Private for-profit · Community college
Hunter Business School
Levittown, New York · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $23,738
- Avg net price
- 85%
- Grad / completion
- $36,312
- Median earnings
Hunter Business School is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Levittown, New York (large suburb setting), enrolling 1,261 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Levittown, New York
Levittown is a hamlet and census-designated place in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York. The building firm, Levitt & Sons, headed by Abraham Levitt and his two sons, William and Alfred, built four planned communities called "Levittown", in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey (now Willingboro Township), and Puerto Rico; the Levittown in New York—initially christened "Island Trees" in 1947—was the first. The 1953 Levittown documentary A City Is Born featured an interview with creator William J. Levitt, aerial views of the development, and a 45-second time-lapse sequence showing one of the houses being constructed, but was about Levittown, Pennsylvania. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Certificate
- Nearest big city
- 26 miles to New York, NY
- To the ocean
- 6 miles
- Nearest airport
- 16 miles to John F. Kennedy (JFK) · major hub
How Hunter Business School compares
Higher than 84% · #51 of 185 in New York
Higher than 60%
Higher than 53% · #104 of 148 in New York
Cheaper than 21% · #130 cheapest of 175 in New York
Lower than 73%
Lower than 49%
Larger than 76%
Percentiles compare Hunter Business School with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in New York.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women1,02281%
- Men23919%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White32%
- Black24%
- Hispanic33%
- Asian4.5%
- Other or multiracial6.9%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 1,261
- Student–faculty ratio
- 16 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 65%
- First-generation students
- 61%
- Students over 25
- 54%
- Median family income
- $16,758
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- —
- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $23,738
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 85%
- First-year retention
- 78%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,585
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $36,312
- Median debt at graduation
- $7,937
- Students with federal loans
- 69%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 38%
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- $50
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.0 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 0
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (1,261 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Hunter Business School funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $36,312
- Typical debt at graduation
- $7,937
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 22%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 37%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.2 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $7,846 (22%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 83°F
- Winter low
- 25°F
- Annual rain
- 38.3″
- Annual snow
- 18.5″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Farmingdale AP, NY US station (4.4 mi from campus).
What Hunter Business School graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.