LaGuardia Community College, located in Long Island City, Queens, since 1971, has a diverse student body of 10,400, which draws on the many immigrant communities of Western Queens, plus a Division of Adult and Continuing Education that serves over 22,000 students yearly. As CUNY's only cooperative education college, LaGuardia requires all day students to complete two work internships and associated courses designed to prepare them to enter into the workforce. The College also plays a leading role in spreading the model of community colleges to countries around the world. LaGuardia offers some 30 associate degree programs, including both liberal arts transfer programs and career programs in the health professions, business, and computer sciences. It is the home to the largest Continuing Education Program for Deaf Adults based at a community college and includes an Institute for Sign Language Interpretation.
Entrepreneurs also receive training in preparing business plans, marketing and computers.
The City University of New York, the nation's leading urban university, comprises 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, a graduate school, a law school, and a medical school. Nearly 200,000 degree-credit students and 155,000 adult and continuing education students are enrolled throughout the five boroughs of the City of New York.