Urban Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY

What traits are you looking for in a urban studies school? To help you decide if The Graduate Center, CUNY is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's urban studies program.

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 Urban Studies section at the bottom of this page.

The Graduate Center Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies
• Master’s Degree in Urban Studies

The Graduate Center Urban Studies Rankings

The urban studies major at The Graduate Center is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Urban Studies. 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.

Urban Studies Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of urban studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% more racial-ethnic minorities in its urban studies 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 urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

The Graduate Center Urban Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of urban studies master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

In the urban studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 73% of degree recipients. That is 26% 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 urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Urban Studies

If you plan to be a urban studies 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
Urban Studies/Affairs	50

Related Majors

• Demography & Population Studies
• General Social Sciences
• Political Science & Government
• Economics
• Sociology

Careers That Urban Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in urban studies 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
Social Sciences Professors	2,570	$101,250
Urban and Regional Planners	1,410	$76,730
Sociologists	190	$75,800

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.