CUNY Graduate School and University Center: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #5158 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #1439 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #1359 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #117 of 221 | In New York State |
| #39 of 92 | In New York City |
| #53 of 1,020 | For Sexology |
| Top50% | For 178 other topics |
Quick Review
- Acceptance rate
- 68%
- Undergraduates
- 3,486
- Graduates
- 6,050
- 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 68% and is among the top 30% 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 | 68% | 60% | 81% |
| Applicants | 146 | 78 | 62 |
| Admissions | 100 | 47 | 50 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Freshmen enrolled part time | 10 | 7 | 3 |
567 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
5,255 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 | 2946 (31%) |
|---|---|
| Hispanic | 2182 (23%) |
| Black or African American | 1868 (20%) |
| Asian | 1154 (12%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 1062 (11%) |
| Two or more races | 285 (3%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 16 (0.2%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 (0.1%) |
Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | $305 | $364 |
| Fee in-state | $305 | $364 |
| Fee out-of-state | $305 | $364 |
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 787 bachelor's degrees across 16 programs, 1,256 master's across 62 programs, and 356 doctorate degrees across 36 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 | 221 | 7 | |
| Psychology, General | 92 | 63 | 32 |
| Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse | 137 | 1 | |
| Information Science & Studies | 111 | ||
| Health Services Administration | 101 | ||
| Liberal Arts and Sciences & Liberal Studies | 59 | 38 | |
| Business & Commerce, General | 70 | 6 | 9 |
| Digital Communication and Media & Multimedia | 84 | ||
| Disability Studies | 28 | 51 | |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 60 | ||
| Health Information & Medical Records Administration & Administrator | 31 | 24 | |
| Biology & Biological Sciences, General | 26 | 21 | |
| Physical Sciences, General | 44 | ||
| Computational Science | 43 | ||
| Sociology, General | 15 | 13 | 15 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 42 | ||
| Business Administration and Management, General | 41 | ||
| Anthropology, General | 22 | 18 | |
| Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General | 26 | 11 | |
| Biochemistry | 18 | 18 | |
| English Language and Literature, General | 16 | 20 | |
| Political Science and Government, General | 30 | 6 | |
| Chemistry, General | 15 | 18 | |
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 20 | 11 | |
| Social Sciences, General | 31 | ||
| Youth Services & Administration | 31 | ||
| Physics, General | 17 | 13 | |
| Museology & Museum Studies | 29 | ||
| Philosophy | 23 | 6 | |
| Geology & Earth Science, General | 14 | 13 | |
| Labor Studies | 26 | ||
| Linguistics | 20 | 4 | |
| Statistics, General | 23 | ||
| Urban Studies & Affairs | 5 | 17 | |
| History, General | 11 | 9 | |
| Mathematics, General | 9 | 11 | |
| Nursing Education | 1 | 19 | |
| Urban Education and Leadership | 11 | 9 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 12 | 7 | |
| Computer Science | 11 | 8 | |
| Comparative Literature | 7 | 11 | |
| Experimental Psychology | 15 | 2 | |
| Medical Informatics | 16 | ||
| Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods | 16 | ||
| Social Work | 4 | 12 | |
| Criminal Justice & Law Enforcement Administration | 8 | 7 | |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 6 | 9 | |
| Music, General | 8 | 6 | |
| Public Health, Other | 13 | ||
| Nursing Administration | 12 | ||
| Audiology & Audiologist | 10 | ||
| Women's Studies | 10 | ||
| Behavioral Neuroscience | 7 | 2 | |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | 4 | 4 | |
| Literature, Other | 8 | ||
| Environmental Health | 7 | ||
| Forensic Psychology | 2 | 5 | |
| French Language and Literature | 2 | 5 | |
| International & Globalization Studies | 7 | ||
| Public Health Education and Promotion | 7 | ||
| Clinical Psychology | 6 | ||
| Educational Psychology | 3 | 3 | |
| Music Performance, General | 6 | ||
| International Public Health & International Health | 5 | ||
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | 4 | ||
| Astrophysics | 3 | ||
| Developmental and Child Psychology | 3 | ||
| Social Psychology | 3 | ||
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 2 | ||
| Nursing Science | 2 | ||
| Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Studies | 1 | ||
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other | 1 | ||
| Materials Chemistry | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 787 | 1,256 | 356 |
Publications & Citations
CUNY Graduate School and University Center is a world-class research university with 32,850 scientific papers published and 1,017,484 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.
Publication / Citation count by topic
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 203 | 2590 |
| 1994 | 205 | 2912 |
| 1995 | 198 | 2646 |
| 1996 | 216 | 3015 |
| 1997 | 283 | 3040 |
| 1998 | 246 | 3470 |
| 1999 | 228 | 3658 |
| 2000 | 254 | 4269 |
| 2001 | 323 | 4963 |
| 2002 | 493 | 6964 |
| 2003 | 443 | 7353 |
| 2004 | 499 | 8448 |
| 2005 | 537 | 10333 |
| 2006 | 611 | 11440 |
| 2007 | 660 | 13208 |
| 2008 | 725 | 15458 |
| 2009 | 826 | 18045 |
| 2010 | 903 | 20498 |
| 2011 | 1047 | 23659 |
| 2012 | 1117 | 26946 |
| 2013 | 1199 | 30666 |
| 2014 | 1365 | 34623 |
| 2015 | 1339 | 38333 |
| 2016 | 1574 | 41128 |
| 2017 | 1571 | 45728 |
| 2018 | 1691 | 51652 |
| 2019 | 1902 | 62410 |
| 2020 | 1879 | 75855 |
| 2021 | 1879 | 84037 |
| 2022 | 1641 | 84267 |
| 2023 | 1696 | 89027 |
| 2024 | 1425 | 90158 |
| 2025 | 1124 | 85108 |
CUNY Graduate School and University Center alumni
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Ryūhō Ōkawa
- Enrolled in CUNY Graduate School and University Center
- Studied international finance
- Occupations
- poetwriterphilosopherpsychicfilm producer
- Biography
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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.
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Nancy Fraser
- Occupations
- university teacherfeministphilosopherpolitical scientistsociologist
- Biography
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Nancy Fraser is an American philosopher, critical theorist, feminist, and the Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor Emerita 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.
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Maggie Nelson
- Occupations
- essayistuniversity teacherart criticwriterpoet
- Biography
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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 received a 2016 MacArthur Fellowship, and several other major awards in the years before that.
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Hal Foster
- Occupations
- art historianart criticuniversity teacherteacherjournalist
- Biography
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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.
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 | 1,308 |
| Carnegie classification | Doctoral Universities: Very High Research Activity |
Location and contacts
| Address | 365 Fifth Ave New York, New York, 10016 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 8,804,000 |
| Phone | 2128177000 |