CUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College
About
Stella and Charles Guttman Community College is a public community college located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, and is part of the City University of New York (CUNY). It was founded in 2010, officially opened on August 20, 2012, and focuses on innovative academic programs that promote social and racial justice, student engagement, and timely degree completion, offering an average student-faculty ratio of 15:1.
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 9 Title IV programs, 5 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 4 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing5 · 55.6%
- No Data4 · 44.4%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
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.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
New York State Board of Regents, and the Commissioner of Education
Action history · 3
- Jun 2021Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Nov 2020Approved for Distance EducationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Oct 2020Approved for Distance EducationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
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, 729 students received $4.0M in Pell grants, alongside $155K 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 36 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (5.5%) defaulted within three years — above 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
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
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 property1
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 vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions CUNY 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.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectCUNY Stella and Charles Guttman Community College | 23% | — | 1,048 | $5,643 | Community College |
Atlanta Technical College | — | — | 4,498 | -$864 | Community College |
Baltimore City Community College | — | — | 4,375 | $9,769 | Community College |
City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College | — | — | 6,121 | $2,974 | Community College |
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College | — | — | 3,274 | $4,902 | Community College |
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | — | — | 9,303 | $3,729 | Community College |
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College | — | — | 3,137 | $5,749 | Community College |
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College | — | — | 6,296 | $3,166 | Community College |
Community College of Aurora | — | — | 8,833 | $7,466 | Community College |
CUNY Hostos Community College | — | — | 5,478 | $5,001 | Community College |
Evergreen Valley College | — | — | 9,336 | $12,591 | Community College |
Honolulu Community College | — | — | 3,342 | $6,399 | Community College |
Hudson County Community College | — | — | 7,763 | $5,902 | Community College |
Kapiolani Community College | — | — | 5,914 | $5,194 | Community College |
Los Angeles Mission College | — | — | 10,690 | $11,972 | Community College |
Merritt College | — | — | 7,022 | $14,742 | Community College |
Palo Alto College | — | — | 12,395 | $4,374 | Community College |
Paradise Valley Community College | — | — | 6,148 | $13,478 | Community College |
Roxbury Community College | — | — | 2,044 | $12,544 | Community College |
San Jose City College | — | — | 8,609 | $16,658 | Community College |
South Mountain Community College | — | — | 4,516 | $11,942 | Community College |
Southeast Community College Area | — | — | 10,816 | $8,470 | Community College |
| Peer group median | 23% | — | 6,135 | $6,151 |
CUNY Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research (IR) mission is to build bridges among data, dialogue, and decisions. IR’s scope of work includes strategic planning, institutional effectiveness (SAGE), data analysis and dashboards, college-wide surveys, and accreditation.
Visit IR office page- Norman NarcisseIR Analyst & Workload Coordinator
- Cesar MorenoIR Analyst
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planGuttman Forward 20282022The Strategic Plan 'Guttman Forward 2028' establishes a six-year framework aligned with five key pillars: Elevate Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging, Support Student Success and Academic Excellence, Amplify Employee Vitality and Engagement, Advance Growth, and Optimize Operations. The plan sets concrete priorities to expand support programs, enhance learning experiences, and improve operational efficiency, alongside measurable KPIs to guide and assess progress. By integrating institutional strategies with annual assessments and adjustments, Guttman aims to meet its collective educational and operational goals by 2028.guttman.cuny.edu
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