Queens College

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Queens College, located in Flushing, Queens, New York City, is one of the senior colleges of the City University of New York.

Queens College was established in 1937 to serve the needs of the growing borough's population, including newly arrived immigrant families. Much as it does today, the college in its early years provided an affordable opportunity to New Yorkers who were eager for a quality education. In 2006, Queens College had an enrollment of 18,107 including 13,662 undergraduates and 4,445 graduate students. Students from 120 different countries speaking 66 different languages are enrolled at the school.

Teams at Queens are known as Knights.

Queens competes in NCAA Division II and the East Coast Conference (ECC).