Physical Sciences at The Graduate Center, CUNY
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 Physical Sciences section at the bottom of this page.
The Graduate Center Physical Sciences Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Sciences
- Master’s Degree in Physical Sciences
The Graduate Center Physical Sciences Rankings
The physical sciences major at The Graduate Center is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Sciences. 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.
There were 42 students who received their doctoral degrees in physical sciences, making the school the #44 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Physical Sciences Student Demographics at The Graduate Center
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physical sciences majors at The Graduate Center, CUNY.
The Graduate Center Physical Sciences Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physical sciences 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 physical sciences.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 13 |
White | 9 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
The Graduate Center Physical Sciences Master’s Program
In the physical sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% 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 physical sciences.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 4 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 8 |
White | 15 |
International Students | 13 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Concentrations Within Physical Sciences
If you plan to be a physical sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The Graduate Center, CUNY. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.
Concentration | Annual Degrees Awarded |
---|---|
General Physical Sciences | 63 |
Geological & Earth Sciences | 43 |
Chemistry | 32 |
Physics | 31 |
Related Majors
Careers That Physical Sciences Grads May Go Into
A degree in physical sciences 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 |
---|---|---|
High School Teachers | 74,830 | $85,300 |
Architectural and Engineering Managers | 7,330 | $161,670 |
Professors | 6,440 | $112,000 |
Environmental Scientists and Specialists | 4,400 | $79,340 |
Chemists | 3,360 | $85,590 |
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.