Nursing at Hunter College

If you are interested in studying nursing, 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.

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

Hunter Nursing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing
• Master’s Degree in Nursing

Hunter Nursing Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in nursing, making the school the #246 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Nursing Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Nursing Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nursing master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in nursing each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the nursing master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 11% 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 nursing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	63
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Nursing

The following nursing concentations are available at Hunter College. 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
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing	37
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing	12
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing	11
Geriatric Nurse/Nursing	4
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	3

Related Majors

• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Communication Sciences
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions

Careers That Nursing Grads May Go Into

A degree in nursing 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
Registered Nurses	182,490	$85,610
Medical and Health Services Managers	25,830	$143,030
Nurse Practitioners	13,710	$120,970
Nursing Instructors and Professors	4,380	$91,900
Nurse Anesthetists	1,770	$191,130

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.