Spring 2025 applications are open!

Deadlines: December 2 for Undergraduate and December 5 for Graduate.

Amazon Career Choice

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Learn New Skills & Build Your Career with a CUNY SPS Degree

  • CUNY SPS ranks #10 in the nation for our online bachelor degree programs making us the highest listed School in New York City and State for 2022. (U.S News & World Report). Our online BA in Psychology ranks #2 and our online BS in Business is #30 in the nation!
  • Our generous Credit for Prior Learning program grants up to 105 credits for previous college education, work experience, learning outside the classroom, as well as for professional licenses and certifications including the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
  • Test Flight, our online learning practice course, provides a free, no-risk opportunity to experience taking an online course.
  • Many of our courses are Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC). Instead of requiring expensive publishers’ textbooks, ZTC courses use a mix of openly available online textbooks, links to scholarly websites, resources from CUNY library databases, and multimedia lectures created by CUNY SPS professors.
  • Our students have access to free 24/7 online tutoring in over 100 subjects.
  • Undergraduate students receive 1 to 1 academic advisement.
  • $70 Application Fee is Waived. Amazon Career Choice applicants should select the “Pay Later” option.

Admission Requirements

CUNY SPS is designed for adult learners, meaning that applicants should have a minimum of 15 earned credits taken at a previous, regionally accredited institution. A cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.5 or better is required for transfer admission to CUNY SPS.

We also offer Jump Start, a performance-based application process for degree-seekers, that is not dependent on the GPA. Jump Start allows students to create a portfolio that demonstrates the college-level skills and knowledge they’ve developed inside or outside of a college classroom in areas such as leadership, research, technical skills, professional writing, and languages.

The admissions process includes the submission of an Application, Transcript(s) from any and all colleges attended, and a Personal Statement of 250 or more words (requirements vary for Nursing program).

  • Fall 2024 Priority Deadline: April 1, 2024
  • Fall 2024 Regular Deadline: June 17, 2024

 

See if CUNY SPS is right for you

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Try Test Flight, a free week-long sample of what it’s like to take a course at CUNY SPS, and experience why we’re ranked #10 in the nation for best online bachelor’s programs on the U.S. News and World Report list.