CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College (Zicklin)

Business School Overview

U.S. News Rankings

Ranking score and category

Rank Category Name #75 Best Business Schools

Specialties #73 in Part-time MBA

Business School Overview

The Zicklin School of Business at CUNY--Baruch College offers graduate programs in these departments and concentrations: accounting, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, general management, health care administration, human resources management, international business, marketing, management information systems, production/operations management, organizational behavior, real estate, quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research, and tax. Its tuition is full-time: $13,970 per year (in-state); full-time: $26,100 per year (out-of-state); part-time: $575 per credit (in-state); and part-time: $870 per credit (out-of-state). At graduation, 52.1 percent of graduates of the full-time program are employed.

A member of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, Baruch College was the first free public institution of higher education in the nation when it was founded in 1847. With classes in Manhattan, Baruch College students in the Zicklin School of Business, the largest business school in the country, have many opportunities to get real world experience in the nearby Wall Street and Midtown regions, and at New York’s myriad company headquarters.

In the classroom, Zicklin School of Business graduate students have many options to pursue M.B.A., M.S., joint, and executive degrees. Zicklin offers a full-time M.B.A. program, as well as a flexible M.B.A. track that allows students to choose from full- or part-time course loads at the beginning of each semester. Through the accelerated part-time M.B.A. program, students can work during the day and complete their degrees in 28 months.

There’s also a Joint J.D./M.B.A. program offered through Zicklin School of Business, Brooklyn Law School, and New York Law School, and an M.B.A. in health care administration program offered in partnership with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Business students at Baruch College can earn M.S. degrees in several areas, including business computer information systems and quantitative methods and modeling. Experienced business professionals can advance their careers by pursuing one of the executive programs at Zicklin School of Business. Executive degree programs include the M.B.A., as well as M.S. programs in finance, financial statement analysis, and industrial and labor relations.

Alumni of the Zicklin School of Business can benefit from the Graduate Career Management Center, which offers services such as advising, job boards, and mentorship programs.

Admissions

Application deadline (U.S. residents)	April 15
Application deadline (international students)	April 15
Applicants (full-time)
Applicants (part-time)

Academics

Departments/concentrations

accounting marketing economics management information systems entrepreneurship production/operations management finance organizational behavior general management real estate health care administration quantitative analysis/statistics and operations research human resources management tax international business other

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time)	121
Gender distribution (full-time)

Cost

Tuition
Full-time: $13,970 per year (in-state) Full-time: $26,100 per year (out-of-state) Part-time: $575 per credit (in-state) Part-time: $870 per credit (out-of-state)
Required fees (full-time and part-time)	$3,616 per program
Required fees (executive degree program)	N/A

Salary

Average base salary	$77,652
Full-time graduates employed at graduation	52.1%

* Business School Overview details based on 2012 data