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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Hunter.

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

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Philosophy Schools	464

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

Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in philosophy from Hunter in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were 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 26% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Hunter also has a doctoral program available in philosophy. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Religious Studies

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.

• 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.