Enrollment Trends at Hunter College

The student population at CUNY Hunter College is 22,970 (17,256 undergraduate and 5,714 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 49 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Hunter College is 75.12% which is increased by 567 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 616 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.16 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

635 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,376.74% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 23,256 where 22,970 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

75.12% of total students is undergraduate students and 24.88% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 567 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 616 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.16 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Hunter College than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at CUNY Hunter College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23,019	16,689	5,890	10,799	6,330	1,506	4,824
2014-15	23,112 93	16,879 190	6,006 116	10,873 74	6,233 -97	1,458 -48	4,775 -49
2015-16	22,918 -194	16,550 -329	5,838 -168	10,712 -161	6,368 135	1,404 -54	4,964 189
2016-17	22,993 75	16,723 173	5,990 152	10,733 21	6,270 -98	1,377 -27	4,893 -71
2017-18	23,005 12	16,844 121	5,911 -79	10,933 200	6,161 -109	1,458 81	4,703 -190
2018-19	23,202 197	17,212 368	6,053 142	11,159 226	5,990 -171	1,464 6	4,526 -177
2019-20	23,193 -9	17,121 -91	6,095 42	11,026 -133	6,072 82	1,393 -71	4,679 153
2020-21	24,052 859	17,943 822	6,370 275	11,573 547	6,109 37	1,373 -20	4,736 57
2021-22	24,099 47	18,152 209	6,206 -164	11,946 373	5,947 -162	1,347 -26	4,600 -136
2022-23	22,970 -1,129	17,256 -896	5,897 -309	11,359 -587	5,714 -233	1,364 17	4,350 -250
Average	23,256	17,137	6,026	11,111	6,119	1,414	4,705

CUNY Hunter College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 17,137 where 17,256 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at CUNY Hunter College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,689	11,747	4,189	7,558	4,942	1,701	3,241
2014-15	16,879	12,142	4,291	7,851	4,737	1,715	3,022
2015-16	16,550	12,033	4,252	7,781	4,517	1,586	2,931
2016-17	16,723	12,223	4,378	7,845	4,500	1,612	2,888
2017-18	16,844	12,612	4,409	8,203	4,232	1,502	2,730
2018-19	17,212	13,111	4,621	8,490	4,101	1,432	2,669
2019-20	17,121	12,991	4,624	8,367	4,130	1,471	2,659
2020-21	17,943	13,753	4,906	8,847	4,190	1,464	2,726
2021-22	18,152	13,706	4,550	9,156	4,446	1,656	2,790
2022-23	17,256	13,407	4,447	8,960	3,849	1,450	2,399
Average	17,137	17,137	4,467	8,306	17,137	1,559	2,806

CUNY Hunter College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 6,119 where 5,714 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at CUNY Hunter College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,330	1,340	284	1,056	4,990	1,222	3,768
2014-15	6,233	1,390	309	1,081	4,843	1,149	3,694
2015-16	6,368	1,412	295	1,117	4,956	1,109	3,847
2016-17	6,270	1,474	295	1,179	4,796	1,082	3,714
2017-18	6,161	1,536	290	1,246	4,625	1,168	3,457
2018-19	5,990	1,524	320	1,204	4,466	1,144	3,322
2019-20	6,072	1,689	341	1,348	4,383	1,052	3,331
2020-21	6,109	1,739	371	1,368	4,370	1,002	3,368
2021-22	5,947	1,715	380	1,335	4,232	967	3,265
2022-23	5,714	1,552	349	1,203	4,162	1,015	3,147
Average	6,119	6,119	323	1,214	6,119	1,091	3,491

CUNY Hunter College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.76% and the percentage of black students is 11.31% at CUNY Hunter College. 26.06% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY Hunter College over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	55	4,550	2,517	5,164	128	8,942	351
2014-15	40	4,645	2,510	5,623	133	8,544	378
2015-16	36	4,822	2,472	5,941	96	7,919	408
2016-17	28	4,915	2,676	6,206	98	7,485	428
2017-18	32	5,152	2,551	6,499	72	7,102	443
2018-19	33	5,446	2,564	6,714	59	6,768	480
2019-20	40	5,532	2,565	6,764	37	6,599	585
2020-21	43	5,866	2,652	6,883	36	6,861	701
2021-22	54	6,086	2,746	6,850	33	6,623	720
2022-23	48	5,987	2,599	6,698	35	5,917	706
Average	41	5,300	2,585	6,334	73	7,276	520

CUNY Hunter College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

635 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,376.74% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at CUNY Hunter College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	23,112	43	499	22,570
2015-16	22,918	74	617	22,227
2016-17	22,993	85	800	22,108
2017-18	23,005	111	838	22,056
2018-19	23,202	137	976	22,089
2019-20	23,193	158	1,502	21,533
2020-21	24,052	20,866	2,915	271
2021-22	24,099	3,267	14,334	6,498
2022-23	22,970	635	7,882	14,453
Average	23,283	2,820	3,374	17,089

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