Area Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY

If you are interested in studying area studies, you may want to check out the program at The Graduate Center, CUNY. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 9,300. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students received their master's degree in area studies.

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

The Graduate Center Area Studies Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Area Studies

The Graduate Center Area Studies Rankings

Area Studies Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Area Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 area studies majors earned their master's degree from The Graduate Center. Of these graduates, 67% were men and 33% were women.

Of the students who received a area studies master's degree from The Graduate Center, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the area studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 1% 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 area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Ethnic Studies

Careers That Area Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area 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
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.