General Psychology at Hunter College

If you are interested in studying general 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 approximately 24,052 students attend the school each year. Of the 3,597 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 2021, 686 of them were general psychology majors.

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

Hunter General Psychology Degrees Available

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

Hunter General Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the psychology 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 psychology major at Hunter is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	183
Best General Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	258

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in psychology from Hunter. This makes it the #210 most popular school for psychology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of Hunter Psychology Graduates

The median salary of psychology students who receive their bachelor's degree at Hunter is $27,951. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $28,637 for all psychology students.

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 General Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The psychology program at Hunter awarded 686 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% 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	165
Black or African American	69
Hispanic or Latino	277
White	134
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Hunter General Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 7 psychology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Hunter, about 14% were men and 86% were women.

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	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Other Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
• Child Development & Psychology

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.