Psychology at Hunter College

If you are interested in studying psychology, 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.

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

Hunter Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Hunter Psychology Rankings

The psychology major at Hunter is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Psychology. 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.

Psychology Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of psychology bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities in its psychology 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	129
Black or African American	70
Hispanic or Latino	234
White	151
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

Hunter Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Hunter, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 4% 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Hunter College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Psychology	693
Child Development & Psychology	38
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	14
Other Psychology	10

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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

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