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Hunter College Overview

Hunter College is a public institution situated in New York, New York. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Hunter College Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$24,492 Avg Cost After Aid
46% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at Hunter have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Hunter.
  • In <nil>, 32% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Hunter bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $58,822 a year. That's about 44% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Hunter College?

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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

How Do I Get Into Hunter?

You can apply to Hunter online at: hunter.cuny.edu/students/admissions/undergraduate/apply/

Admission Requirements for Hunter

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Required
Recommendations Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Hunter?

46% Acceptance Rate
69% Of Accepted Are Women
Hunter has a fairly low acceptance rate of 46%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 39%, and the acceptance rate for women is 50%.

Can I Afford Hunter College?

$24,492 Net Price
4% Take Out Loans
1.0% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Hunter is $24,492. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. 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 1.0%. 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.

Hunter College Undergraduate Student Diversity

13,706 Full-Time Undergraduates
67% Women
76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 18,152 undergraduate students at Hunter, with 13,706 being full-time and 4,446 being part-time.

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There are also 5,947 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 13,706 full-time undergraduates at Hunter, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Hunter College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 4,411
Black or African American 1,387
Hispanic or Latino 4,058
White 2,738
International Students 597
Other Races/Ethnicities 515

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Hunter College. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 170 countries are represented at Hunter. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Online Learning at Hunter College

3,267 Took All Classes Online
17,601 Took At Least One Class Online
3,293.9% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 17,601 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Hunter has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of Hunter

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Hunter College was 3,293.9%. This is the #64 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Hunter regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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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