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#2082 of 14,131 In the World
#562 of 2,597 In North America
#511 of 2,496 In the United States
#49 of 221 In New York State
#17 of 92 In New York City
#53 of 1,000 For Sexology
Top50% For 178 other topics
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Acceptance rate
39%
Undergraduates
3,237
Graduates
5,879
Male:Female Ratio
33:67
Control
Public
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Website
gc.cuny.edu

CUNY Graduate School and University Center Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

CUNY Graduate School and University Center has an acceptance rate of 39% and is among the top 10% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.

Total Men Women
Acceptance Rate 39% 40% 39%
Applicants 158 81 75
Admissions 61 32 29
Freshmen enrolled part time 16 10 6

1,260 students enrolled in some distance education courses.

4,305 enrolled exclusively in distance education.

Admissions requirements

Secondary school GPA Required
Secondary school record Required
TOEFL Required
Recommendations Considered but not required
College-preparatory program Neither required nor recommended
Formal demonstration of competencies Neither required nor recommended
Other Tests Neither required nor recommended
SAT/ACT Neither required nor recommended
Secondary school rank Neither required nor recommended

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

White 2879 (32%)
Hispanic 2011 (22%)
Black or African American 1796 (20%)
Asian 1094 (12%)
Nonresident Alien 1060 (12%)
Two or more races 241 (3%)
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 13 (0.1%)
American Indian or Alaska Native 5 (0.1%)

Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees

Tuition and fees

UndergraduatesGraduates
Tuition in-district $6,930$9,930
Tuition in-state $6,930$9,930
Tuition out-of-state $14,880$23,160
Fee in-district $480$480
Fee in-state $480$480
Fee out-of-state $480$480

Room and board costs

Dormitory capacity 111
Room charge $17,040

CUNY Graduate School and University Center majors

CUNY Graduate School and University Center has granted 753 bachelor's degrees across 14 programs, 1,242 master's across 60 programs, and 391 doctorate degrees across 38 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at CUNY Graduate School and University Center.

Major Bachelor Master Doctoral
Public Health, General 220 11
Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse 182 2
Psychology, General 72 63 27
Business & Commerce, General 87 11 12
Digital Communication and Media & Multimedia 95
Health Services Administration 91
Information Science & Studies 81
Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies 43 36
Disability Studies 22 50
Business Administration and Management, General 63
Sociology, General 25 16 14
Health Information & Medical Records Administration & Administrator 34 20
Computer and Information Sciences, General 50
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 44
Physical Sciences, General 43
Biology & Biological Sciences, General 26 16
Philosophy 29 11
Political Science and Government, General 30 10
Urban Studies & Affairs 9 30
Physics, General 16 22
English Language and Literature, General 19 17
Museology & Museum Studies 32
Anthropology, General 17 14
Chemistry, General 14 17
Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General 25 6
Computer Science 9 18
Biochemistry 12 13
Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement Administration 12 13
Linguistics 17 5
Music, General 9 13
Geology & Earth Science, General 15 6
Labor Studies 21
Nursing Education 4 17
Computational Science 20
Urban Education and Leadership 9 11
Social Work 8 11
Spanish Language and Literature 7 12
Youth Services & Administration 19
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics 5 13
Mathematics, General 11 7
Public Health, Other 18
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 12 5
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods 17
Behavioral Neuroscience 8 8
Social Sciences, General 16
Nursing Science 15
Comparative Literature 7 7
Educational Psychology 5 9
History, General 7 7
Public Health Education and Promotion 14
Experimental Psychology 10 3
Nursing Administration 12
Environmental Health 11
Medical Informatics 11
Audiology & Audiologist 10
French Language and Literature 6 3
Statistics, General 8
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics 2 5
Forensic Psychology 4 3
International Public Health & International Health 7
Literature, Other 7
Clinical Psychology 6
International & Globalization Studies 6
Music Performance, General 6
Women's Studies 6
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 1 4
Near and Middle Eastern Studies 5
Social Psychology 2
Developmental and Child Psychology 1
Music Theory and Composition 1
Grand Total 753 1,242 391

Publications & Citations

CUNY Graduate School and University Center is a world-class research university with 31,908 scientific papers published and 949,391 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Biology, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Medicine, Environmental Science, Philosophy, and Psychology.

Publications
31,908
Citations
949,391

Publication / Citation count by topic

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
17,755 / 490,977
Biology
16,234 / 588,082
Computer Science
13,149 / 428,507
Physics
12,545 / 389,903
Chemistry
12,484 / 443,309
Engineering
12,277 / 390,220
Medicine
11,682 / 414,394
Environmental Science
11,077 / 350,828
Philosophy
10,100 / 283,322
Psychology
9,774 / 365,493
Political Science
9,402 / 254,925
Sociology
9,075 / 273,448
Law
8,791 / 243,358
Quantum and Particle physics
8,380 / 261,065
Biochemistry
7,413 / 295,757
Genetics
6,837 / 256,993
Geography and Cartography
6,479 / 187,553
History
6,076 / 135,354
Organic Chemistry
5,906 / 215,342
Geology
5,687 / 192,262
Materials Science
5,509 / 179,296
Mathematics
5,123 / 187,733
Linguistics
5,110 / 143,631
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
4,606 / 134,874
Ecology
4,510 / 170,426
Psychiatry
4,384 / 169,294
Neuroscience
4,306 / 166,618
Archaeology
4,298 / 122,217
Art & Design
4,120 / 90,388
Economics
4,098 / 121,453
Business
3,970 / 120,578
Paleontology
3,910 / 134,596
Optical Engineering
3,750 / 114,790
Statistics
3,706 / 135,185
Pathology
3,522 / 137,799
Social Psychology
3,362 / 140,749
Public Health
2,454 / 82,704
Demography
2,292 / 77,375
Child Psychology
2,195 / 105,729
Electrical Engineering
2,182 / 65,648

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1992 196 2605
1993 202 2596
1994 205 2908
1995 198 2648
1996 216 3015
1997 283 3040
1998 246 3482
1999 228 3659
2000 254 4266
2001 323 4958
2002 493 6964
2003 441 7348
2004 495 8446
2005 536 10337
2006 609 11437
2007 657 13202
2008 725 15445
2009 826 18029
2010 901 20487
2011 1047 23646
2012 1117 26946
2013 1197 30634
2014 1363 34592
2015 1337 38147
2016 1570 40966
2017 1569 45601
2018 1687 51502
2019 1898 62326
2020 1875 75715
2021 1875 83881
2022 1634 84108
2023 1690 88758
2024 1406 88799
Academic rankings

CUNY Graduate School and University Center alumni

  1. Ryūhō Ōkawa

    Ryūhō Ōkawa
    Born in
    Japan Flag Japan
    Years
    1956-2023 (aged 67)
    Enrolled in CUNY Graduate School and University Center
    Studied international finance
    Occupations
    novelistlyricistbusinesspersonpoetwriter
    Biography

    Ryuho Okawa was a Japanese religious and political leader who was the CEO and founder of the Happy Science and the Happiness Realization Party. He was also an author and chairman of two companies affiliated with the organization, New Star Production and ARI Production.

  2. Nancy Fraser

    Nancy Fraser
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    political scientistsociologistuniversity teacherfeministphilosopher
    Biography

    Nancy Fraser is an American philosopher, critical theorist, feminist, and the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science and professor of philosophy at The New School in New York City. Widely known for her critique of identity politics and her philosophical work on the concept of justice, Fraser is also a staunch critic of contemporary liberal feminism and its abandonment of social justice issues. Fraser holds honorary doctoral degrees from four universities in three countries, and won the 2010 Alfred Schutz Prize in Social Philosophy from the American Philosophical Association. She was President of the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division for the 2017–2018 term.

  3. Maggie Nelson

    Maggie Nelson
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1973-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    poetfaculty memberwriterart criticuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Maggie Nelson is an American writer. She has been described as a genre-busting writer defying classification, working in autobiography, art criticism, theory, feminism, queerness, sexual violence, the history of the avant-garde, aesthetic theory, philosophy, scholarship, and poetry. Nelson has been the recipient of a 2016 MacArthur Fellowship, a 2012 Creative Capital Literature Fellowship, a 2011 NEA Fellowship in Poetry, and a 2010 Guggenheim Fellowship in Nonfiction. Other honors include the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism and a 2007 Andy Warhol Foundation/Creative Capital Arts Writers Grant.

  4. Hal Foster

    Hal Foster
    Born in
    United States Flag United States
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    journalistarchaeologistart historianart criticuniversity teacher
    Biography

    Harold Foss "Hal" Foster is an American art critic and historian. He was educated at Princeton University, Columbia University, and the City University of New York. He taught at Cornell University from 1991 to 1997 and has been on the faculty at Princeton since 1997. In 1998 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship.

All 32 notable alumni

General info

Alternative names CUNY Graduate Center
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York
The Graduate Center
Founded 1961
Motto Scholarship for an Urban World
Colors blue, black
Academic calendar September to May
Total FTE staff 1,267
Carnegie classification Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity

Location and contacts

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New York, New York, 10016
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City population 8,804,000
Phone 2128177000

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