Accounting at Hunter College

What traits are you looking for in a accounting school? To help you decide if Hunter College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's accounting 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 Accounting section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Hunter Accounting Rankings

Accounting Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 52% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in accounting each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of degree recipients. That is 32% 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Accounting

If you plan to be a accounting 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
Accounting	27

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	104,580	$45,590
Financial Analysts	53,250	$137,270
Financial Managers	42,460	$210,510
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980

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.