Liberal Arts at The Graduate Center, CUNY

If you are interested in studying liberal arts, 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 Liberal Arts section at the bottom of this page.

The Graduate Center Liberal Arts Degrees Available

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

The Graduate Center Liberal Arts Rankings

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

Liberal Studies Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal 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 liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

The Graduate Center Liberal Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of liberal studies master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 36% men graduate in liberal studies each year. The Graduate Center does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a liberal studies master's degree from The Graduate Center, 53% 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 liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	19
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal 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
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.