is committed to serving not only the students who pursue their degrees in this college, but all NYIT undergraduates who depend on CAS for developing foundational academic skills and completing general education and other critical pieces of their education. As of 2015, the College of Arts and Sciences at NYIT offers 28 undergraduate and five graduate degree programs in departments including Behavioral Sciences, Communication Arts, Fine Arts, Interdisciplinary Studies, English and Speech, Mathematics, Physics, Social Sciences, Urban Administration and Life Sciences. The College of Arts and Sciences is home to NYIT's undergraduate Core Curriculum. In 2016, the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security designated NYIT as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education. Core curriculum Since fall 2010, all undergraduates must complete the Core Curriculum. NYIT's core curriculum was created to provide undergraduate students with an outcomes-oriented education that will prepare them for today's workforce. Demographics The student body consists of nearly 9,000 graduate and undergraduate students and around 1,000 academic faculty. The student body at NYIT is 52% male and 48% female. Libraries The New York campuses include four libraries: George and Gertrude Wisser Memorial Library, Art and Architecture Library at Education Hall, College of Osteopathic Medicine Library, 1855 Broadway Library, Access to the collection of books, periodicals and journals is open to registered NYIT students and alumni. Onsite use of special collections is also available to visiting students and researchers. NYIT collections include more than 100,000 books, 200 databases, 13,000 ebooks, and videos. Rankings Nationally, NYIT was ranked 151-160 by QS World University Rankings in 2020. U.S. News & World Report ranks NYIT 22nd among universities in the North for 2022. In 2015, NYIT's MBA program was ranked #1 in the United States in terms of salary-to-debt ratio. According to the survey by SoFi, graduates of NYIT's MBA program make an average of $126,068 per year, and have an average debt of $50,308. NYIT was ranked 24th on Payscale.com's list of Best Value College in NY State (20-year ROI), in 2015. In 2015, NYIT was ranked 14th in New York State by average professor salaries. NYIT was ranked #44 by U.S. News & World Report Best Online Graduate Engineering Programs in 2016. NYIT was ranked #23 by U.S. News & World Report Best Online Graduate Education Programs in 2015. 2012 Chronicle of Higher Education ranked NYIT as one of the best colleges