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. In 2021, 8 urban studies 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 Urban Studies section at the bottom of this page.

The Graduate Center Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Urban Studies (Less Than 1 Year)
• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies
• Master’s Degree in Urban Studies

The Graduate Center Urban Studies Rankings

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

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
	1
Most Popular Urban Studies Basic Certificate Schools	1
Most Popular Urban Studies Graduate Certificate Schools	2
Most Focused Urban Studies Schools	7

In 2021, 28 students received their master’s degree in urban studies from The Graduate Center. This makes it the #3 most popular school for urban studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

The urban studies program at The Graduate Center awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical urban studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at The Graduate Center since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

The Graduate Center Urban Studies Master’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a master's degree in Urban Studies from The Graduate Center in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

In the urban studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 17% 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	2
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

The Graduate Center also has a doctoral program available in urban studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.