Education at The Graduate Center, CUNY

If you are interested in studying education, you may want to check out the program at The Graduate Center, CUNY. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and approximately 9,300 students attend the school each year.

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

The Graduate Center Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

The Graduate Center Education Rankings

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In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in education from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #1,046 most popular school for education master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #326 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a master's degree in education from The Graduate Center. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men.

Of the students who received a education master's degree from The Graduate Center, 57% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 12% better 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 master's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

The Graduate Center also has a doctoral program available in education. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Education

The following education concentations are available at The Graduate Center, CUNY. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The Graduate Center, CUNY. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational Administration	17

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences
• Psychology

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Teacher Assistants	123,960	$31,330
Elementary School Teachers	82,590	$83,010
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Middle School Teachers	39,950	$83,490
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers	31,840	$56,060

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.