Disability Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY

What traits are you looking for in a disability studies school? To help you decide if The Graduate Center, CUNY is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's disability studies program.

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 Disability Studies section at the bottom of this page.

The Graduate Center Disability Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Disability Studies
• Master’s Degree in Disability 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.

The Graduate Center does offer online education options in disability studies for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

The Graduate Center Disability Studies Rankings

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

Disability Studies Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Disability Studies Bachelor’s Program

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

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities in its disability 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 disability 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 Disability Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of disability studies master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 9% men graduate in disability studies each year. The Graduate Center does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

Of the students who received a disability studies master's degree from The Graduate Center, 64% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the disability studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 6% 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 disability studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, & Group Studies, Other
• African American Studies
• Women’s Studies

Careers That Disability Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in disability 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
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.