Psychology at Hunter College

If you plan to study psychology, 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 Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
• Master’s Degree in Psychology

Hunter Psychology Rankings

Psychology Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of psychology master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Hunter, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 4% 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Psychology

Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Child Development & Psychology	38
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	14
Other Psychology	10
General Psychology	7

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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

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