General Economics at Hunter College

If you plan to study general economics, 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, 116 of them were general economics majors.

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

Hunter General Economics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Economics
• Master’s Degree in General Economics

Hunter General Economics Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The general economics major at Hunter is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Economics. 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
	13
	33
	38
	42
	52
	58
	60
	105
	114
	148
	158
	319
	326
	412
	421

In 2021, 7 students received their master’s degree in general economics from Hunter. This makes it the #38 most popular school for general economics master’s degree candidates in the country.

General Economics Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter General Economics Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 116 general economics majors earned their bachelor's degree from Hunter. Of these graduates, 54% were men and 46% were women. The typical general economics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% women. So female students are more repesented at Hunter since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 38% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general economics 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 general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	32
White	26
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Hunter General Economics Master’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a master's degree in General Economics from Hunter in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women.

Of the students who received a general economics master's degree from Hunter, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the general economics master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 9% 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 general economics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

Careers That General Economics Grads May Go Into

A degree in general economics 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
Economics Professors	1,650	$129,370
Economists	750	$127,520
Survey Researchers	710	$74,130

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.