by our College Data Analytics TeamThe majority of students will never be charged the full, advertised sticker price of a school. Instead, they will be given a financial aid offer that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The total price of attendance at CUNY Hunter College can feel tremendous, but do not forget that almost all students receive some sort of financial help.
Just what financing solutions does Hunter deliver, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep scrolling for answers. Keep going to discover how much school funding could be available to you.
The amount of financial aid and scholarships you are eligible for will vary depending on your family’s income. Read on to get a sense of the financial assistance available at CUNY Hunter College.
Colleges use loans, grants, scholarships and work-study to minimize what students actually pay out of pocket. Some kinds of aid are clearly preferable to others, and outcomes differ across students.
At CUNY Hunter College, 89% of first-time, full-time freshmen received some form of financial aid around 2765 incoming students).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 87% | $9,755 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 69% | $1,200 |
| Federal Pell grants | 69% | $6,285 |
| State/local grants | 83% | $3,991 |
| Federal student loans | 3% | $4,576 |
Because grants and scholarships do not have to be repaid, they are the most sought-after type of financial aid. Across the undergraduate body at Hunter, roughly 70% of the undergraduate population received grant aid that averaged $9,090 (among about 12248 awardees).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 70% | $9,090 |
| Federal Pell grants | 56% | $6,143 |
| Federal student loans | 7% | $6,257 |
For on-campus title-IV students, average grant aid came to $10,921.
Need-based aid means lower-income families typically pay far less than the sticker price suggests.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $1,029 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $3,860 |
| Over $75,000 | $9,746 |
Each figure is the net price after grants and scholarships, not the published sticker price.
After grants and scholarships come off the published price, what remains is the net price — the best estimate of true out-of-pocket cost.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $2,984 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $2,446 |
For a personalized estimate based on your family’s financial situation, use Hunter’s net price calculator: npc.cuny.edu/npc/public/fin_aid/financial_aid_estimator/FinAidEstimator.jsp.
Graduating students at Hunter carry a median federal student debt of $8,812 of federal student loans.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $8,812 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $11,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $116.62/mo |
That monthly figure reflects the median graduate debt repaid on a standard 10-year federal schedule.
The numbers below show the full range, not just the middle of the distribution. These percentiles trace how cumulative federal debt is spread among borrowers at Hunter.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $2,191 |
| 25th percentile | $4,500 |
| 75th percentile | $18,025 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $27,255 |
How much a student borrows depends heavily on family income, first-gen status, and dependency.
Median Debt by Income Bracket
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $8,684 |
| Middle income | $8,000 |
| High income | $9,713 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $8,277 |
| Continuing-generation students | $10,200 |
By Dependency Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $7,500 |
| Independent students | $12,000 |
The figure below distills the debt data into a single burden category for Hunter.
The Stafford program is the federal direct-loan vehicle most undergraduates use. The annual Stafford volume below reflects program activity at Hunter:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 31206 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $647,088,356 |
The GI Bill and DoD Tuition Assistance are the main federal aid routes for veterans and service members.
Post-9/11 GI Bill activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 244 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $864,208 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $3,542 |
DoD Tuition Assistance activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 4 |
| Total DoD amount | $3,700 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $925 |
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