by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
The Graduate Center, CUNY was awarded 434 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social sciences.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, The Graduate Center is ranked #182 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
Out of the 142 colleges in New York, The Graduate Center is ranked at #14.
At The Graduate Center, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at The Graduate Center, CUNY is 37%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,973 undergraduates at The Graduate Center with 714 being full-time and 2,259 being part-time.
The student loan default rate at The Graduate Center is 3.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for The Graduate Center are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10016 |
| Phone: | 212-817-7000 |
| Website: | www.gc.cuny.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 197 | $94,707 |
| General Business/Commerce | 91 | $60,843 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 67 | NA |
| General Psychology | 66 | $41,124 |
| General Physical Sciences | 63 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 60 | $47,100 |
| Information Science | 59 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 52 | $51,317 |
| Public Health | 45 | NA |
| Ethnic Studies | 23 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 8,421 students took at least one online class at The Graduate Center, CUNY. This is a decrease from the 9,296 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 8,421 | 7,230 |
| 2019-2020 | 9,296 | 9,260 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,817 | 3,452 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,268 | 2,981 |
| 2016-2017 | 2,651 | 2,414 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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