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What CUNY Graduate School and University Center grads actually do

Based on 114 notable CUNY Graduate School and University Center alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

university teacher
25
writer
15
journalist
10
philosopher
10
sociologist
9
poet
9
art historian
8
economist
6
politician
6
researcher
6
academic
6
anthropologist
5

Notable CUNY Graduate School and University Center alumni

Janet Biehl
Janet Biehl
graphic artist · ecofeminist
Hal Foster
Hal Foster
university teacher · art historian
Edwin Battistella
Edwin Battistella
linguist · editor-in-chief
Lee A. Feinstein
Lee A. Feinstein
diplomat
Gloria Bonilla Santiago
Gloria Bonilla Santiago
journalist
Eleanor Sobel
Eleanor Sobel
politician
Deborah Lutz
Deborah Lutz
university teacher · scholar of English
Ryūhō Ōkawa
Ryūhō Ōkawa
philosopher · novelist

Salary outlook for top CUNY Graduate School and University Center career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
journalist
10th–90th percentile: $31,550$160,360
$57,500
median / yr
economist
10th–90th percentile: $62,520$216,900
$115,730
median / yr
politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
researcher
10th–90th percentile: $59,010$158,160
$95,890
median / yr

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About CUNY Graduate School and University Center

The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and postgraduate university in New York City. Formed in 1961 as Division of Graduate Studies at City University of New York, it was renamed to Graduate School and University Center in 1969. Serving as the principal doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, CUNY Graduate Center is classified as "R1: Doctoral University–Very High Spending and Doctorate Production". CUNY Graduate Center is located at the B. Altman and Company Building at 365 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It offers 32 doctoral programs, 18 master's programs, and operates over 30 research centers and institutes. The Graduate Center employs a core faculty of approximately 130 professors, in addition to over 1,700 faculty members appointed from other CUNY colleges throughout New York City. As of fall 2025, the Graduate Center enrolls over 3,100 students, of which 2,600 are doctoral students. For the fall 2025 semester, the average acceptance rate across all doctoral programs at the CUNY Graduate Center was 13.5%. The Graduate Center's primary library, named after the American mathematician Mina Rees, is part of the CUNY library network of 31 colleges that collectively holds over 6.2 million volumes. Since 1968, the CUNY Graduate Center has maintained an agreement with the New York Public Library, which gives faculty and students increased borrowing privileges at NYPL's research collections at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. The Graduate Center building also houses the James Gallery, which is an independent exhibition space open to the public, and television studios for NYC Media and CUNY TV. The faculty of the CUNY Graduate Center include recipients of the Nobel Prize, the Abel Prize, Pulitzer Prize, the National Humanities Medal, the National Medal of Science, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Fellowship, the Schock Prize, the Bancroft Prize, the Wolf Prize, Grammy Awards, the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, Guggenheim Fellowships, the New York City Mayor's Award for Excellence in Science and Technology, the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, and memberships in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Education.

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