by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Urban Studies/Affairs. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Urban Studies is a major offered under the social sciences program of study at The Graduate Center, CUNY. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in urban studies, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time graduates at The Graduate Center paid an average of $965 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $560 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,930 | $23,160 |
| Fees | $480 | $480 |
urban studies who receive their master’s degree from The Graduate Center make an average of $69,338 a year during the early days of their career. That is 52% higher than the national average of $45,540.
The Graduate Center does not offer an online option for its urban studies master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the The Graduate Center Online Learning page.
Women made up around 68.0% of the urban studies students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 59.3%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in urban studies at The Graduate Center in 2019-2020, 88.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 44%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 19 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Urban Studies students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Urban Studies/Affairs | 25 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to urban studies.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Anthropology | 24 |
| Economics | 15 |
| Political Science & Government | 12 |
| Sociology | 6 |
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.