Urban Studies at Hunter College

What traits are you looking for in a urban studies school? To help you decide if Hunter College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's urban studies program.

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 Urban Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies
• Master’s Degree in Urban Studies

Hunter Urban Studies Rankings

The urban studies major at Hunter is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Urban Studies. 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.

Urban Studies Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of urban studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its urban studies 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 urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Hunter Urban Studies Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of urban studies master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in urban studies each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a urban studies master's degree from Hunter, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College with a master's in urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Urban Studies

If you plan to be a urban studies 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
Urban Studies/Affairs	90

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Geography & Cartography
• Anthropology
• Political Science & Government
• Economics

Careers That Urban Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in urban studies 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
Social Sciences Professors	2,570	$101,250
Urban and Regional Planners	1,410	$76,730
Sociologists	190	$75,800

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.