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. Of the 3,597 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 2021, 22 of them were urban studies majors.

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Urban Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5

In 2021, 68 students received their master’s degree in urban studies from Hunter. This makes it the #2 most popular school for urban studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 22 urban studies majors earned their bachelor's degree from Hunter. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical urban studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at Hunter since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% 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	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Hunter Urban Studies Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 68 students graduated with a master's degree in urban studies from Hunter. About 53% were men and 47% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in urban studies each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

Of the students who received a urban studies master's degree from Hunter, 60% 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	5
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	41
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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.