Enrollment Trends at Hunter College

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 23,185 where 22,538 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

75.55% of total students is undergraduate students and 24.45% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 477 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 857 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.07 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Hunter College than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at CUNY Hunter College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22,918	16,550	5,838	10,712	6,368	1,404	4,964
2016-17	22,993 75	16,723 173	5,990 152	10,733 21	6,270 -98	1,377 -27	4,893 -71
2017-18	23,005 12	16,844 121	5,911 -79	10,933 200	6,161 -109	1,458 81	4,703 -190
2018-19	23,202 197	17,212 368	6,053 142	11,159 226	5,990 -171	1,464 6	4,526 -177
2019-20	23,193 -9	17,121 -91	6,095 42	11,026 -133	6,072 82	1,393 -71	4,679 153
2020-21	24,052 859	17,943 822	6,370 275	11,573 547	6,109 37	1,373 -20	4,736 57
2021-22	24,099 47	18,152 209	6,206 -164	11,946 373	5,947 -162	1,347 -26	4,600 -136
2022-23	22,970 -1,129	17,256 -896	5,897 -309	11,359 -587	5,714 -233	1,364 17	4,350 -250
2023-24	22,879 -91	17,378 122	6,194 297	11,184 -175	5,501 -213	1,373 9	4,128 -222
2024-25	22,538 -341	17,027 -351	5,863 -331	11,164 -20	5,511 10	1,471 98	4,040 -88
Average	23,185	17,221	6,042	11,179	5,964	1,402	4,562

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 17,221 where 17,027 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at CUNY Hunter College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,550	12,033	4,252	7,781	4,517	1,586	2,931
2016-17	16,723	12,223	4,378	7,845	4,500	1,612	2,888
2017-18	16,844	12,612	4,409	8,203	4,232	1,502	2,730
2018-19	17,212	13,111	4,621	8,490	4,101	1,432	2,669
2019-20	17,121	12,991	4,624	8,367	4,130	1,471	2,659
2020-21	17,943	13,753	4,906	8,847	4,190	1,464	2,726
2021-22	18,152	13,706	4,550	9,156	4,446	1,656	2,790
2022-23	17,256	13,407	4,447	8,960	3,849	1,450	2,399
2023-24	17,378	13,604	4,737	8,867	3,774	1,457	2,317
2024-25	17,027	13,337	4,465	8,872	3,690	1,398	2,292
Average	17,221	17,221	4,539	8,539	17,221	1,503	2,640

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,964 where 5,511 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at CUNY Hunter College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,368	1,412	295	1,117	4,956	1,109	3,847
2016-17	6,270	1,474	295	1,179	4,796	1,082	3,714
2017-18	6,161	1,536	290	1,246	4,625	1,168	3,457
2018-19	5,990	1,524	320	1,204	4,466	1,144	3,322
2019-20	6,072	1,689	341	1,348	4,383	1,052	3,331
2020-21	6,109	1,739	371	1,368	4,370	1,002	3,368
2021-22	5,947	1,715	380	1,335	4,232	967	3,265
2022-23	5,714	1,552	349	1,203	4,162	1,015	3,147
2023-24	5,501	1,566	387	1,179	3,935	986	2,949
2024-25	5,511	2,442	675	1,767	3,069	796	2,273
Average	5,964	5,964	370	1,295	5,964	1,032	3,267

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.25% and the percentage of black students is 11.52% at CUNY Hunter College. 26.41% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 29.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 34.55% to 25.25%. Asian enrollment grew from 21.04% to 26.41%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.79% to 11.52%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 25.92% to 29.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7665 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7572 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY Hunter College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	36	4,822	2,472	5,941	96	7,919	408
2016-17	28	4,915	2,676	6,206	98	7,485	428
2017-18	32	5,152	2,551	6,499	72	7,102	443
2018-19	33	5,446	2,564	6,714	59	6,768	480
2019-20	40	5,532	2,565	6,764	37	6,599	585
2020-21	43	5,866	2,652	6,883	36	6,861	701
2021-22	54	6,086	2,746	6,850	33	6,623	720
2022-23	48	5,987	2,599	6,698	35	5,917	706
2023-24	45	6,032	2,698	6,821	33	5,607	694
2024-25	39	5,953	2,597	6,601	27	5,691	669
Average	40	5,579	2,612	6,598	53	6,657	583