Hunter earned 147 ranking badges in the 2027 College Factual rankings: 45 in the top 1%, 61 in the top 5%, 21 in the top 10% and 20 in the top 15% of the schools in each ranking. Its highest placement is #1 of 90 in Most Popular for Urban Studies, a top 1% award.
Key facts
Badges earned: 147 (2027 edition)
In the top 1% / top 5%: 45 / 61
Highest placement: #1 of 90, a top 1% award
Fields of study with a badge: 21
Placements this edition: 316
Badge cutoff: a top 15% placement in a ranking
Source: IPEDS 2025; College Scorecard July 2026; College Factual rankings 2027. Data as of: July 2026.
How Many Ranking Badges Has CUNY Hunter College Earned?
CUNY Hunter College holds 147 ranking badges across 21 fields of study, 106 of them in the top 5% or better; each badge is an award for placing in the top 15% of a ranking. It has no placements this edition in College Factual’s athletics rankings. Each ranking is recalculated when updated data becomes available. The awards below are from the 2027 edition. Each row marks the highest award tier reached in that ranking. See our data sources and methodologies. College administrators who want to showcase these awards through our badge program can contact us.
Count by Award Level
Award Level
Badges
Top 1%
45
Top 5%
61
Top 10%
21
Top 15%
20
Total
147
What Is CUNY Hunter College Known For?
CUNY Hunter College is best known for Education: 24 of its 145 traditional-student awards are in that field. Its top-ranked majors include Human Biology, Urban Studies and Fine & Studio Arts.
How Does CUNY Hunter College Rank for Online Students?
In College Factual’s 2027 online-program rankings, CUNY Hunter College earned 1 badge across 1 online program; its highest placement is #18 of 199 in Most Popular Online for Special Education.
Each ranking here is based primarily on data from the U.S. Department of Education, 2027 edition. CUNY Hunter College appears in 316 of the College Factual rankings covered on this page.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), serves as the core of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
by our College Data Analytics Team