Communication & Media Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at The Graduate Center, CUNY stacks up to those at other schools.

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and approximately 9,300 students attend the school each year. Of the 762 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The Graduate Center, CUNY in 2021, 52 of them were communication and media studies majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

The Graduate Center Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

The Graduate Center Communication & Media Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the communications progam at The Graduate Center compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The communications major at The Graduate Center is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	272
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	536
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Schools	626

How Much Do Communications Graduates from The Graduate Center Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at The Graduate Center is $51,317. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 58% higher than the national average of $32,435 for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

The Graduate Center Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 52 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications from The Graduate Center. About 29% were men and 71% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its communications bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The Graduate Center, CUNY with a bachelor's in communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

The Graduate Center also has a doctoral program available in communications. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Alex Irklievski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.