Literature at Hunter College

If you are interested in studying literature, you may want to check out the program at Hunter College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Hunter is located in New York, New York and approximately 24,052 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Literature section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Literature Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Literature

Hunter Literature Rankings

Literature Student Demographics at Hunter

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the literature majors at Hunter College.

Hunter Literature Master’s Program

70% Women

30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of literature master's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 26% men graduate in literature each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a literature master's degree from Hunter, 60% were white. This is below average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the literature master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 30% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College with a master's in literature.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Literature

The following literature concentations are available at Hunter College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Hunter College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
English Literature (British & Commonwealth)	3

General English Literature

Careers That Literature Grads May Go Into

A degree in literature can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Hunter College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Editors	19,140	$83,070
English Language and Literature Professors	7,700	$92,170
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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