Degree Verification

On your job applications, resumes, graduate school applications, etc. you MUST identify that you have graduated from THE CUNY BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM. Of course, we know most of you strongly identify with your home college, and so you can include that as well...as your home college (see below for an example).

Why is this important? Because potential employers are likely to call to verify your college degree and if you write that you received your degree from "Brooklyn College" or "Hunter College," that college will receive the call and they will NOT verify your degree because that college did not confer it. Upon graduation, your degree is conferred by the CUNY Baccalaureate Program under the auspices of the Graduate Center. Employers or agencies who need to verify your degree will have to phone the CUNY BA Program (Registrar's Office, 212-817-8227).

How you might indicate your degree on resumes, job applications, etc:

Degree (B.A. or B.S.), Graduation Date, Title(s) of Area of Concentration, The CUNY Bacclaureate Program (Home College: xyz College), any Honors received.

So, if Jane Doe graduated "cum laude" in January 2007 with a B.S. in Nonprofit Accounting while she was at Baruch, her resume might look like this:

B.S., Nonprofit Accounting, January 2007, The CUNY Baccalaureate Program (at Baruch College), cum laude
or
B.S., cum laude, Nonprofit Accounting, January 2007, The CUNY Baccalaureate Program / Home College: Baruch College

Finally, note that we have three different graduation dates each year (September, January, June) so be sure you have the correct month on your records.

For graduate school applications (other than law, medical, dental schools), please use the Program's College Board (CEEB) code: 2479, to indicate the CUNY Baccalaureate Program.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions on this.
Beth Kneller
Deputy Director
bkneller@gc.cuny.edu/212-817-8238