Health Professions at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 9,300. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 302 students received a bachelor's degree in health professions from The Graduate Center.

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

The Graduate Center Health Professions Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health Professions (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Health Professions (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at The Graduate Center

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? The Graduate Center offers distance education options for health professions at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

The Graduate Center Health Professions Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at The Graduate Center is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. 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 Focused Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	142
Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	219
Most Popular Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	251
Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	287
Most Focused Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	592
Most Popular Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools	1,303

In 2021, 231 students received their master’s degree in health professions from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #134 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 35 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #398 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 302 health professions majors earned their bachelor's degree from The Graduate Center. Of these graduates, 19% were men and 81% were women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at The Graduate Center since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	44
Black or African American	87
Hispanic or Latino	97
White	63
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

The Graduate Center Health Professions Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 231 health professions majors earned their master's degree from The Graduate Center. Of these graduates, 28% were men and 72% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. The Graduate Center does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 24% 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	42
Black or African American	63
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	60
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

The Graduate Center also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 35 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The Graduate Center, CUNY. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Public Health	301
Nursing	216
Health & Medical Administrative Services	63
Communication Sciences	18
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	9

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Personal Care Aides	199,060	$27,640
Home Health Aides	191,820	$26,240
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Nursing Assistants	91,400	$37,010

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.