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Philosophy at Hunter College

Philosophy at Hunter College

If you plan to study philosophy, take a look at what Hunter College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Hunter Philosophy Rankings

The philosophy major at Hunter is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Philosophy. 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 Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
56% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 44% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% women. So female students are more repesented at Hunter since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its philosophy 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Philosophy

If you plan to be a philosophy 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

Careers That Philosophy Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy 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
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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