The Graduate Center, CUNY Data & Information Overview

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• Rankings
• Admission and Acceptance
• Faculty
• Retention and Graduation Rates
• Diversity
• Cost
• Student Debt
• Average Earnings
• Location
• Majors
• Online Learning

How Well Is The Graduate Center, CUNY Ranked?

2021 Rankings

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 15 badges in the 2021 rankings.

Overall Quality

The Graduate Center was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into The Graduate Center?

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The Graduate Center, CUNY Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

At The Graduate Center, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 6 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.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Retention and Graduation Rates at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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The Graduate Center, CUNY Undergraduate Student Diversity

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,498 undergraduates at The Graduate Center with 468 being full-time and 2,030 being part-time.

How Much Does The Graduate Center, CUNY Cost?

The student loan default rate at The Graduate Center is 4.6%. 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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How Much Money Do The Graduate Center Graduates Make?

The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from The Graduate Center make about $56,600 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. This is good news for future The Graduate Center graduates since it is 42% more than the average college graduate's salary of $39,802 per year.

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Location of The Graduate Center, CUNY

The Graduate Center, CUNY is a public institution located in New York, New York. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

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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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/theGraduateCenter
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/gradcenternews

The Graduate Center, CUNY Majors

During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 113 majors graduated from The Graduate Center, CUNY. Of these students, 562 received undergraduate degrees and 1,300 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors	Bachelor’s Degrees	Average Salary of Graduates
Nursing	150	$84,500
General Business/Commerce	65	$52,000
Liberal Arts General Studies	65	NA
General Physical Sciences	58	NA
General Psychology	56	NA
Health & Medical Administrative Services	52	NA
Communication & Media Studies	38	$36,800
Information Science	26	NA
Sociology	18	NA
Ethnic Studies	14	NA

Learn more about the majors offered at The Graduate Center, CUNY along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at The Graduate Center

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 2017-2018, 3,268 students took at least one online class at The Graduate Center, CUNY. This is an increase from the 2,651 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year	Took at Least One Online Class	Took All Classes Online
2017-2018	3,268	2,981
2016-2017	2,651	2,414
2015-2016	2,167	2,098
2014-2015	1,899	1,817
2013-2014	1,771	1,715

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Notes and References

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.

References

• National Center for Education Statistics
• College Scorecard
• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• Image Credit: By Alex Irklievski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.