CUNY Hunter College Reviews

  • 112 Reviews
  • New York (NY)
  • Annual Tuition: $15,332
82% of 112 students said this degree improved their career prospects
92% of 112 students said they would recommend this school to others
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Student & Graduate Reviews

Tristan Vizconde
  • Reviewed: 3/16/2013
  • Degree: Social Work
"Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College so far has been a great experience. Definitely a lot of work, but so far it's been worth it."
Leslie Emery
  • Reviewed: 3/9/2013
  • Degree: Social Work
"One of the Best MSW programs in New York City and it's the most affordable. The professors are great and helpful and I'm enjoying the anti-oppressive curriculum."
Tamika Francis
  • Reviewed: 2/26/2013
  • Degree: Teaching
"Hunter College has some of the best professors I've ever experienced in my academic career. They are passionate, knowledgeable, caring and work hard to prepare us for our careers as future teachers. I couldn't have chosen a better college to pursue my degree."
Matthew Hitchman
  • Reviewed: 2/12/2013
  • Degree: English
"High level of commitment necessay, difficult load of work, but thoroughly beneficial."
Tereva Bundy
  • Reviewed: 1/30/2013
  • Degree: Curriculum & Instruction
"The workload is intense, but the professors are very helpful"
Barbara Serrano
  • Reviewed: 1/27/2013
  • Degree: Teaching
"Hunter College is a great school to attend, but don't expect much support from Financial Aid or Student Services. Thanks to the lack of the right information from advisement I'm now taking CLEP exams to make up for credits that I WAS TOLD I DID NOT NEED. They really need to learn more communication between their offices and make sure students get the right info. I received my BA from Hunter and is now pursuing my Masters there, as a Grad student I feel there is more support but from past experience I do my own research as well to make sure I wont have any more issues down the road."
Ariel Lindorff-Vijayendran
  • Reviewed: 1/2/2013
  • Degree: Liberal Studies
"Hunter may not be at the top of the list of prestigious grad math programs. But much of the faculty is responsive in a way that is quite unusual for graduate programs, and arguably even more unusual in the field. It is possible to get a tremendous amount out of this program if one takes full advantage of what professors have to offer. It is probably one of the few MA programs in mathematics in which professors make a real effort to include students in research and publication."
Zachary Trow
  • Reviewed: 12/9/2012
  • Degree: Fine Arts
"This is a competitive program that focuses on independent work ethics with great faculty to guide you."
ANGEL BOSQUES JR
  • Reviewed: 12/4/2012
  • Degree: Social Sciences
"PROS: Living in NYC, great teachers, ability to choose your own courses CONS: No sense of community unless you try,"
Marie Kent
  • Reviewed: 12/2/2012
  • Degree: Education
"The program I am in is essentially a commuter program so several of the questions did not apply as much as they would elsewhere. That said, it is accessible and challenging and has a good reputation within the city."
Hannah Siegel
  • Reviewed: 12/2/2012
  • Degree: Education
"The pros of Hunter College TESOL program is that they are very thorough in teaching you everything, from practical to theoretical information. They also have a very high reputation and are regarded as among the top two TESOL programs in the city, if not the state, only competing with Columbia's Teacher's College. Schools around the state value Hunter education's school graduates and are quick to hire them over other private institutions's graduates, like NYU, for example. The cons are that the program takes longer than most TESOL programs, being two years instead of one, and that there is a mixture of good and bad professors, most of them not full-time professors and only adjuncts. The coordinator liaison between the NYC DOE/public schools and Hunter is also very disorganized at times and another con is that the TESOL program is the lowest on the totem pole in the education school, often being left out and disregarded in favor of other education programs, such as Adolescent education. For example, when student teaching, TESOL students only get one credit for a full time schedule, while Adolescent student teachers get five. That disqualifies TESOL students from financial aid, and a lot of students need that financial aid to pay for rent and other living expenses. Adolescent students only need to sign up for a one credit independents study to receive financial aid with student teaching, while TESOL students need to sign up for another course and an independent study. Overall, Hunter is a decent program and practically guarantees you a job, if there are any available, over other schools' graduates."
Barbara Serrano
  • Reviewed: 11/28/2012
  • Degree: Education
"As a first semester student, I find the program challenging and exciting all at the same time. Im glad to be back at Hunter where I received my BA because it truly was a second home for. Its very convenient to get to if you live within the 5 boroughs and is located in a central area of the city."