Liberal Arts General Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and approximately 9,300 students attend the school each year. Of the 762 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The Graduate Center, CUNY in 2021, 67 of them were liberal arts general studies majors.

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

The Graduate Center Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts
• Master’s Degree in Liberal Arts

The Graduate Center Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts 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 liberal arts major at The Graduate Center is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General 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 Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	177
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools	569

In 2021, 48 students received their master’s degree in liberal arts from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #8 most popular school for liberal arts master’s degree candidates in the country.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 67 liberal arts majors earned their bachelor's degree from The Graduate Center. Of these graduates, 36% were men and 64% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal arts 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 liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	23
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

The Graduate Center Liberal Arts General Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 students earned a master's degree in liberal arts from The Graduate Center. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	24
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts 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
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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.