Ethnic Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY

If you are interested in studying ethnic studies, 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 Ethnic Studies section at the bottom of this page.

The Graduate Center Ethnic Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies
• Master’s Degree in Ethnic Studies

The Graduate Center Ethnic Studies Rankings

The ethnic studies major at The Graduate Center is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Ethnic 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.

Ethnic Studies Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Ethnic Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of ethnic studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ethnic studies 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 ethnic studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

The Graduate Center Ethnic Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of ethnic studies master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Of the students who received a ethnic studies master's degree from The Graduate Center, 66% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	37
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Ethnic Studies

The following ethnic studies 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
Disability Studies	74
Women’s Studies	12
African American Studies	2
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other	1

Related Majors

• Area Studies

Careers That Ethnic Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in ethnic studies 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
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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.