General Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY

If you plan to study general psychology, 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 has a total student population of 9,300. In 2021, 66 psychology majors received their bachelor's degree from The Graduate Center.

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

The Graduate Center General Psychology Degrees Available

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

The Graduate Center General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology progam at The Graduate Center compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The psychology major at The Graduate Center is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	6
Most Focused General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
	12

In 2021, 90 students received their master’s degree in psychology from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #8 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 29 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of The Graduate Center Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at The Graduate Center is $41,124. This is 44% higher than $28,637, which is the national average for all psychology bachelor's degree recipients.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% 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	3
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	24
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

The Graduate Center General Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 90 students earned a master's degree in psychology from The Graduate Center. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men.

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	4
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	41
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

The Graduate Center also has a doctoral program available in psychology. In 2021, 29 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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.