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 has a total student population of 23,202. Of the 233 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 2019, 94 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: 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 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
Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	163
Most Popular Accounting Schools	191
Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	239
Best Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	250
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	389
Most Focused Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	743
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	760
Best Accounting Schools	843
Most Focused Accounting Schools	846

In 2019, 24 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Hunter. This makes it the #239 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

During the 2018-2019 academic year, 94 accounting majors earned their bachelor's degree from Hunter. Of these graduates, 45% were men and 55% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% 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	40
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	14
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Hunter Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 24 accounting students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from Hunter, about 46% were men and 54% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 36% 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	2
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Hunter also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 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.