City College of New York Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies
- Public college
- New York, NY
- About 21 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
City College of New York ethnic, cultural, and gender studies graduates earn less than graduates of most ethnic, cultural, and gender studies programs nationally, $26,973 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $20,532 in federal loans, close to the national median of $22,938. Several New York programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all ethnic, cultural, and gender studies bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, City College of New York graduates earn less than the national figure and about $8,004 less than the New York median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York ethnic, cultural, and gender studies program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 63% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $218 a month, or 9.7% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
93% of graduates (39 of 42) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the New York area are about 13% above the national average, so a $26,973 salary here buys what about $23,963 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to ethnic, cultural, and gender studies, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Interpreters and Translators
$84,090Median pay in New York. 3,240 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 2% from 2025 to 2035, with about 6,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About City College of New York
Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies ranks 25th of 30 bachelor's programs at City College of New York by first-year earnings. The top three are Computer Science ($83,258), Computer Engineering ($78,326), and Electrical Engineering ($78,172).
Other ethnic, cultural, and gender studies bachelor's programs near New York
Common questions
The median graduate earns $26,973 one year after graduating and $43,881 five years after. The median across ethnic, cultural, and gender studies bachelor's programs in New York is $29,823.
The median federal loan balance is $20,532, which ranks 5th lowest of 8 ethnic, cultural, and gender studies bachelor's programs in New York. That works out to about $218 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 76% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 69%. Compare the cost with other New York programs before deciding.
Most do. 93% (39 of 42) were working in New York one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the ethnic, cultural, and gender studies program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024