Our Students: Statistics
Hunter students are not statistics, but statistics help to portray them. Seventy-two per cent of Hunter students are female. More than 60% of matriculated undergraduates are 25 years old or under; while 79% of the graduate students are 26 or over. Of the students who responded to a recent study, 38.6% are White, non-Hispanic; 17.7% are Black, non-Hispanic; 21.7% are Hispanic; 16%, Asian/Pacific Islander; and 0.3%, American Indian/Native Alaskan.
Hunter students come from approximately 150 different countries and speak nearly 100 languages. Nearly 81% of Hunter’s students live in New York City, 9.4% live in New York State, 4.3% are from other states, and 5.4% are international students. The average SAT score of the most recent freshman class was 1071; the national mean was 1026.
