by our College Data Analytics TeamNursing is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Hunter College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in nursing, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Hunter was $855 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $470 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $11,090 | $20,520 |
| Fees | $308 | $308 |
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The median early career salary of nursing students who receive their master’s degree from Hunter is $122,273 per year. That is 25% higher than the national average of $97,473.
Online degrees for the Hunter nursing master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Hunter Online Learning page.
Women made up around 85.1% of the nursing students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 86.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in nursing at Hunter in 2019-2020, 57.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 53 |
| Black or African American | 44 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 28 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 87 |
| International Students | 6 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Nursing students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Adult Health Nurse/Nursing | 5 |
| Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing | 44 |
| Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing | 1 |
| Geriatric Nurse/Nursing | 171 |
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| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Communication Sciences | 22 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 21 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 50 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 10 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
