Philosophy & Religious Studies at Hunter College

Every philosophy & religious studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the philosophy & religious studies program at Hunter College stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Philosophy & Religious Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Philosophy & Religious Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy & Religious Studies

Hunter Philosophy & Religious Studies Rankings

The philosophy & religious studies major at Hunter is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Philosophy & Religious Studies. 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.

Philosophy & Religious Studies Student Demographics at Hunter

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the philosophy & religious studies majors at Hunter College.

Hunter Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of philosophy & religious studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical philosophy & religious studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% women. So female students are more repesented at Hunter since its program graduates 13% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its philosophy & religious studies 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 philosophy & religious studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Philosophy & Religious Studies

If you plan to be a philosophy & religious studies major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Philosophy	18
Religious Studies	10

Related Majors

• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• History
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• Communication & Journalism

Careers That Philosophy & Religious Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy & religious studies 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
Mathematical Science Professors	4,700	$105,070
Philosophy and Religion Professors	3,530	$80,480
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	1,510	$93,280
Natural Sciences Managers	1,360	$148,460

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.