By the numbers

At Wagner College’s 2019 commencement program, the college awarded 630 degrees that were earned during the Summer 2018, Fall 2018 and Spring 2019 semesters. They include:

  • 439 bachelor’s degrees
  • 179 master’s degrees
  • 12 doctor’s degrees

Top 10 bachelor’s degree majors:

1 Nursing 128
2 Business Administration 68
3 Theater/Speech 46
4 Physician Assistant 33
5 Arts Administration 29
6 Psychology 20
7 Biology 14
8 Biopsychology 13
9 English 10
10 Government & Politics 10

 


Geographically speaking

Top 7 U.S. states awarded degrees:

1 New York (including Staten Island) 366
2 New Jersey 109
3 Pennsylvania 25
4 Connecticut 16
5 California 14
6 Massachusetts 14
7 Maryland 12

 


Staten Islanders earned 147 bachelor’s degrees, 84 master’s degrees and 6 doctorates — about a third of all bachelor’s degrees, and about half of all graduate degrees.


Sixteen international students earned degrees from Australia, Canada, Italy, South Africa, Mexico, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine, New Zealand and the Netherlands.