Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing at Hunter College

If you are interested in studying psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing, 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 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Hunter Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Rankings

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in psychiatric/mental health nursing, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Student Demographics at Hunter

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the psychiatric/mental health nursing majors at Hunter College.

Hunter Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing Master’s Program

71% Women

58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of psychiatric/mental health nursing master's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 17% men graduate in psychiatric/mental health nursing each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

In the psychiatric/mental health nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 12% 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 psychiatric/mental health nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychiatric/mental health nursing 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
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Nurse Practitioners	13,710	$120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors	4,380	$91,900

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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