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Bachelor's+20% vs national median194 grads tracked

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences at CUNY Hunter College

Ranked 7th of 141 bachelor's programs in Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences by 5-year earnings.

Median · 1 year out
$35,591
middle 50%: $26,890 – $51,789
Median · 5 years out
$65,620
middle 50%: $48,381 – $82,576
Median · 10 years out
$71,899
middle 50%: $53,848 – $90,366

Salary trajectory

Median earnings vs the national median for Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences (bachelor's) graduates.

This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates

Graduates of CUNY Hunter College's bachelor's program in Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences earn a median $35,591 one year after graduating, rising to $71,899 by year ten. Five years out, earnings run 20% above the national median of $54,575 for this field, ranking 7th of 141 reporting programs.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.

Will the degree pay for itself?

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Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).

Paid off in
6.9 yrs
≈ $8,325 total interest

Same major at other universities

New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York
$96,936 · 5 yrs out
Indiana University - Bloomington
$70,813 · 5 yrs out
Fashion Institute of Technology
$69,284 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Austin
$66,796 · 5 yrs out
Texas A&M University
$66,666 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Arlington
$66,382 · 5 yrs out
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
$64,046 · 5 yrs out
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
$63,979 · 5 yrs out
University of Wisconsin - Madison
$63,284 · 5 yrs out
Framingham State University
$62,754 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
$62,224 · 5 yrs out
University of the District of Columbia
$62,007 · 5 yrs out

Other majors at CUNY Hunter College

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)
$119,206 · 5 yrs out
Health Professions and Related Programs (Bachelor's)
$111,026 · 5 yrs out
Health Professions and Related Programs (Master's)
$107,101 · 5 yrs out
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Master's)
$103,243 · 5 yrs out
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Master's)
$99,747 · 5 yrs out
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (Bachelor's)
$99,499 · 5 yrs out
Computer Science (Bachelor's)
$99,499 · 5 yrs out
Physical Sciences (Master's)
$98,392 · 5 yrs out
Mathematics and Statistics (Master's)
$95,890 · 5 yrs out
Statistics (Bachelor's)
$93,187 · 5 yrs out
Education (Master's)
$91,424 · 5 yrs out
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Bachelor's)
$89,536 · 5 yrs out

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