The College typically enrolls full-time students each year: females outnumber males 79% to 21%. The average age of the student population is 29 years, and about 80% are employed; 75% of the students are Puerto Rican or Latino, 18% are African American, 7% are White non-Hispanic, and from other ethnic backgrounds.

An average of 200 new students are admitted each year to replace those who graduate or leave to complete degrees not offered by the College, and also for economic or other reasons offered by the College.

From Fall 2019 to Fall 2020 the retention rate was 50%. These levels parallel that of other institutions with a similar student body. And, as is the case with adult students everywhere, many will interrupt their studies temporarily and return later to complete their degrees.

Approximately 29% of the average annual enrollment achieve their degrees each year. About half receive an Associate degree, and many of these, about 40% continue to complete their Bachelor degrees. The overall graduation rate is 79%.

As of June 2021 the College has awarded a total of 12,275 degrees.

In Brooklyn, P.S. 257 employs seventeen of Boricua’s graduates, and at P.S. 380, twelve graduates are employed. Several graduates from the Manhattan Campus have also been appointed as school principals and assistant principals, agency directors, and one Brooklyn Campus graduate has been elected to the N.Y. State Assembly. Boricua’s Education students passed the State Certification exams above the New York State required 80%.

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