Computer Science at Hunter College

Every computer science school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computer science program at Hunter College stacks up to those at other schools.

Hunter is located in New York, New York and approximately 24,052 students attend the school each year. Of the 210 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 2021, 210 of them were computer science majors.

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

Hunter Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Hunter Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer science programs across the country. The following shows how Hunter performed in these rankings.

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 computer science major at Hunter is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	52
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	80
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	119
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
	162
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	185
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	190
Best Value General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	199
Best General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	204
Most Popular General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	240
Most Focused General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	253
	271
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	313
	322
Best General Computer Science Schools	368

In 2021, 3 students received their master’s degree in computer science from Hunter. This makes it the #240 most popular school for computer science master’s degree candidates in the country.

Computer Science Student Demographics at Hunter

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

Hunter Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

Of the 210 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Hunter in 2020-2021, 74% were men and 26% were women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Hunter since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 40% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	105
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	37
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Hunter Computer Science Master’s Program

The computer science program at Hunter awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 100% of these degrees went to men with the other 0% going to women.

In the computer science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 32% 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 computer science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Programmers	15,380	$91,250
Computer Network Support Specialists	12,930	$79,200

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.