CUNY Graduate School and University Center

PublicR1: Doctoral, Very High ResearchMedium

Fin. Resilience

Resilience score

vs. 107 peers in its group

CUNY Graduate School and University Center is a public institution in New York, NY, classified by Carnegie as “R1: Doctoral, Very High Research.”

It enrolls about 3,254 undergraduates and is benchmarked here against 107 peer institutions (R1: Doctoral, Very High Research · Public).

On Ibex's Financial Resilience score it rates 47 out of 100 within that peer group, a transparent composite of endowment per undergraduate, net tuition revenue per student, and instructional spend per student.

Its strongest standing relative to peers is enrollment momentum (cagr) (8.9%, 100th percentile).

Its weakest is selectivity momentum (cagr) (69.6%).

Peer group

R1: Doctoral, Very High Research · Public

107 institutions

No cross-metric risk flags triggered.

Policy & demographic exposure

How exposed CUNY Graduate School and University Center is to the structural shifts reshaping higher ed: a composite structural-risk index plus the 2025 federal budget law’s endowment excise tax, Grad PLUS elimination, new Parent PLUS borrowing cap and new Workforce Pell short-term-credential opportunity, and the demographic enrollment cliff. Only signals that apply to this institution are shown.

Structural risk index

Elevated

Grad PLUS exposure

19.6%

Low exposure

Higher than 49% of schools nationally

AY2025-26 YTD (through Q2, Dec 2025)

Avg Grad PLUS loan

$17,645

Half the cap+

Higher than 43% of schools nationally

AY2025-26 YTD (through Q2, Dec 2025)

Workforce Pell exposure

2.3%

Limited

Higher than 10% of schools nationally

Enrollment cliff (home state)

-27%

Severe decline

Indicative signals, not forecasts, see each metric’s definition and the methodology. Endowment-tax, Grad PLUS, Parent PLUS and Workforce Pell figures appear only where the institution is actually exposed; “nationally” compares against all schools that report each signal.

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Revenue composition

Where the money comes from $476.3M total revenue · IPEDS FY2022-23

Government appropriations is the largest single source at 51% of revenue.

Government appropriations50.7%

Government grants & contracts17.1%

Other revenue13.2%

Private gifts & grants11.5%

Tuition & fees7.2%

Investment return0.3%

Auxiliary enterprises0.0%

Where each dollar of revenue comes from, as a share of total positive revenue. Sources are standardized across public (GASB) and private (FASB) reporting; a net investment loss in a down market is shown as 0% and excluded from the mix.

Financial Health

Net tuition revenue / FTE

Below peers

$7,482

11th percentile in peer grouppeer median $13,324

2024-25107 peers

Instructional spend / FTE

Strong

$43,575

98th percentile in peer grouppeer median $14,929

2024-25107 peers

Endowment (end of year)

Below peers

$80.3M

2nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $870.7M

FY2022-23105 peers

Value of endowment assets at the end of the fiscal year (IPEDS finance, FY2022-23: FASB F2H02 / GASB F1H02), co-vintage with the other finance-year metrics on this page. Usually filed at the parent campus: most branch and online sub-units show the parent's endowment as a clearly labeled inherited value, and a few report a small endowment of their own alongside it. Multi-year trend from College Scorecard, shown only where it matches the IPEDS filing.

In-state tuition & fees

$7,235

6th percentile in peer grouppeer median $12,180

2024-25107 peers

Out-of-state tuition & fees

$15,185

2nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $33,256

2024-25107 peers

Avg monthly faculty salary

Strong

$13,869

71st percentile in peer grouppeer median $12,415

2024-25107 peers

Average monthly salary of full-time faculty, as reported to IPEDS.

Endowment per undergrad

Below peers

$24,666

32nd percentile in peer grouppeer median $38,561

FY2022-23105 peers

Operating margin

Strong

5.3%

45th percentile in peer grouppeer median 6.5%

FY2022-23107 peers

Net surplus as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23): (total revenues − total expenses) ÷ total revenues. A surplus above 4% is strong; a thin surplus near 0% leaves little margin for shocks.

Tuition dependency

7.2%

5th percentile in peer grouppeer median 22.2%

FY2022-23107 peers

Tuition & fees as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23). Higher = more exposed to enrollment swings.

State appropriations share

49.7%

100th percentile in peer grouppeer median 17.3%

FY2022-23107 peers

State appropriations as a share of total revenue (IPEDS FY2022-23). Material for public institutions; ~0 for private.

Endowment per FTE student

Below peers

$18,317

27th percentile in peer grouppeer median $31,709

FY2022-23105 peers

End-of-year endowment ÷ 12-month FTE enrollment, endowment wealth per full-time-equivalent student. The FTE-correct companion to endowment-per-undergraduate; FTE counts graduate and part-time load, so research universities look less wealthy on this basis than on a headcount basis.

Grad PLUS exposure

Low exposure

19.6%

2024-25

Share of the institution's graduate federal loan dollars (Grad Unsubsidized + Grad PLUS) that came from Grad PLUS, the program the 2025 budget law eliminates for new borrowers from July 1, 2026, alongside new caps on graduate borrowing. A higher share means more of the school's graduate students rely on borrowing that will no longer exist above the unsubsidized cap. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education / Federal Student Aid Direct Loan Dashboard, primarily award year 2025-26 (year-to-date through Q2, December 2025), the most current federal data; schools not yet reporting Grad PLUS in 2025-26 retain their most recent complete year (2024-25), shown per school. The reliance share is stable across the two vintages. Shown only for schools with Grad PLUS originations; an exposure signal, not a forecast of revenue loss.

Avg Grad PLUS loan

Half the cap+

$17,645

2024-25

Average Grad PLUS loan per recipient (FSA Direct Loan Dashboard, award year 2025-26 year-to-date through Q2, with 2024-25 full-year retained where 2025-26 is not yet reported). The 2025 budget law eliminates Grad PLUS for new borrowers from July 1, 2026 and caps unsubsidized graduate borrowing at $20,500/year, so this is the average per-borrower amount that will no longer be available above that cap. Paired with Grad PLUS exposure (the institution's reliance share), it is the depth axis of the Grad PLUS shock: how much each affected borrower stands to lose. Shown only where Grad PLUS was originated.

Structural risk index

Elevated

2024-25

An indicative 0–100 structural-risk index (higher = more pressure), an equal-weight blend of the stress signals we measure: thin or negative operating margin, low months of operating cushion, high tuition dependency, and a shrinking home-state high-school-graduate pipeline (enrollment cliff). Averaged over whichever signals are available (at least two required). It screens for the financial and demographic pressures that precede closures and mergers, a directional indicator, NOT a prediction that any institution will close, and not a credit rating.

Graduation & completion

Graduation rate · first-time, full-time

–

Not reported, this institution has no first-time, full-time bachelor's-degree cohort, so the graduation rate does not apply. See the all-students completion rate.

Completion rate · all students

54.6%

54.6% earned a degree or certificate within 8 years (IPEDS Outcome Measures)
The broader cohort, also counts part-time entrants and transfer-ins, and any credential. More inclusive, so it can run higher than the graduation rate.

Why two numbers? They measure different students over different windows, so they are not directly comparable. The graduation rate is the standard federal headline but tracks only first-time, full-time students through a bachelor's; the all-students completion rate adds the part-time and transfer students it leaves out, over a longer window. Read each for what it covers. Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Graduation Rates & Outcome Measures, via College Scorecard.

Enrollment & Pipeline

Undergraduate enrollment

3,254

1st percentile in peer grouppeer median 23,113

2024-25107 peers

Admission rate

68.5%

40th percentile in peer grouppeer median 74.2%

2024-25107 peers

Pell recipient share

38.5%

84th percentile in peer grouppeer median 25.4%

2024-25107 peers

Completion rate (all students · 8-yr)

Below peers

54.6%

7th percentile in peer grouppeer median 72.4%

2024-25107 peers

Share of ALL entering degree-seeking undergraduates, full- and part-time, first-time and transfer-in, who earned a degree or certificate at this institution within eight years (IPEDS Outcome Measures, via College Scorecard). Broader and more inclusive than the graduation-rate figures, which count only first-time, full-time students entering a bachelor's program, so the two are measured on different groups of students and are not directly comparable.

First-generation students

44%

97th percentile in peer grouppeer median 29.4%

2024-25107 peers

Share of undergraduates who are first-generation college students (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). An access signal, not a measure of quality: a higher share often reflects a stronger commitment to serving students whose parents did not attend college.

Adult learners (25+)

79.3%

100th percentile in peer grouppeer median 5.6%

2024-25107 peers

Share of undergraduates aged 25 or older (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Read as context on the student mix: schools serving many working adults look different on persistence and part-time measures than traditional-age campuses, and neither is inherently better.

Part-time undergraduates

66.7%

100th percentile in peer grouppeer median 7%

2024-25107 peers

Share of undergraduates enrolled part-time (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Context, not quality: a high part-time share is common at community and commuter institutions and affects graduation-rate comparisons, which are based only on full-time, first-time students.

Military veterans

1.6%

100th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.3%

2024-2593 peers

Share of the student body who are military veterans (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A context signal on whom the school serves; reported by a minority of institutions, so many schools show none.

Median family income

$24,811

3rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $50,411

2024-25107 peers

Median family income of students at this institution (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). An affordability and access signal, not a measure of quality: a lower figure typically means the school enrolls more students from modest-income families.

Low-income students (under $30K)

55.8%

98th percentile in peer grouppeer median 32.1%

2024-25107 peers

Share of students whose families earn under roughly $30,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A direct low-income access signal: a higher share usually reflects a school enrolling more students from modest-income households, and pairs naturally with the Pell recipient share.

Women (share of undergraduates)

72.5%

100th percentile in peer grouppeer median 54.1%

2024-25107 peers

Share of undergraduates who are women (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Reported as context on the student mix, not a measure of quality.

Middle-income students ($30K-$75K)

35.1%

95th percentile in peer grouppeer median 30.1%

2024-25107 peers

Share of students whose families earn roughly $30,000 to $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the two middle income bands combined. Reported as context on the student mix: together with the low-income (under ~$30K) and upper-income (over ~$75K) shares it sketches the full family-income picture, and the three bands sum to about 100%.

Upper-income students (over $75K)

9.1%

1st percentile in peer grouppeer median 36.9%

2024-25107 peers

Share of students whose families earn more than roughly $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the two upper income bands combined. Reported as context on the student mix, not a measure of quality: together with the low-income (under ~$30K) and middle-income (~$30K-$75K) shares it sketches the full family-income picture, and the three bands sum to about 100%.

8-year completion (all students)

Below peers

54.6%

7th percentile in peer grouppeer median 72.4%

2024-25107 peers

Share of ALL entering students, full-time and part-time, first-time and transfer-in, who complete an award within eight years (College Scorecard Outcome Measures, FY2024-25). It is a broader, more representative completion signal than the first-time-full-time graduation rates, because it counts the part-time and returning students those rates exclude. Higher is better.

Admission yield

Average

26.2%

64th percentile in peer grouppeer median 23.9%

Fall 2023107 peers

Share of admitted students who enrolled (IPEDS Admissions, Fall 2023): students who enrolled ÷ students admitted. A demand signal, how many accepted offers the institution converts to enrollment. Higher yield generally reflects stronger demand, though binding early-decision programs and price positioning can inflate it. Open-admission institutions do not report admissions and show none.

Program concentration (HHI)

Diversified

973

2022-23

How concentrated the institution's degree and certificate output is across academic fields (CIP 2-digit families), as a Herfindahl-Hirschman Index on the latest year's completions: 10,000 means every completion is in one field; lower means output is spread across many. A higher value means the school leans on fewer fields and is more exposed to demand shifts in them; a lower value reflects a broad program portfolio. Shown for institutions reporting at least 100 annual completions. A structural-diversification signal, not a measure of quality.

12-month FTE enrollment

4,382

1st percentile in peer grouppeer median 28,679

2022-23107 peers

Full-time-equivalent enrollment over the full 12-month year (IPEDS 12-month enrollment, 2022-23). Counts part-time students at their fractional load, so it runs above fall full-time headcount and is the denominator used for per-student finance measures.

Student-faculty ratio

12:1

4th percentile in peer grouppeer median 18:1

fall 2023107 peers

Students per instructional faculty member (IPEDS, fall 2023). Lower generally means smaller classes and more faculty contact, though the measure mixes undergraduate and graduate teaching and is institution-reported.

Out-of-state students

19th percentile in peer grouppeer median 18%

2024-2599 peers

Share of first-time degree-seeking students coming from outside the state (IPEDS, Fall 2023). A reach signal: high values mark national-draw institutions, low values mark in-state and commuter campuses. Context, not quality.

Fully online students

47%

100th percentile in peer grouppeer median 10%

2024-25107 peers

Share of students enrolled exclusively in distance-education courses (IPEDS, Fall 2023). Describes delivery model, not quality; online-heavy institutions look different on residential measures.

Applicant-pool diversity shift

+0.9%

WICHE 2024 (11th ed.)

Percentage-point change in the non-white share of the institution's home-state public high-school graduating class between the class of 2025 (the national peak) and 2037 (WICHE, Knocking at the College Door, 11th ed., public-school race detail). A forward look at who the future applicant pool will be: a positive value means the state's graduating class is projected to grow more racially diverse. Strategic recruiting context, not a forecast of any one school's enrollment, and a college recruits from many states.

Hybrid (some online) enrollment

14%

9th percentile in peer grouppeer median 37%

Fall 2023107 peers

Share of all students taking some, but not all, of their courses at a distance (IPEDS, Fall 2023). This is the hybrid middle ground between the fully online share and the fully in-person share, and it signals how far a school has moved coursework online without going exclusively remote. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Transfer-in share (undergraduate)

34.3%

100th percentile in peer grouppeer median 5.9%

Fall 2023107 peers

Transfer-in students as a share of all undergraduates (IPEDS, Fall 2023). A high share means the school depends on transfer pipelines rather than first-time freshmen, which changes both recruitment strategy and melt/retention risk. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Graduate share of enrollment

64.5%

100th percentile in peer grouppeer median 23.1%

Fall 2023107 peers

Graduate students as a share of total headcount enrollment (IPEDS, Fall 2023). It separates research-intensive universities with large graduate bodies from undergraduate-focused institutions. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Women share of faculty

57.8%

99th percentile in peer grouppeer median 46.7%

2023-24107 peers

Women as a share of all instructional staff, full- and part-time combined (IPEDS Human Resources, Fall 2023). A gender-composition signal for the teaching workforce. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Faculty of color share

31.9%

83rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 24%

2023-24107 peers

Instructional staff who are American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, or two-or-more races, as a share of all instructional staff (IPEDS Human Resources, Fall 2023). Nonresident and race-unknown staff are excluded from the numerator. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Women in applicant pool

47.5%

7th percentile in peer grouppeer median 55.7%

2023-24107 peers

Women as a share of the school's first-time degree-seeking applicant pool (IPEDS Admissions, 2023-24). A read on the funnel's composition, useful for targeting and a proxy for program mix: nursing- and education-heavy schools skew female, engineering- and trade-heavy schools skew male. Neither skew is inherently better. Banded against the school's peer group.

Direct competitors within 100 mi

Below peers

98th percentile in peer grouppeer median 1

2024-25107 peers

How many institutions of the same type (same Carnegie classification and control, i.e. the schools competing for the same students) sit within roughly 100 miles. A higher count means a more crowded local market and a harder yield fight, which matters most as the regional pool of high school graduates shrinks; a low count means the school has its catchment largely to itself. Distance is straight-line from campus coordinates. Banded against the school's peer group. Fewer is better for recruiting leverage.

Metro-area unemployment rate

Below peers

6.5%

94th percentile in peer grouppeer median 4.7%

ACS 2019-23107 peers

The civilian unemployment rate in the school's metropolitan or micropolitan area (US Census ACS 2019-23, mapped by the school's federal CBSA code). It is a proxy for local labor demand: a lower rate means a tighter job market, a stronger near-term destination for graduates and a smaller pool of working adults to recruit. It describes the local economy, not the school. Schools outside any metro area are not scored. Banded against the school's peer group.

On-campus crime rate

Strong

0 per 1k

1st percentile in peer grouppeer median 2.2 per 1k

2024 (Clery)107 peers

Criminal offenses reported on campus in 2024 (murder, manslaughter, the four sex-offense categories, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, motor-vehicle theft and arson) per 1,000 students, from the school's federal Clery Act filing. Counts and enrollment are summed across the institution's campuses. A higher number does not always mean a more dangerous school: thorough reporting and dense residential campuses raise it. Lower is generally safer. Banded against the school's peer group.

Enrollment cliff (home state)

Severe decline

-27%

2024-25

Projected change in the number of high-school graduates in the institution's HOME STATE from the class of 2025 (the national peak) to 2041, per WICHE's Knocking at the College Door, 11th Edition (Dec 2024). The 'enrollment cliff' is the post-2008 birth decline reaching college age; the U.S. total is projected to fall about 13% over this window. A college recruits from many states, so its home-state projection is an indicative directional signal of feeder-market pressure, not a forecast of that institution's own enrollment.

Workforce Pell exposure

Limited

2.3%

2024-25

Share of the institution's measured credentials that are undergraduate certificates, the sub-associate tier that the 2025 budget law's new Workforce Pell Grant makes Pell-eligible from July 1, 2026. Workforce Pell extends the Pell Grant to short-term workforce programs of 150 to 600 clock hours offered over 8 to 15 weeks, subject to state-workforce-board and accreditor approval and to job-placement, completion and earnings-value guardrails. This is an opportunity signal: a higher share means more of what the school already produces could draw new federal grant aid, and the upside is greatest where Pell reliance (shown separately) is also high. Computed as undergraduate-certificate completions divided by all credential completions in the College Scorecard Field-of-Study file (most recent release). Scorecard's 'Undergraduate Certificate' level spans certificates of varying length, so the statutory 150-600 clock-hour window is a subset of this tier, read this as an upper-bound exposure proxy, not a count of qualifying programs. Shown only for institutions that confer such certificates above a minimum completions floor.

In-state HS graduates

206,184

79th percentile in peer grouppeer median 83,021

Class of 2025 (WICHE)107 peers

The size of the school's home-state high-school graduating class in 2025 (WICHE Knocking at the College Door, public and private combined). It is the near-term in-state feeder market, the complement to the enrollment-cliff projection, which shows the direction that market is heading. Context metric, not better or worse. Banded against the school's peer group.

Enrollment momentum (CAGR)

Strong

8.9%

100th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.9%

2024-25107 peers

Compound annual growth rate of undergraduate enrollment over the years the tool tracks (College Scorecard, roughly 2016-2024). Positive means the school is growing; negative means it is shrinking, the leading indicator of demand stress ahead of the demographic cliff. Banded against the school's peer group.

Net-price momentum (CAGR)

Strong

-0.1%

11th percentile in peer grouppeer median 1.6%

2024-25107 peers

Compound annual growth rate of net tuition revenue per full-time-equivalent student over the tracked years. A high positive rate means the school's real net price is climbing faster than peers, which can strain affordability and yield. Banded against the school's peer group. Lower is better.

Selectivity momentum (CAGR)

Below peers

69.6%

100th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.3%

2024-25107 peers

Compound annual growth rate of the admission rate over the tracked years. A negative value means the school is admitting a smaller share of applicants over time (getting more selective); a positive value means its admit rate is rising (getting less selective), often a sign of softening demand. Banded against the school's peer group.

Enrollment forecast (5-yr)

Strong

54.4%

99th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2.5%

2024-2029 projection107 peers

Projected cumulative change in total enrollment roughly five years out, modeled by a least-squares log-linear fit on the school's own enrollment history (2016-2024). It uses the full multi-year series, so a single shock year (such as 2020) does not drive the result. This is a naive trend extrapolation, not a demographic model, and is capped at plus or minus 60 percent; treat it as direction-of-travel, not a precise count. Banded against the school's peer group; higher means projected growth.

Enrollment-demand index

Strong

75.0

87th percentile in peer grouppeer median 48.0

2024-25107 peers

A 0-100 composite of how much demand the school commands relative to its peer group: the average of its peer percentile ranks for admission yield, selectivity (a lower admit rate counts as stronger demand) and recent enrollment trend. Built only where at least two of those three are reported. Higher means stronger pull in the market. Banded against the school's peer group.

Admissions test policy

SAT / ACT requirement IPEDS Fall 2023

Test-optional

This school is test-optional: applicants may submit SAT or ACT scores, but they are not required. Reported to IPEDS for the most recent admissions cycle. Test policy is a live enrollment lever, so it is shown as the school's stated category rather than a peer rank.

Student body

Undergraduate race & ethnicity IPEDS 2024-25

Hispanic/Latino33.6%

Black29.2%

White18.3%

Asian12.8%

Two or more races3.9%

International1.7%

American Indian/Alaska Native0.4%

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.3%

Undergraduate enrollment by race and ethnicity, as reported to IPEDS (College Scorecard). “International” denotes nonresident students; “Unknown” means race/ethnicity was not reported.

Student Outcomes & Risk

Median earnings (10 yr)

Average

$65,991

58th percentile in peer grouppeer median $63,403

2024-25107 peers

Median debt at graduation

Strong

$12,584

1st percentile in peer grouppeer median $20,500

2024-25107 peers

3-yr cohort default rate

Average

4.6%

58th percentile in peer grouppeer median 4.2%

FY2017 cohort107 peers

Share of borrowers who defaulted within three years of entering repayment (U.S. Dept. of Education official cohort default rate). Shown for the FY2017 borrower cohort, the most recent cohort whose full three-year default window closed before the 2020-23 federal student-loan payment pause. More recent cohorts are reported by the College Scorecard at essentially 0%, but that reflects the payment pause (no payments were due, so almost no one could default), not borrower health, so the pre-pause cohort is the last meaningful reading. Lower is better.

Share taking federal loans

14.2%

3rd percentile in peer grouppeer median 31.7%

2024-25107 peers

Full-time faculty share

Below peers

33.5%

1st percentile in peer grouppeer median 79.8%

2024-25107 peers

Debt-to-earnings ratio

Strong

0.19×

7th percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.32×

2024-25107 peers

Loan repayment rate (3-yr)

47.3%

6th percentile in peer grouppeer median 68.4%

2024-25107 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within three years of entering repayment (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Read it as context, not a simple good/bad score: a low rate can mean borrowers are struggling, but it can also mean many graduates have postponed payments while enrolled in graduate or professional school, which is common at selective schools and pushes their rate down. Unlike the cohort default rate, it is not distorted by the 2020-23 federal payment pause. Reported only where enough borrowers exist.

Earn more than a HS grad (6-yr)

Strong

74.6%

77th percentile in peer grouppeer median 70.1%

2024-25107 peers

Share of students earning more than $28,000 a year, roughly what a typical high-school graduate earns, six years after entering this institution (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A direct read on whether attending beats not attending, and conceptually aligned with the 2025 budget law's program-level earnings-premium test.

Working 10 years after entry

Below peers

45.3%

5th percentile in peer grouppeer median 89.1%

2024-25107 peers

Share of students who are working (not still enrolled) ten years after entering this institution, of those whose employment status is known (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A coarse employment signal; it does not capture earnings level or job quality.

Withdrew by year 2

Below peers

16%

78th percentile in peer grouppeer median 12%

2024-25107 peers

Share of students who had withdrawn from this institution by the end of their second year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). An early-attrition signal, where lower is better; high part-time or adult-learner enrollment can raise it without reflecting institutional quality.

Loan repayment rate (5-yr)

Below peers

55.9%

7th percentile in peer grouppeer median 74%

2024-25107 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within five years of entering repayment (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), a longer-horizon companion to the three-year repayment rate. As with the three-year figure, a low rate can reflect graduates deferring payments while in further schooling rather than financial distress.

Median earnings (6 yr)

Strong

$68,616

94th percentile in peer grouppeer median $52,696

2024-25107 peers

Median earnings of former students who are working and were federally aided, measured six years after they first enrolled (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). A shorter-horizon companion to the ten-year earnings figure; early-career pay tends to run below the ten-year mark, so read the two together rather than in isolation.

Earn more than a HS grad (10-yr)

Below peers

71.4%

10th percentile in peer grouppeer median 79.3%

2024-25107 peers

Share of students earning more than $28,000 a year, roughly what a typical high-school graduate earns, ten years after entering this institution (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). The long-horizon companion to the six-year figure and the closest public analogue to the 2025 budget law's program-level earnings-premium test.

Median debt (did not complete)

Strong

$6,750

7th percentile in peer grouppeer median $8,750

2024-25107 peers

Median federal loan debt carried by students who withdrew from this institution without completing a credential (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). The counterpart to debt at graduation, and often the higher-risk group: borrowing with no degree to show for it. Lower is better, but compare it against the school's completion and withdrawal rates rather than on its own.

Loan repayment rate (1-yr)

Below peers

39.1%

4th percentile in peer grouppeer median 64.3%

2024-25107 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within one year of entering repayment (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the earliest point on the repayment curve. As with the longer-horizon rates, a low figure can reflect borrowers deferring payments while in further schooling rather than financial distress.

Loan repayment rate (7-yr)

Below peers

61.4%

4th percentile in peer grouppeer median 79.1%

2024-25107 peers

Share of student-loan borrowers who had repaid at least $1 of their loan principal within seven years of entering repayment (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the longest horizon reported. Together with the one-, three-, and five-year rates it traces how repayment progresses over time.

Median debt (first-generation students)

Strong

$9,588

1st percentile in peer grouppeer median $15,250

2024-25107 peers

Median cumulative federal loan debt carried by first-generation students, those whose parents did not complete college (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Read it beside the all-students median debt: a gap between the two is an equity signal about who shoulders the borrowing. Lower is better, but weigh it against completion and earnings.

Median debt (Pell recipients)

Strong

$10,000

1st percentile in peer grouppeer median $16,337

2024-25107 peers

Median cumulative federal loan debt carried by Pell Grant recipients (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the lowest-income federally-aided students at the school. Compare it with the all-students median debt and the Pell share: it shows how much the neediest students borrow to attend. Lower is better.

Loan repayment rate, completers (3-yr)

Below peers

58.7%

4th percentile in peer grouppeer median 77.9%

2024-25107 peers

Three-year loan repayment rate among borrowers who completed their program (College Scorecard, FY2024-25): the share who, three years after entering repayment, are not in default and have paid down at least a dollar of principal. Read it beside the all-borrower loan repayment rate and the non-completer rate: completers almost always repay at higher rates, so a low figure here is a strong warning sign. Higher is better.

Loan repayment rate, non-completers (3-yr)

Below peers

41%

7th percentile in peer grouppeer median 57.5%

2024-25107 peers

Three-year loan repayment rate among borrowers who left WITHOUT completing (College Scorecard, FY2024-25), the group at the highest risk of default since they carry debt without the credential. Pair it with the non-completer median debt: together they show how heavily a school's dropouts are burdened. Higher is better.

Median earnings, low-income students (10-yr)

Average

$56,541

40th percentile in peer grouppeer median $58,378

2024-25107 peers

Median earnings ten years after entering, measured only for students who came from the lowest family-income tier, under about $30,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). Read it beside the overall median earnings: a school whose low-income students go on to earn near the all-student figure is delivering real upward mobility, while a large gap signals the payoff is not reaching its neediest students. Higher is better.

Median earnings, middle-income students (10-yr)

Strong

$81,895

93rd percentile in peer grouppeer median $63,027

2024-25107 peers

Median earnings ten years after entering, measured only for students from middle-income families, roughly $30,000 to $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). It is the middle rung of the earnings-by-family-income ladder: read it beside the low-income (under ~$30K) and high-income (over ~$75K) figures to see whether the school's payoff is even across backgrounds or tracks who students were when they arrived. Higher is better.

Median earnings, high-income students (10-yr)

Average

$70,090

56th percentile in peer grouppeer median $67,878

2024-25107 peers

Median earnings ten years after entering, measured only for students from higher-income families, over about $75,000 a year (College Scorecard, FY2024-25). It is the top rung of the earnings-by-family-income ladder: the gap between this and the low-income figure shows how much the school's earnings payoff depends on family background. A narrow gap signals strong upward mobility. Higher is better.

Debt-to-earnings rate

Strong

0.3%

1st percentile in peer grouppeer median 0.6%

Scorecard FoS (indicative)107 peers

The school's median program-level debt-to-earnings rate: the annual payment on graduates' median loan debt as a share of their median earnings, the core measure in the Department of Education's gainful-employment framework (a program is flagged above 8%). This is INDICATIVE: it applies ED's methodology to public College Scorecard field-of-study data because ED has not yet published its official determinations. Computed where the school has at least three evaluated programs. Lower means debt is smaller relative to earnings. Banded against peer group.

Field-demand outlook (10-yr)

Outpaces job-market average

+4.7%

53rd percentile in peer group

BLS EP 2024-34107 peers

Projected 10-year (2024-34) change in U.S. employment for the occupations this institution's degrees and certificates feed, blended across its program mix. Built by mapping each CIP 2-digit field to its occupations via the NCES CIP-SOC crosswalk, taking the employment-weighted average of each occupation's BLS-projected percent change, then weighting fields by the institution's latest-year completions. The U.S. all-occupations benchmark is 3.1%, so a higher value means the school's graduates concentrate in faster-growing labor markets. An INDICATIVE field-level signal at broad-field granularity, not a program-specific or graduate-specific projection, and not a placement or earnings guarantee. Shown where at least 50% of completions fall in fields with a coherent occupational mapping and the school reports 100+ annual completions.

Programs below earnings benchmark

Below peers

5.6%

80th percentile in peer grouppeer median 2%

2024-25107 peers

Share of this school's measured program completions in programs whose median earnings four years after completion fall below the state benchmark (a high-school graduate's earnings for undergraduate credentials, a bachelor's for graduate credentials). This is the same early-warning screen behind our OBBBA Compliance Watchdog leaderboard, computed on public College Scorecard Field-of-Study data, not the official federal determination. Shown only where at least four programs report earnings. Lower is less exposure.

Net-value index

Average

55.0

64th percentile in peer grouppeer median 47.0

2024-25107 peers

A 0-100 composite of student value relative to the peer group: the average of peer percentile ranks for median earnings ten years out, graduation rate, net price (lower counts as better value) and median debt (lower is better). Built only where at least two components are reported. Higher means more outcome per dollar. Banded against the school's peer group.

Earnings spread

Earnings 10 years after entry: the middle 50% Working, federally-aided former students · Scorecard 2024-25

25th percentile$41,234

Median$65,991

75th percentile$108,769

Annual earnings of working former students measured ten years after they first enrolled (College Scorecard), shown as a range rather than a single number. The middle half of this school’s graduates earn between the 25th- and 75th-percentile figures; the Median bar matches the headline earnings figure. A wider gap means more variation in how graduates fare. Bars are scaled to the highest value shown.

Top fields of study (bachelor's)

CUNY Graduate School and University Center’s largest fields by completions, with graduate earnings (4 years out) and debt benchmarked against the same field at its peer group. Sparklines show the 8-year completions trend.

Field	Completions / yr	Median earnings, 4 yrs out	Median debt	Earnings premium	Risk score
Health Professions & Clinical Sciences	328	$111,289 99th pct · 97 peers	$9,587 1th pct · 99 peers	Above benchmark +193%	Low · 0
Business, Management & Marketing	95	$83,561 62th pct · 105 peers	$12,250 5th pct · 105 peers	Above benchmark +120%	Low · 17
Computer & Information Sciences	86	$94,412 29th pct · 106 peers	$12,344 1th pct · 107 peers	Above benchmark +148%	Low · 0
Psychology	77	$64,619 95th pct · 104 peers	$11,500 1th pct · 105 peers	Above benchmark +70%	Low · 0
Liberal Arts & Humanities	72	–	–	–	Moderate · 46
Physical Sciences	55	–	–	–	Moderate · 64
Communication & Journalism	49	$72,564 93th pct · 97 peers	$12,901 2th pct · 98 peers	Above benchmark +91%	Low · 24
Social Sciences	46	$69,996 77th pct · 104 peers	–	Above benchmark +84%	Low · 0
Area, Ethnic & Gender Studies	30	–	–	–	Low · 0

All 6 top fields shown clear the NY state earnings-premium benchmark (indicative).

Earnings-premium status is an indicative estimate: median graduate earnings four years out vs the NY state median earnings of a high-school graduate (undergraduate credentials) or a bachelor’s-degree holder (graduate credentials) from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2022 ACS 5-year). The official U.S. Department of Education determination uses its own cohort definition and may differ.

The risk score (0–100) is an indicative blend of earnings-premium margin and the five-year completions trend, higher means a field pays closer to (or below) the benchmark and is shrinking. A directional screen, not an official determination.

Major-level detail (CIP 4-digit)

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences – 3 CIP programs (4-digit), 2 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingCIP 5138 ›	212	$116,969 n=144	–	100% 5yr	$8,000	0.07×	Above benchmark +208%	Clears all 2 yrs
Public HealthCIP 5122 ›	76	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCIP 5107 ›	40	$81,184 n=56	–	88.1% 1yr	$18,000	0.22×	Above benchmark +113%	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 2 of 3 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Business, Management & Marketing – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 1 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Business/Commerce, GeneralCIP 5201 ›	95	$83,561 n=90	–	88.2% 5yr	$12,250	0.15×	Above benchmark +120%	Clears all 2 yrs

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 1 of 1 major shows an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Computer & Information Sciences – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 1 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Information Science/StudiesCIP 1104 ›	86	$94,412 n=33	–	90.6% 1yr	$12,344	0.13×	Above benchmark +148%	–

Psychology – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 1 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Psychology, GeneralCIP 4201 ›	77	$64,619 n=55	–	72.3% 1yr	$11,500	0.18×	Above benchmark +70%	Clears all 2 yrs

Liberal Arts & Humanities – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCIP 2401 ›	72	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 0 of 1 major shows an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Physical Sciences – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Physical Sciences, GeneralCIP 4001 ›	55	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Communication & Journalism – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 1 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Communication and Media StudiesCIP 0901 ›	49	$72,564 n=38	–	75% 1yr	$12,901	0.18×	Above benchmark +91%	–

Social Sciences – 4 CIP programs (4-digit), 1 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
SociologyCIP 4511 ›	26	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Social Sciences, GeneralCIP 4501 ›	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Urban Studies/AffairsCIP 4512 ›	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Social Sciences, OtherCIP 4599 ›	–	$69,996 n=23	–	96% 1yr	–	–	Above benchmark +84%	–

Major-level earnings, debt and threshold pass-rates are reported by College Scorecard only where enough graduates exist to protect privacy, so 1 of 4 majors show an earnings figure; the rest read “–”. % > threshold is ED’s own share of graduates out-earning the federal earnings threshold (the do-no-harm pass rate), drawn from the best available measurement window (4-, 5- or 1-year) pooled across all nine College Scorecard Field-of-Study releases; a small chip marks any figure not on the 4-year window, and hovering names the cohort size and source release. 2 of 3 yrs flags fields below the earnings-premium benchmark in two of the latest three reported cohort-years, the statutory trigger under the 2025 test (effective July 1, 2026). Indicative; the Department of Education’s official determination may differ. Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study (2014–15 through 2022–23 cohorts + most-recent snapshot), accessed March 2026.

Area, Ethnic & Gender Studies – 1 CIP program (4-digit), 0 with earnings

Major (CIP 4-digit)	Compl./yr	Earn 4yr	Earn 1yr	% > threshold	Median debt	Debt/earn	Earnings premium	2 of 3 yrs
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group StudiesCIP 0502 ›	30	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

See the interactive dashboard for all fields and credential levels (associate through doctoral). Source: College Scorecard Field of Study.

Frequently asked

How selective is CUNY Graduate School and University Center?

CUNY Graduate School and University Center admits about 68% of applicants.

What is CUNY Graduate School and University Center's student-faculty ratio?

CUNY Graduate School and University Center reports a student-faculty ratio of 12:1 (IPEDS, fall 2023) – that is, about 12 students for every instructional faculty member.

How much do CUNY Graduate School and University Center graduates earn?

Median earnings ten years after entry are $65,991 (College Scorecard), measured across students who received federal aid.

Are CUNY Graduate School and University Center's programs at risk under the federal earnings-premium test?

Indicatively, at CUNY Graduate School and University Center, all 6 of the largest fields with available earnings data clear the NY state earnings-premium benchmark used by the 2025 federal test (effective July 1, 2026) – median graduate earnings (four years out) exceed those of a typical worker without the credential. This is an estimate using College Scorecard earnings vs ACS medians; the official Department of Education determination may differ.

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CUNY Graduate School and University Center is benchmarked against 107 institutions in the R1: Doctoral, Very High Research · Public peer group; all percentiles and medians on this page are computed within that group.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent releases), with the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Employment Projections, field-demand outlook) and WICHE (enrollment-cliff projections). Figures lag the current academic year by roughly two to three years. Percentiles and medians are computed within the institution's peer group. Financial Resilience is a transparent composite, see each component above. Compiled by Ibex Insights.