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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from The Graduate Center.

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

Online Classes Are Available at The Graduate Center

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, The Graduate Center does offer online courses in ethnic studies for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

The Graduate Center Ethnic Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks ethnic studies programs across the country. The following shows how The Graduate Center performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Online Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Most Focused Ethnic Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	4

In 2021, 51 students received their master’s degree in ethnic studies from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #1 most popular school for ethnic studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 23 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in ethnic studies from The Graduate Center in 2021, 4% were men and 96% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

The Graduate Center Ethnic Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 51 ethnic studies majors earned their master's degree from The Graduate Center. Of these graduates, 12% were men and 88% were women.

Of the students who received a ethnic studies master's degree from The Graduate Center, 65% 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	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	33
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

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.