Social Sciences at The Graduate Center, CUNY

Every social sciences school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the social sciences program at The Graduate Center, CUNY stacks up to those at other schools.

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, 156 students received their master's degree in social sciences.

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

The Graduate Center Social Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences
• Doctorate Degree in Social Sciences

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? The Graduate Center offers distance education options for social sciences at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

The Graduate Center Social Sciences Rankings

There were 50 students who received their doctoral degrees in social sciences, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

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

The Graduate Center Social Sciences Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 156 students earned a master's degree in social sciences from The Graduate Center. About 49% of these graduates were women and the other 51% were men.

In the social sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% 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 social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	65
International Students	41
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Social Sciences

If you plan to be a social sciences 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
Anthropology	57
Economics	47
Urban Studies	42
Political Science & Government	38
Sociology	36
Demography & Population Studies	1

Related Majors

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

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social sciences 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
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	63,520	$77,230
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Social Science Research Assistants	6,290	$49,000
Social Sciences Professors	2,570	$101,250

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.