Bachelor's+9% vs national median6,072 grads tracked
Social Sciences at CUNY Hunter College
Ranked 61st of 387 bachelor's programs in Social Sciences by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$43,257
middle 50%: $30,134 – $60,387
Median · 5 years out
$65,035
middle 50%: $46,630 – $87,893
Median · 10 years out
$80,919
middle 50%: $56,871 – $112,100
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Social Sciences (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Social Science majors at CUNY Hunter College earn $43k in their first year. Median pay reaches $81k after a decade.
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
6.5 yrs
≈ $7,580 total interest
Same major at other universities
University of Utah
$65,929 · 5 yrs out
University of Houston
$65,767 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts - Lowell
$65,748 · 5 yrs out
Wheaton College
$65,263 · 5 yrs out
Clemson University
$65,084 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts at Boston
$65,081 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Arlington
$64,685 · 5 yrs out
Indiana University - Bloomington
$64,464 · 5 yrs out
Spelman College
$64,445 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at Albany
$64,228 · 5 yrs out
City College of New York - CUNY
$64,224 · 5 yrs out
Arizona State University
$64,142 · 5 yrs out
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$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
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$99,499 · 5 yrs out
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$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