CUNY Graduate School and University Center (CUNY Graduate Center) is a four-year, public school located in New York, NY.

It offers 177 graduate programs - 79 Master's, 56 Doctorate, 39 Post-bachelor's, and 3 Post-master's. The 2024 average graduate tuition & fees is $10,410 for in-state and $23,640 for out-of-state students.

A total of 5,940 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 8,733 students at CUNY Graduate Center. CUNY Graduate Center offers online graduate programs and 3,609 out of 5,940 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.

You can find CUNY Graduate Center's health profession programs at health professions information page.


Graduate Program Overview

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $10,410 for New York residents and $23,640 for out-of-state students. It offers 177 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameCUNY Graduate School and University Center
TypeFour-year, Public
Address365 Fifth Ave, New York, NY
Graduate School Students6,269 students
3,609 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)In-State$10,410
Out-of-State$23,640
Student to Faculty11:1 (9.09%)
Number of Graduate ProgramsTotal 177 Graduate Programs
79 Master's, 56 Doctorate, 42 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition at CUNY Graduate School and University Center

The following tables describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at CUNY Graduate School and University Center with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For New York residents, the tuition & fees are $10,410 and $23,640 for non-New York residents.

The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $560 for New York residents and $965 for out-of-state students.

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
In-StateOut-of-State
Tuition$9,930$23,160
Fees$480$480
Cost per Credit$560$965
Books & Supplies$1,500
Room & Board$21,788 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$3,834 (Off-Campus)
Off-Campus Total$37,532$50,762

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

CUNY Graduate School and University Center offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 177 major areas - 79 Master's (8 online programs), 56 Doctorate, 39 Post-Bachelor's (2 online programs), 3 Post-Master's. 1,242 students have been conferred Master's degree and 391 students have received Doctorate degree last year.

The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctorate Post-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total1,2423912601
Men39717888-
Women8452131721

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
American/United States Studies/CivilizationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 4 NOT OFFER
Near and Middle Eastern Studies5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
African-American/Black StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
Women's Studies6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Disability Studies50ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Journalism NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia95 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Computer and Information Sciences50ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer Science9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 12 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Adult and Continuing Education AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Urban Education and Leadership NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Adult and Continuing Education and TeachingNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mathematics Teacher EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Reading Teacher EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Drama and Dance Teacher EducationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Education (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Civil Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Electrical and Electronics Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Mechanical Engineering NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Linguistics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Comparative Literature7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
French Language and Literature6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Spanish Language and Literature7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 28ONLINE NOT OFFER
Legal Professions and Studies (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
English Language and Literature NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Literature (other)7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies36 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biology/Biological Sciences26 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biomedical Sciences NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Biochemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mathematics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Statistics8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Biopsychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Medieval and Renaissance StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 12 NOT OFFER
Museology/Museum Studies32ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
International/Global Studies6 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and AnalysisNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 12 NOT OFFER
Computational Science20 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Philosophy 1 NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Astrophysics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Chemistry14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Geology/Earth Science NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Materials Chemistry NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Psychology63 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Developmental and Child Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Experimental Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology8 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Social Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Clinical Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Industrial and Organizational Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Educational Psychology5 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Environmental Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Forensic Psychology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Psychology (other) NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Community Organization and AdvocacyNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 29 NOT OFFER
Public AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 9
Social Work NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Youth Services/Administration19 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Social SciencesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Research Methodology and Quantitative MethodsONLINE NOT OFFER 2 NOT OFFER
Anthropology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Demography and Population StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 12 NOT OFFER
Econometrics and Quantitative Economics NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Political Science and Government30 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Sociology16 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Urban Studies/Affairs30 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts25 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Film/Cinema/Video StudiesNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 8 NOT OFFER
Art History, Criticism and Conservation NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music9 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music PerformanceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Music Theory and CompositionNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Visual and Performing Arts (other)NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Audiology/AudiologistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health/Health Care Administration/ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 3 NOT OFFER
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator20ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health NOT OFFER
Environmental Health11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health Education and Promotion14 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
International Public Health/International Health7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Health Services AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health (other)18 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Physical Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Medical Informatics11ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nursing Education NOT OFFER NOT OFFER 1
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse2ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nursing Administration NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Nursing ScienceNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing NOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business/Commerce11 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Business Administration and Management63ONLINE NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Research and Development Management NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Project ManagementNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 31ONLINE NOT OFFER
Organizational LeadershipNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Human Resources Management/Personnel AdministrationNOT OFFER NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Labor and Industrial RelationsNOT OFFER NOT OFFER 8 NOT OFFER
Labor Studies21 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER
Master'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
History7 NOT OFFER NOT OFFER

Graduate Student Population

CUNY Graduate Center graduate schools have a total of 6,269 postgraduate students. By gender, it has 2,296 male and 3,973 female postgrad students.

By attending status, there are 3,434 full-time and 2,835 part-time students in graduate schools. It offers distance learning for graduate programs, and 3,609 students enrolled through online exclusively and 865 students are taking some online graduate courses.

By race/ethnicity 2,652 White, 866 Black, and 672 Asian students are attending at CUNY Graduate School and University Center. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total6,269
Men2,296
Women3,973
Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total6,269
Full-time Students3,434
Part-time Students2,835
Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total6,269
American Indian /
Native American
8
Asian672
Black866
Hispanic1,020
Native Hawaiian /
Other Pacific Islander
10
White2,652
Two or more races122

Online Population

At CUNY Graduate School and University Center graduate schools, 3,609 students enrolled online exclusively and 865 students enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment5,940
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses3,609
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses865
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses1,466
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses3,609
New York Resident2,527
Other State In U.S.1,082
Outside of U.S.0