Health Professions at Hunter College
If you plan to study health professions, take a look at what Hunter College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.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 Health Professions section at the bottom of this page.
Hunter Health Professions Degrees Available
- Undergrad Certificate in Health Professions (1 - 4 Years)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
- Master’s Degree in Health Professions
Hunter Health Professions Rankings
There were 66 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #315 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Health Professions Student Demographics at Hunter
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health professions majors at Hunter College.
Hunter Health Professions Master’s Program
Of the students who received a health professions master's degree from Hunter, 50% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 5% 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 health professions.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 38 |
Black or African American | 36 |
Hispanic or Latino | 52 |
White | 133 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Concentrations Within Health Professions
If you plan to be a health professions 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 |
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Nursing | 67 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 61 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 46 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 28 |
Communication Sciences | 24 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 1 |
Related Majors
Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into
A degree in health professions 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 |
---|---|---|
Personal Care Aides | 199,060 | $27,640 |
Home Health Aides | 191,820 | $26,240 |
Registered Nurses | 182,490 | $85,610 |
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors | 112,510 | $70,770 |
Nursing Assistants | 91,400 | $37,010 |
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.