by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Hunter College landed the #116 spot. So, the school is among the best in the nation with its Top 15% ranking. For this achievement, Hunter received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in New York, Hunter came in at #8.
Hunter was ranked #406 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in New York, Hunter came in at #26.
Women make up 77.5% of the total graduate student body at Hunter while men make you 22.5%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 50.9% of the graduate student population at Hunter. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Hunter. Around 2.9% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,090 | $20,520 |
| Fees | $308 | $308 |
Master's degree recipients from Hunter earn an average salary of $62,583 during the early years of their career. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 7% higher than the national average of $58,425.
The average early-career salary for doctorate degree recipients from Hunter is $78,135. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 4% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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/ |
Around 50.6% of Hunter graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 15.9% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Curriculum & Instruction | 1 |
| Nursing | 8 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 58 |
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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