Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY

If you plan to study area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies, 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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 57 students received their master's degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies section at the bottom of this page.

The Graduate Center Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

Online Classes Are Available at The Graduate Center

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, The Graduate Center does offer online courses in area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

The Graduate Center Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Rankings

Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies majors at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

The Graduate Center Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Master’s Program

Of the 57 students who earned a master's degree in Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies from The Graduate Center in 2020-2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

Of the students who received a area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies master's degree from The Graduate Center, 65% 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 area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	37
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies

The following area, ethnic, culture, and gender studies concentations are available at The Graduate Center, CUNY. 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
Ethnic Studies	66
Area Studies	9

Related Majors

• Education
• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

Careers That Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area, ethnic, culture, and gender 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
Interpreters and Translators	3,300	$68,940
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280

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.