College · Public · New York, NY · City
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
Hispanic-serving
Admit rate54%
6-yr median pay$50k
Net price / yr$3k
Undergrad size16,289
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $3k/yr for a shot at a $50k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 54% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1280.
If you get in
16,289 undergrads. Medium. Clubs matter for finding your people.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $14k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $3k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$56k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$12k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$44k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.2x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $7.4k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $15.3k
- Room & board
- $11.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,500
How students pay for it.
Pell grants56%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans7%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$11k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $7k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention79%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr57%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$50k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$63k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out27%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 16,289
- Location
- New York, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · large · primarily nonresidential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Hunter · Hunter College
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic31%
- Asian31%
- White18%
- Black11%
- International5%
- Two or more races3%
First-gen students47%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time18%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Veterans0%
Share using veteran education benefits.
Median family income$22k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 54
What you can study.