Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 9,300.

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

The Graduate Center Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

The Graduate Center Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at The Graduate Center is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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 62 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

The Graduate Center Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. The Graduate Center does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from The Graduate Center, 55% 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	52
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at The Graduate Center, CUNY. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	185
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	50
Child Development & Psychology	38

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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.