by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Hunter College was awarded 461 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is special education.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Hunter is ranked #256 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Hunter held the #290 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Hunter is also ranked #19 out of 142 schools in New York.
The acceptance rate at Hunter College is a competitive 46%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
The student to faculty ratio at Hunter College is about average at 15 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Hunter College is 33%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Hunter College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Hunter is 25%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Hunter College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 17,943 undergraduates at Hunter with 13,753 being full-time and 4,190 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $396 | $2,135 | $6,908 | $9,436 | $12,093 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Hunter, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Hunter, approximately 4% of students took out student loans averaging $7,024 a year. That adds up to $28,096 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Hunter is 3.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Get more details about the location of Hunter College.
Contact details for Hunter are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 695 Park Ave, New York, NY 10065 |
| Phone: | 212-772-4000 |
| Website: | www.hunter.cuny.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 686 | $27,951 |
| Human Biology | 485 | $20,433 |
| Sociology | 246 | $35,408 |
| General English Literature | 232 | $30,382 |
| Computer Science | 210 | $55,652 |
| Nursing | 193 | $91,886 |
| General Biology | 147 | $20,235 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 147 | $32,241 |
| Chemistry | 132 | $25,658 |
| Area Studies | 116 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 17,601 students took at least one online class at Hunter College. This is a decrease from the 23,781 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 17,601 | 3,267 |
| 2019-2020 | 23,781 | 20,866 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,660 | 158 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,113 | 137 |
| 2016-2017 | 949 | 111 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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