Home of the CUNY-wide ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) program, The City College of New York retains its designation as a Military Friendly® School for the 2022-2023 Military Friendly® Cycle. The recognition is in the “Tier 2 research institution” category with silver status.
Institutions earning the Military Friendly® Schools Awards designation were evaluated using public data sources and responses from a proprietary survey. Over 1,800 schools participated in the 2022-2023 survey, 665 schools earned awards level designations in Gold, Silver, and Bronze. 282 were selected for “Gold” award status for their leading practices, outcomes, and effective programs. The 2022-¬2023 Military Friendly® Schools list will be published in G.I. Jobs magazine’s May issue.
Methodology, criteria, and weightings were determined by Viqtory with input from the Military Friendly® Advisory Council of independent leaders in higher education. Final ratings were determined by combining the institution’s survey responses and government/agency public data sources within a logic-based assessment. The school’s ability to meet thresholds for retention, graduation, job placement, repayment, persistence, and loan default rates for all students and specifically, for student veterans, is then measured.
Several programs offered by City College and New York State help lighten the financial load for veterans attending CCNY. They include the New York State Veterans Tuition Awards for eligible veterans matriculated full time or part time in an approved program.
CCNY also runs a veteran club, officially the City College Veterans Association, that serves as an outlet for the public service spirit instilled in members while in uniform.
There are more than 100 student veterans at CCNY whose interests are served by the Office of Veteran Affairs (OVA). It connects them to all benefits and services they have earned while serving the country.
Christopher Gorman, OVA direct, said their primary goal was to ensure that student veterans succeed in the paths they’ve chosen. “We do our best to ensure they have housing, access to VA related services and the most recent information regarding their benefits.”
In addition, to being the headquarters of the CUNY-wide ROTC, CCNY’s military friendly traditions goes back generations. In 1917, soldiers headed to Europe after the United States’ entry in World War One were billeted in the Great Hall located in Shepard Hall. CCNY is also the alma mater of the late Colin L. Powell, one of its most distinguished alumni, who participated in the ROTC program and received a commission as an Army second lieutenant upon graduation in June 1958. He’d serve 35 years in the military, rising to the rank of four-star general from 1989 to 1993, and serving as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest military position in the Department of Defense.
About the City College of New York
Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Emsi puts at $1.9 billion CCNY’s annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the “for dollar” return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 16,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.
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