Philosophy at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Every philosophy school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the philosophy program at The Graduate Center, CUNY stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Philosophy section at the bottom of this page.

The Graduate Center Philosophy Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Philosophy
• Doctorate Degree in Philosophy

The Graduate Center Philosophy Rankings

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In 2021, 31 students received their master’s degree in philosophy from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #2 most popular school for philosophy master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in philosophy, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Philosophy Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Philosophy Master’s Program

Of the 31 students who earned a master's degree in Philosophy from The Graduate Center in 2020-2021, 52% were men and 48% were women.

Of the students who received a philosophy master's degree from The Graduate Center, 61% 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 philosophy.

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

The Graduate Center also has a doctoral program available in philosophy. In 2021, 8 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Philosophy Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy 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
Mathematical Science Professors	4,700	$105,070
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460

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.