Distinct Academic Programs

• The BS Gerontological Studies and Services, BS Public Health, and the Dual BS/MS Occupational Therapy Programs are the only programs of their kind within the CUNY Senior Colleges.
• The MS Physician Assistant Studies program is only one of two graduate-level programs within the CUNY Senior Colleges
• The BS 4 Year Generic Nursing program is the only one of its kind in the Borough of Queens, New York
• The Clinical Laboratory Science program is the only nationally accredited program of its kind within the CUNY Senior Colleges

Nationally Accredited Programs

• Fourteen of the School's professional programs hold national accreditation.
• BS Clinical Laboratory Science National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Science (NAACLS)
• BS Nursing Generic and RN-BS Nursing Completion Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN)
• BS/MS Occupational Therapy Accreditation Council for OccupationalTherapy Education (ACOTE).
• MS Physician Assistant Studies Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
• BS Social Work Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
• BA Childhood Teacher Education (Grades 1-6)BS Secondary Teacher Education (Grades 7-12) in Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Mathematics, and Spanish
• BS Health Education Teacher (Grades PK-12) and BS Physical Education Teacher (Grades PK-12) National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education/Council for Accreditation of Educator Preparation (NCATE/CAEP)