090 | Community College | |
| — | — | 16,906 | $13,270 | Community College | |
| — | — | 15,999 | $12,152 | Community College | |
| — | — | 17,077 | $12,132 | Community College | |
| — | — | 12,044 | $2,288 | Community College | |
| — | — | 18,835 | $8,027 | Community College | |
| — | — | 11,351 | $5,169 | Community College | |
| — | — | 56,457 | $9,919 | Community College | |
| — | — | 20,060 | $4,525 | Community College | |
| — | — | 15,287 | $5,777 | Community College | |
| — | — | 10,660 | $12,055 | Community College | |
| — | — | 20,861 | $10,405 | Community College | |
| — | — | 11,473 | $8,672 | Community College | |
| — | — | 20,764 | $4,152 | Community College | |
| — | — | 27,437 | $9,804 | Community College | |
| — | — | 17,854 | $6,331 | Community College | |
| — | — | 9,359 | $9,373 | Community College | |
| Peer group median | 28% | — | 15,999 | $6,179 |
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CUNY Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
Office
Office of Institutional Research
Reports to Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Phone
(718) 368-5000
Address
2001 Oriental Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11235-2398
Institutional Research is the source for official enrollment and historical trend data, supporting data-driven decision-making of faculty, staff, and administrators by providing official, accurate, high quality data and analysis to inform daily operations, student success initiatives, program development and assessment.
Visit IR office pageReports & documents (4)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- FactbookFall 2024 York College Annual Factbook2024The York College Annual Factbook for Fall 2024, produced by the Institutional Research office, is a comprehensive document organized into 15 sections covering key metrics such as enrollment, degrees granted, courses, retention, graduation, faculty, library, and finance. It is part of the institutional resources aimed at enhancing strategic planning and institutional effectiveness.york.cuny.edu
- GlossaryGlossary of College TermsThe Glossary of College Terms for CUNY Kingsborough Community College provides comprehensive definitions of various terms related to academic affairs, student services, governance, and administrative functions within the college. It includes important programs like Academic Advisement, ASAP, and CUNY EDGE, as well as financial support terms such as Pell Grants and TAP. The glossary serves as a resource for students and faculty to understand the intricacies of college operations and student support services, aiming to facilitate a better educational experience.kbcc.cuny.edu
- Strategic planCUNY Lifting New York; 2023-2030 Strategic Roadmap2023The City University of New York (CUNY) aims to transform into the nation's foremost student-centered urban University system by 2030. The strategic plan focuses on expanding access, accelerating student success, and increasing equity and upward mobility through high-level community goals. CUNY will publish yearly action plans to track progress and ensure the adaptability and innovation needed to achieve these goals.cuny.edu
Frequently asked questions about CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Quick answers to the questions most often asked about CUNY.
What is the graduation rate at CUNY Kingsborough Community College?
CUNY Kingsborough Community College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 28% per the latest IPEDS.
How many students attend CUNY Kingsborough Community College?
CUNY Kingsborough Community College reports a total enrollment of 18,165 students per the latest IPEDS.
What is the average net price at CUNY Kingsborough Community College?
The average net price at CUNY Kingsborough Community College is $5,606 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.
Where is CUNY Kingsborough Community College located?
CUNY Kingsborough Community College is located in Brooklyn, New York 11235.
Who runs Institutional Research at CUNY Kingsborough Community College?
CUNY Kingsborough Community College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research, which reports to Office of Institutional Effectiveness.
About the data on this page
Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.
IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →
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