(original school) (independent college) | type = Public college | accreditation = MSCHE | parent = City University of New York | endowment = $291.8 million (Baruch College), $3.6 billion (City University of New York) | administrative_staff = 699 | faculty = 1,221 | president = S. David Wu | provost = Linda Essig | students = 19,740 | undergrad = 15,774 the first institution of free public higher education in the United States.
