How hard is CUNY Hunter College to get into?
CUNY Hunter College (Hunter College) acceptance rate is 54.05% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 31,614 students applied and 17,087 were admitted to the school. It means that your chances of getting into Hunter College is not low.
Hunter College's acceptance rate places 21st out of 166 New York colleges with competitive admission.
The median SAT score is 1350 at Hunter College. Hunter College's SAT score ranks 19th out of 91 New York colleges that consider SAT score for admission.
To apply to Hunter College, personal statement (or essay) is required to submit and recommendations is not required but considered. The SAT and ACT score is not required, but considered for admission. In addition, english proficiency test score is also considered (required).
Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2023-24, Hunter College's acceptance rate is 54.05% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 18.58%. 12,384 men and 18,574 women applied to Hunter College and 6,088 men and 10,628 women students were accepted.
463 applicants who has another gender applied and 225 were accepted.146 accepted students' gender is unknown.
Among them, 1,111 men and 1,947 women were enrolled in Hunter College (Fall 2023).
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Median SAT and ACT Score
In 2024, 294 students (9% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores
The median SAT score is 1,350 with 670 SAT EBRW and 680 SAT Math median scores. The 75th percentile SAT score of EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading / Writing) is 710 and the 25th percentile is 610. The SAT Math 75th percentile score is 760 and 25th percentile is 600 .
The institutional SAT code for Hunter College is 2301 and 4-digt code ACT code is 2951.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type
For the academic year 2023-24, total 3,175 first-year students enrolled in Hunter College. The proportion of full-time students is 98.20% and part-time students is 1.80%.
By gender, the proportion of men students is 34.99% and women students is 61.32%. 1.10% of students has another gender and 2.58% students' gender is unknown.
The following table shows the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at Hunter College.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2024)
Application Requirements
It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Completion of College Preparatory Program, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.
The SAT and ACT test score is not reqired, but considered in admission process at Hunter College. The english proficiency test is reqired .
The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply CUNY Hunter College.
For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .
General Admissions Information
The application fee is $65 for applying undergraduate schools and $75 for for applying graduate schools at CUNY Hunter College. The following table provides general admission information for applying to Hunter College.