Health Professions at Hunter College

What traits are you looking for in a health professions school? To help you decide if Hunter College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health professions program.

Hunter is located in New York, New York and approximately 24,052 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 248 students received a bachelor's degree in health professions from Hunter.

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

Hunter Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions
• Doctorate Degree in Health Professions

Hunter Health Professions Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health professions programs across the country. The following shows how Hunter performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health professions major at Hunter is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools	324
Best Value Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	458
Best Health Professions Doctor’s Degree Schools	522
Most Popular Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools	1,920
Most Focused Health Professions Undergraduate Certificate Schools	1,920
Most Focused Health Professions Schools	3,175

In 2021, 142 students received their master’s degree in health professions from Hunter. This makes it the #244 most popular school for health professions master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 66 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #315 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

The health professions program at Hunter awarded 248 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 20% of these degrees went to men with the other 80% going to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at Hunter since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	102
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	53
White	51
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Hunter Health Professions Master’s Program

Of the 142 students who graduated with a master’s in health professions from Hunter in 2021, 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 17% 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	55
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Hunter also has a doctoral program available in health professions. In 2021, 66 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Health Professions

Health Professions majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Nursing	260
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	67
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	61
Mental & Social Health Services	46
Communication Sciences	24
Public Health	16
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	1

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Personal Care Aides	199,060	$27,640
Home Health Aides	191,820	$26,240
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Nursing Assistants	91,400	$37,010

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
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.