CUNY helping New
Yorkers continue their
education after college
TBy Alex Mitchell he City University of New York (CUNY)
offers nearly four dozen different degrees
aimed at helping New Yorkers achieve an
even higher level of education beyond
college — and opening more doors of
economic opportunity to them.
The 26-campus system has over 45 master’s
and doctoral degrees of what they call “the highest
caliber, designed to prepare students to excel as
scholars, scientists, artists, entrepreneurs, and
change-makers.”
“Graduate Center students don’t just receive
knowledge, they create it through in-depth
research and hands-on projects,” CUNY officials
explained in a statement.
CUNY’s Graduate Center can be found in the
heart of the big apple, right next to the Empire
State Building, where degree-earners can pursue
16 different master’s, many of them in modern,
exciting areas like: data science, cognitive
neuroscience, international migration studies,
and nanoscience.
“Our tuition is affordable, and we schedule
courses in the afternoons and evenings to enable
students of all backgrounds and life situations to
pursue their degrees while balancing personal and
professional demands,” the statement noted.
It continued to note that the CUNY master’s
program stands apart “for giving students the
chance to learn from and collaborate with top
professors, many of whom are leading experts in
their fields.”
CUNY also offers a master’s in liberal studies in
which students design their own academic paths,
too. Liberal studies master’s students can choose
from over a dozen concentrations, including
fashion and film studies, sustainability science
and education, and individualized studies,
according to the university.
“Our master’s programs embrace students
from a broad diversity of backgrounds pursuing
a variety of career paths,” said Julie Suk, dean for
master’s education and professor of sociology.
The university also offers top notch
opportunities beyond its master’s programs as
well.
“Our doctoral programs are among the best
in the world, and, with our fellowships, most
students attend tuition-free,” the CUNY statement
noted.
Students can choose from more than 31 doctoral
degrees in fields spanning from art history to
criminal justice, physics to urban education,
according to CUNY.
Scholars collaborate with faculty experts to
build the knowledge needed to solve critical
challenges, advance the public good, and launch
meaningful careers in every field imaginable,
the university also explained about its doctorate
programs.
“Graduate Center faculty and students are
winners of the Nobel and Pulitzer prizes and
Guggenheim and Fulbright fellowships, among
many other accolades. Our location in the
heart of New York City gives students access to
tremendous career and cultural opportunities,”
the CUNY statement added.
To learn more about CUNY’s graduate program,
visit www.gc.cuny.edu/Degrees-Research/Masters
Programs
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