CUNY Hunter College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Hunter College of the City University of New York was established in 1870 as the Normal College, a teacher-training school for young women. Thomas Hunter, an Irish immigrant and social reformer, was founder of the college. The college adopted its current name in 1914 and became a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). Presently, Hunter College has over 100 undergraduate and graduate programs. The college is organized into several academic divisions such as:

• School of Arts and Sciences
• School of Education
• School of Social Work
• School of the Health Professions

Hunter College officially recognized a number of fraternities and sororities including a chapter of Alpha Phi Omega, a few African-American fraternities, Zeta Phi Alpha, Mu Sigma Upsilon, Delta Pi Sigma, Kappa Sigma, and Alpha Sigma.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in drama and performing arts, liberal arts, fine arts, family and social work, education and teaching, religion and philosophy, photography and commercial art, and therapy and counseling.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• Selective admissions.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High female/male ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Hunter College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 79% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 21,258 in 2009-2010 (16,686 full-time equivalent).

About 36% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 64% of the class.

Undergrads are 74% of enrolled students and graduate students are 26%.

Students under 25 years old represent 60% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 97% are full-time and 3% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Hunter College provides on-campus housing for 629 of its 16,686 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the City University of New York Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Hunter College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (235 awarded)

• Accounting

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (27 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (9 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (52 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (702 awarded)

• Bilingual and Multilingual Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Drama and Dance Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Early Childhood Spec Ed Pgms
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Hearing Impairments
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Orthopedic/Oth Phys Impairments
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Specific Learning Disabilities
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Vision Impairments/ Blindness
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation
• Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• Latin Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physics Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Archeology

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (349 awarded)

• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (154 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (1,287 awarded)

• Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
• Anthropology
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• Hebrew Language and Literature
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Urban Studies/Affairs
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (36 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (201 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (29 awarded)

• Environmental Health
• Public Health Education and Promotion

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (47 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MEDICINE (66 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (38 awarded)

• Music History, Literature, and Theory
• Music Performance

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (181 awarded)

• Adult Health Nurse/Nursing
• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
• Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing
• Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (27 awarded)

• Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (59 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (31 awarded)

• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (170 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physical Sciences
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (443 awarded)

• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology