Chemistry at Hunter College

If you are interested in studying chemistry, 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 has a total student population of 24,052. Of the 3,597 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 2021, 132 of them were chemistry majors.

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

Hunter Chemistry Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry

Hunter Chemistry Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the chemistry progam at Hunter compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 chemistry major at Hunter is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Chemistry. 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 Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Most Focused Chemistry Doctor’s Degree Schools	200
	243
Most Focused Chemistry Master’s Degree Schools	284

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in chemistry from Hunter. This is the #285 most popular school for chemistry master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Hunter Chemistry Graduates

The median salary of chemistry students who receive their bachelor's degree at Hunter is $25,658. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $37,104 for all chemistry students.

Chemistry Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Chemistry Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 132 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Hunter. About 39% were men and 61% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities in its chemistry 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 chemistry.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	55
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	25
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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

Related Majors

• Physics

Careers That Chemistry Grads May Go Into

A degree in chemistry 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
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	4,400	$79,340
Chemists	3,360	$85,590
Chemistry Professors	2,270	$102,260
Physics Postsecondary Professors	1,430	$117,370

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.