Early Childhood Education at Hunter College

Every early childhood education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at Hunter College stacks up to those at other schools.

Hunter is located in New York, New York and approximately 24,052 students attend the school each year. Of the 56 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in 2021, 3 of them were early childhood education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Early Childhood Education section at the bottom of this page.

Hunter Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development
• Master’s Degree in Child development

Hunter Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Hunter compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Hunter is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Early Childhood Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	6
Best Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	38
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	64
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	92
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	140
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	388

In 2021, 78 students received their master’s degree in child development from Hunter. This makes it the #7 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Hunter

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Hunter College.

Hunter Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 child development majors earned their bachelor's degree from Hunter. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	0
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Hunter Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 8% of child development master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in child development each year. Hunter does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 54% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Hunter College with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	35
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Hunter also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Elementary Education

Careers That Child development Grads May Go Into

A degree in child development can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Hunter College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Preschool Teachers	30,790	$48,630
Kindergarten Teachers	6,120	$79,410

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.