Labor Studies degree programs are on the lower end of the spectrum in terms of popularity. In fact, the major ranks #938 out of the 1506 majors we look at each year. As such, your educational options may be more limited than if you were in a more popular field.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for labor studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 59 degrees in labor studies to qualified students.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Labor Studies Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of labor studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
The Graduate Center, CUNY is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in labor studies. Located in the large city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #182 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means The Graduate Center is a great school overall.
There were approximately 46 labor studies students who graduated with this degree at The Graduate Center in the most recent year we have data available.
SUNY Empire State College is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in labor studies. Located in the suburb of Saratoga Springs, SUNY Empire is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 52nd out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 7 labor studies students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Empire in the most recent year we have data available.
Queens College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in labor studies. Located in the city of Queens, QC is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 26th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 6 labor studies students who graduated with this degree at QC in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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