HUNTER COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK N-34

695 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10021-5085
Tel: (212)772-4000
Admissions: (212)772-4490
Web Site: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of City University of New York System. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1870. Setting: urban campus. Total enrollment: 20,243. Faculty: 1,358 (632 full-time, 726 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 12,776 applied, 30% were admitted. Full-time: 10,318 students, 70% women, 30% men. Part-time: 5,043 students, 69% women, 31% men. Students come from 35 states and territories, 153 other countries, 3% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 21% Hispanic, 15% black, 16% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 7% international, 31% 25 or older, 1% live on campus, 9% transferred in. Retention: 81% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; psychology; visual/performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Marymount Manhattan College, New School for Social Research, YIVD Institute, other units of the City University of New York System. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 10/1. Notification: continuous until 1/3.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. State resident tuition: $4000 full-time, $170 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $360 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $329 full-time, $96 per term part-time. College room only: $2600. Room charges vary according to housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: local fraternities, local sororities. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. 612 college housing spaces available. Option: coed housing available. Hunter College Library with 789,718 books, 1.2 million microform titles, 4,282 serials, 13,489 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 750 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.