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CUNY Graduate School And University Center

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.

Campus Location

365 Fifth Ave
New York, NY 10016-4309
USA
Main Tel: (212) 817-7000
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

CUNY Graduate School And University Center Highlights

Where CUNY Graduate School And University Center stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

  • Many students concentrating in liberal arts, therapy and counseling, science, mathematics, fine arts, and music.
  • High faculty salary.
  • Large number of programs of study offered.
  • Many mature (40+ year old) students.
  • Large number of students.

Other important characteristics:

  • Faculty tenure system
  • Library on-campus
  • Distance learning available
  • Part-time classes available

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

DegreeTotal
Earned
Different
Programs
Doctorale30343
Post-master's certificate24745
Bachelor1761
Master595
1-2 year certificate161

The Graduate Center Students

The student enrollment at The Graduate Center was 5,468 in 2007 (4,749 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 10% of enrolled students and graduate students are 90%.

Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs

Financial Aid: The Graduate Center participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  128
Without tenure; working toward tenure  12
Without tenure; tenure not available  20

Housing and Meals

On-campus housing is not available.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (22 awarded)

  • Business/Commerce
  • Labor Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (15 awarded)

  • Computer Science
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (4 awarded)

  • Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (17 awarded)

  • Reading Teacher Education
  • Urban Education and Leadership

ENGINEERING (39 awarded)

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

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (4 awarded)

  • Social Work

FINE ARTS (26 awarded)

  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LAW (21 awarded)

  • Legal Professions and Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (407 awarded)

  • American/United States Studies/Civilization
  • Anthropology
  • Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
  • Comparative Literature
  • Economics
  • English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
  • French Language and Literature
  • Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
  • History
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Linguistics
  • Political Science and Government
  • Social Sciences
  • Sociology
  • Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (14 awarded)

  • Mathematics

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (6 awarded)

  • Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MUSIC (13 awarded)

  • Music Performance
  • Music Theory and Composition
  • Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (4 awarded)

  • Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (24 awarded)

  • Philosophy

SCIENCE (94 awarded)

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

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (11 awarded)

  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (80 awarded)

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Developmental and Child Psychology
  • Educational Psychology
  • Environmental Psychology
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Industrial and Organizational Psychology
  • Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
  • Social Psychology

Selected Careers of Interest

(Based on an automated mapping of degrees popular at The Graduate Center with government-defined occupation categories.)

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