Educational excellence
With a growing student body, CUNY SPH maintained excellence in student/faculty ratio, class size, student rating of professors, and fieldwork satisfaction.
Our students and graduates
Total student enrollment: 922
Class size distribution
| Fewer than 10 students |
11% |
| 10-24 |
31% |
| 25-40 |
55% |
| Over 40 |
3% |
Overall student rating of professors
| Excellent |
49% |
| Very good |
27% |
| Good |
15% |
| Fair |
6% |
| Poor |
3% |
Fieldwork satisfaction
| Satisfied with fieldwork placement |
97% |
| Would recommend placement to another student |
92% |
| Felt they had obtained the competencies outlined in the fieldwork learning agreement |
98% |
Research
Our steep upward trajectory in research funding shows no signs of slowing.
Research expenditures by fiscal year
| FY 2017 |
$5,840,860 |
| FY 2018 |
$8,330,419 |
| FY 2019 |
$9,105,296 |
| FY 2020 |
$12,904,362 |
| FY 2021 |
$15,302,079 |
Our faculty bring in more grant awards per faculty FTE than any other CUNY school
| Research revenue per full-time faculty member |
$319,000 |
Distribution of new grant awards by faculty rank
| Full professor |
65% |
| Associate professor |
11% |
| Assistant professor |
8% |
| Lecturer |
14% |
| Other |
3% |
Tax levy finances
Total FY 2021 budget: $29,821,292
Sources of our tax levy budget
| State allocation |
53% |
| Tuition and fees |
29% |
| Donations and pledges |
7% |
| Prior year reserves |
11% |
How did we spend it?
| Personnel |
73% |
| Rent |
8% |
| OTPS |
4% |
| Year-end balance |
15% |
