Health Professions at The Graduate Center, CUNY

If you plan to study health professions, 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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 231 students received their master's degree in health professions.

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

The Graduate Center Health Professions Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at The Graduate Center

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

The Graduate Center does offer online education options in health professions for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree

The Graduate Center Health Professions Rankings

There were 35 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #398 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 231 students who earned a master's degree in Health Professions from The Graduate Center in 2020-2021, 28% were men and 72% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in health professions each year. The Graduate Center does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 65% of degree recipients. That is 29% 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	42
Black or African American	63
Hispanic or Latino	40
White	60
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Public Health	256
Nursing	19
Communication Sciences	18
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	9
Health & Medical Administrative Services	3

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Personal Care Aides	199,060	$27,640
Home Health Aides	191,820	$26,240
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Nursing Assistants	91,400	$37,010

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.