Urban Studies/Affairs at Hunter College

If you plan to study urban studies/affairs, 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 Urban Studies/Affairs section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Urban Studies/Affairs Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Affairs
• Master’s Degree in Urban Affairs

Hunter Urban Studies/Affairs Rankings

Urban Affairs Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of urban affairs master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in urban affairs each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

Of the students who received a urban affairs master's degree from Hunter, 61% 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 affairs.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Careers That Urban Affairs Grads May Go Into

A degree in urban affairs 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.