Accounting at Hunter College

If you plan to study accounting, 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. Of the 222 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 2021, 106 of them were accounting majors.

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

Hunter Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Hunter Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Hunter compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Hunter is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	118
	140
	182
	280
	314
	358
	407
	414
	546
	567
	619
	661
	713
	792
	948

In 2021, 27 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Hunter. This makes it the #183 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Accounting Bachelor’s Program

The accounting program at Hunter awarded 106 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 38% of these degrees went to men with the other 62% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College with a bachelor's in accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	42
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	15
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Hunter Accounting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of accounting master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 46% men graduate in accounting each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 70% of degree recipients. That is 38% 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	5
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Hunter also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	110,780	$96,300
Financial Examiners	9,030	$115,980
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Credit Analysts	7,440	$119,180
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	4,830	$70,560

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.