Brooklyn College

Brooklyn College

Motto	Latin: Nil sine magno labore
Motto in English	Nothing without great effort[1]
Type	Public university
Established	1930; 94 years ago (1930)
Parent institution	City University of New York
Endowment	$98.0 million (2019)[2]
Budget	$123.96 million (2021)[1]
President	Michelle Anderson
Provost	April Bedford, Interim
Academic staff	534 full-time, 878 part-time (2018)[1]
Students	17,811 (2019)[1]
Undergraduates	14,970 (2019)[1]
Postgraduates	2,841 (2019)[1]
Location	Brooklyn, New York City , New York , United States 40°37′52″N 73°57′9″W / 40.63111°N 73.95250°W / 40.63111; -73.95250
Campus	Urban, 35 acres (14 ha)[1]
Colors	Maroon, gold, & grey[3]
Nickname	Bulldogs
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division III – CUNYAC (South)
Mascot	Buster the Bulldog
Website	www.brooklyn.cuny.edu

Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls over 17,000 undergraduate and over 2,800 graduate students on a 35-acre campus as of 2019.

Being New York City's first public coeducational liberal arts college, it was formed in 1930 by the merger of the Brooklyn branches of Hunter College, then a women's college, and of the City College of New York, then a men's college, both established in 1926. Initially tuition-free, Brooklyn College suffered from the New York City government's near-bankruptcy in 1975, when the college closed its campus in downtown Brooklyn. During 1976, with its Midwood campus intact and now its only campus, Brooklyn College charged tuition for the first time.

Prominent alumni of Brooklyn College include US senators, federal judges, US financial chairmen, Olympians, CEOs, and recipients of Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, Pulitzer Prizes, and Nobel Prizes.