Physical Sciences at The Graduate Center, CUNY

If you plan to study physical sciences, take a look at what The Graduate Center, CUNY has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and approximately 9,300 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 students received a bachelor's degree in physical sciences from The Graduate Center.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Physical Sciences

The Graduate Center Physical Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physical sciences programs across the country. The following shows how The Graduate Center performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools	7
Most Popular Physical Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Popular Physical Sciences Schools	61

In 2021, 64 students received their master’s degree in physical sciences from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #25 most popular school for physical sciences master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 63 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in physical sciences from The Graduate Center. About 35% were men and 65% were women. The typical physical sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 43% women. So female students are more repesented at The Graduate Center since its program graduates 22% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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	7
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	18
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

The Graduate Center Physical Sciences Master’s Program

The physical sciences program at The Graduate Center awarded 64 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 56% of these degrees went to men with the other 44% going to women.

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	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	28
International Students	20
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

The Graduate Center also has a doctoral program available in physical sciences. In 2021, 42 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

• Mathematics & Statistics
• Biological & Biomedical Sciences
• Computer & Information Sciences

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.