Founded in 1870, Hunter is one of the oldest and most distinguished public colleges in the nation. It's also the largest college in the CUNY system. Hunter provides undergraduate and graduate students alike with first-rate programs in the liberal arts and sciences, as well as in professional fields including education, health professions, nursing, and social work.

Since its earliest days, Hunter has been dedicated to serving a student body that reflects the diversity of New York City. Today, the campus is a microcosm of New York's global, multicultural society. Hunter students come from more than 150 countries and speak approximately 100 languages.

While many programs emphasize preparation for specific careers, the fundamental aim of the Hunter College experience is to help students develop their rational, critical, and creative powers.

Hunter is a comprehensive teaching, research, and service institution that serves New York and the nation by providing students with a first-rate education.

Hunter College is made up of four schools: Arts and Sciences; Education; Health Professions; and Social Work.
The College's main campus is located on Manhattan's East Side at 68th Street and Lexington Avenue. Here a modern complex of four buildings interconnected by skywalks houses the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Education.
The School of the Health Professions, which includes the Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing and the highly regarded Schools of the Health Professions, is located at East 25th Street on Hunter's Brookdale Campus. The School of Nursing is one of the nation's largest.
Hunter graduates are admitted to medical schools at a rate 25 percent higher than the national average.
Hunter graduates are frequent recipients of coveted prizes and awards, including Fulbright and Mellon Fellowships and Howard Hughes Pre-Doctoral Fellowships. They are also regularly accepted into graduate programs at many of the nation's most prestigious universities.
The Hunter College Scholarship Program offers merit-based scholarships to a limited number of highly qualified incoming freshmen. Some scholarships also include a free room at the Hunter College Residence Hall, located at East 25th Street on the Brookdale campus. These awards are based on students' high school record, SAT I scores, essay, and letters of recommendation. Only freshmen applying for the Fall term will be considered. Applications and further information can be obtained on our website or at the Hunter College Welcome Center.
Many Hunter students participate in campus clubs, intramural sports, and intercollegiate athletic teams. Hunter offers what is widely considered the premier athletic program in The City University of New York. The College's softball and tennis teams, as well as men's and women's volleyball and basketball, consistently win CUNY championships.
Collections in the Hunter College libraries are housed in the Jacqueline Grennan Wexler Library and the Art Slide Library (located at the 68th Street campus), as well as in the branch libraries at the Brookdale campus and the School of Social Work. Combined, these libraries hold some 750,000 volumes, 2,300 periodicals, and a non-print collection that includes more than one million microforms. There are also 250,000 art slides as well as records, tapes, scores, music CDs, and videos.

Special Programs

Block Program for entering freshmen. Hunter's innovative Block Program allows first-year students to earn general education credits while exploring possible careers and majors.

Four-Year Hunter College Scholarship Programs for entering freshmen. This includes the Macaulay Honors College, The Teacher Academy at Hunter College and the Hunter Honors Scholarship Program. Hunter also offers study abroad and participates in the National Student Exchange. Contact the Welcome Center for applications and information.

Students may earn academic credit through career-oriented In-Service Learning Internships in a variety of majors.

Special Internship and Research Programs: Education for Public Service; In-Service Learning Internships; Internship in NYC. Government; Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC); and Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS).

Quality Urban Elementary School Teacher (QUEST) Program: a field-based, intensive teacher training program for urban elementary schools.

Facts

Hunter College has been listed in Barron's "Best Buys in College Education" - the only CUNY school to receive such recognition. Barron's praised Hunter College as a "dynamic college, with an energy that makes the campus sizzle."
Hunter is the only college in the country whose roster of alumni includes two female Nobel laureates in medicine.
Hunter College receives the highest amount of National Institutes of Health funding among all New York State undergraduate institutions without medical schools.
Hunter is the only US institution to send two minority women students to MIT for graduate work in physics.
Centers and institutes on the Hunter campus include such national leaders as the Brookdale Center on Healthy Aging and Longevity, and the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO), the only university-based research institute in the country dedicated to the study of the Puerto Rican experience.

Travel Directions

Subway: #6 (Lexington Avenue line) to 68th Street or F train to 63rd Street and Lexington Avenue.

Bus: M66 crosstown to Lexington Avenue or M98, 101, 102, 103 uptown on 3rd Avenue to 68th Street or downtown on Lexington Avenue.

For driving directions, visit our website at: http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/abouthunter/maps.shtml

College Contacts

Pre-Admissions/Welcome Center:

Ms. Clare Pistey
North Building, Room 100
(212) 772-4490
welcomecenter@hunter.cuny.edu

Financial Aid:

Ms. Aristalia Rodriguez
North Building, Room 241
(212) 772-4820
faohc@hunter.cuny.edu