Public Health at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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

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, 207 students received their master's degree in public health.

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

The Graduate Center Public Health Degrees Available

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

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, The Graduate Center does offer online courses in public health for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

The Graduate Center Public Health Rankings

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in public health, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Public Health Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Public Health Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 207 public health majors earned their master's degree from The Graduate Center. Of these graduates, 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 24% men graduate in public health each year. The Graduate Center does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the public health master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 21% 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 public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	38
Black or African American	56
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	55
International Students	19
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Communication Sciences
• Nursing

Careers That Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in public health 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
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Community Health Workers	6,590	$44,340
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	3,780	$76,020

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.