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Museum Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Museum Studies at The Graduate Center, CUNY

If you plan to study museum 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 has a total student population of 9,300.

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

The Graduate Center Museum Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Museum Studies

The Graduate Center Museum Studies Rankings

Museum Studies Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Museum Studies Master’s Program

81% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of museum studies master's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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Of the students who received a museum studies master's degree from The Graduate Center, 69% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the museum studies master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 9% 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 museum studies.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 22
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Museum Studies

The following museum studies concentations are available at The Graduate Center, CUNY. 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
Museology/Museum Studies 10

Careers That Museum Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in museum 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
Curators 1,570 $73,850
Museum Technicians and Conservators 1,490 $56,040
Archivists 1,170 $56,270

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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