Another day, another milestone for City University: This time, CUNY’s Hunter College takes the honors – claiming eighth place in a ranking of the nation’s “best value” public schools.
The award is a testament not only to Hunter’s academic excellence, but also its relative affordability.
The Princeton Review – a test-prep and educational-services firm – ranked the nation’s colleges and universities on some 30 factors in three categories: academic quality, the cost of attending a school and the availability of financial aid.
Clearly, Hunter – with tuition around $4,000 a year – is a bargain. And that’s surely welcome news in these tough economic times: New Yorkers need look no further than Manhattan’s 68th Street for a prestigious and affordable degree.
Meanwhile, for CUNY – which saw three other of its schools make the top 50 in the rankings as well – the accolades keep a-coming.
What a reversal from a decade ago – when CUNY was a higher-ed joke.
Pataki- and Giuliani-era reforms at the school seem to be paying dividends yet, all these years later, under the tutelage of Chancellor Matthew Goldstein.
Kudos to Hunter, CUNY and Goldstein.