CUNY Graduate School And University Center

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

CUNY Graduate School and University Center is located in New York. It is commonly referred to as CUNY Graduate Center or GC. Established in 1961, today GC enrolls more than 4,000 students annually. CUNY Graduate Center offers more than 30 quality academic degree programs for the convenience of its students, in subjects like Engineering, English, Business and Public Health. There are also online courses and distance education programs hosted by GC.

The students participate in various cmapus organizations offered including the Active Research Group, the Cinema Studies Group, the Feminist Studies Group, the Japan Study Group and the GC Poetics Group. The students of GC can also play sports like soccer, baseball and basketball.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in engineering, science, music, media, liberal arts, therapy and counseling, fine arts, and drama and performing arts.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 5,944 in 2009-2010 (2,658 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 22% of enrolled students and graduate students are 78%.

Students under 25 years old represent 10% of the student body. About 24% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

The Graduate Center offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (32 awarded)

• Business/Commerce
• Labor Studies
• Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (16 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (8 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (24 awarded)

• Education
• Urban Education and Leadership

ENGINEERING (46 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (48 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (31 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LAW (1 awarded)

• Legal Professions and Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (404 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• History
• Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Linguistics
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (14 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (76 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (12 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MUSIC (25 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (1 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (16 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (122 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biopsychology
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (23 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (148 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Developmental and Child Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Environmental Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Forensic Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
• Social Psychology