How many students at CUNY Graduate Center? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 8,733 students have enrolled in CUNY Graduate School and University Center with 2,793 undergraduate and 5,940 graduate students.

By gender, 2,855 male and 5,878 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

6,263 students are enrolled exclusively, and 880 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

CUNY Graduate School and University Center has a total of 8,733 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,793 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,940 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,855 male and 5,878 female students (the male-female ratio is 33:67) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total8,7332,7935,940
Men2,8557252,130
Women5,8782,0683,810
CUNY Graduate School and University Center 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCUNY Graduate School and University Center 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCUNY Graduate School and University Center 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,002 White, 1,636 Black, and 1,018 Asian students out of a total of 8,733 are attending at CUNY Graduate School and University Center. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American17512
Asian1,018337681
Black1,6363841,252
Hispanic1,8315231,308
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders19613
White3,0021,0861,916
Two or more races21869149
Race Unknown---
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American844
Asian360118242
Black817163654
Hispanic856208648
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1138
White593186407
Two or more races862363
Race Unknown---
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American918
Asian658219439
Black819221598
Hispanic975315660
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders835
White2,4099001,509
Two or more races1324686
Race Unknown---
CUNY Graduate School and University Center 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCUNY Graduate School and University Center 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCUNY Graduate School and University Center 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, CUNY Graduate Center has 18 students under 18 years old and 77 students over 65 years old. There are 824 students under 25 years old, and 8,191 students over 25 years old out of 9,017 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 18 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. CUNY Graduate Center has 283 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,463 students aged 25 and over.

It has 541 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,728 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1818180
18-19431
20-21594514
22-24743519224
25-292,2711,542729
30-342,2291,423806
35-391,407920487
40-491,469995474
50-64738508230
Over 65774235
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1818180
18-19431
20-21453411
22-2421615264
25-29517397120
30-34642465177
35-39500387113
40-49544393151
50-6425419064
Over 65633
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2114113
22-24527367160
25-291,7541,145609
30-341,587958629
35-39907533374
40-49925602323
50-64484318166
Over 65713932
CUNY Graduate School and University Center 2022 Student Population by Age chartCUNY Graduate School and University Center 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartCUNY Graduate School and University Center 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartCUNY Graduate School and University Center 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartCUNY Graduate School and University Center 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartCUNY Graduate School and University Center 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At CUNY Graduate School and University Center, 6,263 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 880 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,707 students lived in New York or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,556 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students8,7336,263880
Undergraduate2,7932,65415
Graduate5,9403,609865
Online Student Population by Locality
New York ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students4,7071,5560
Undergraduate2,1804740
Graduate2,5271,0820
CUNY Graduate School and University Center 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,793 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 876 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 31.36%.438 students have transferred in as full-time status and 438 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time454
Transfer-in Full-time438
Regular Part-time1,463
Transfer-in Part-time438

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