Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if The Graduate Center, CUNY is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology 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, 145 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

The Graduate Center Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

The Graduate Center Psychology Rankings

There were 62 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #18 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at The Graduate Center awarded 145 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 24% of these degrees went to men with the other 76% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. The Graduate Center does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from The Graduate Center, 52% were white. This is typical 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	76
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
General Psychology	119
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	50
Child Development & Psychology	38

Related Majors

• Education
• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Communication & Journalism
• Social Sciences

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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.