Manhattan College Overview

Located in Riverdale, New York, Manhattan College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Manhattan is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Manhattan College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Manhattan is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at Manhattan is the post-master's certificate.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 55% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Manhattan with a bachelor's degree make about $65,000 a year. That's 59% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• The average Manhattan student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Manhattan College Rankings

According to our 2022 analysis, Manhattan is ranked #165 out of 2,587 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. Manhattan also holds the #21 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Manhattan has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#65	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#78	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#203	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Manhattan.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Student Counseling Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Civil Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Best Educational Administration Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#65	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#80	Best Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Manhattan has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#6	Best Special Education Schools	College Factual
#10	Best Instructional Media Design Schools	College Factual
#11	Best Teaching Schools	Teaching Degree Search
#24	Best Teacher Education Subject Specific Schools	College Factual
#32	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Schools	College Factual
#35	Best Education Schools	College Factual

Where Is Manhattan College?

Contact details for Manhattan are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale, NY 10471-4098
Phone:	718-862-7597
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/ManhattanCollegeEdu
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/manhattanedu

How Do I Get Into Manhattan?

You can apply to Manhattan online at: https://manhattan.edu/admissions/apply-all

Admission Requirements for Manhattan

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Manhattan?

Manhattan has an acceptance rate of 78%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Can I Afford Manhattan College?

The overall average net price of Manhattan is $44,834. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Manhattan, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $8,491 a year. That adds up to $33,964 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Manhattan is 3.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Manhattan College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,352 undergraduate students at Manhattan, with 3,178 being full-time and 174 being part-time.

There are also 613 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,178 full-time undergraduates at Manhattan, 57% are male and 43% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Manhattan College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	136
Black or African American	182
Hispanic or Latino	822
White	1,617
International Students	102
Other Races/Ethnicities	319

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Manhattan College. At this time, 27 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 71 countries are represented at Manhattan. The most popular countries sending students to the school are France, China, and Japan.

Online Learning at Manhattan College

In 2019-2020, 274 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Manhattan has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 98th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Manhattan

The following table shows how Manhattan is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#43	#43
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	#73	#73

Online Growth Rankings of Manhattan

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Manhattan College was 10.5%. This is the #1,366 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Manhattan regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Manhattan College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Civil Engineering	0	105	0	24	129
Business Administration & Management	0	32	0	87	119
Mechanical Engineering	0	75	0	26	101
Special Education	0	29	1	34	64
Marketing	0	58	0	0	58
Finance & Financial Management	0	53	0	0	53
Communication & Media Studies	0	52	0	0	52
Accounting	0	25	0	17	42
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	39	0	0	39
Allied Health Professions	0	34	2	0	36
Chemical Engineering	0	29	0	4	33
Computer Engineering	0	25	0	4	29
General Psychology	0	28	0	0	28
Computer Information Systems	0	24	0	3	27
General Biology	0	25	0	0	25
Electrical Engineering	0	20	0	3	23
General English Literature	0	23	0	0	23
General Social Sciences	0	23	0	0	23
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	20	0	2	22
Student Counseling	0	0	5	15	20
Health & Physical Education	0	20	0	0	20
Public Relations & Advertising	0	17	0	0	17
Political Science & Government	0	17	0	0	17
Environmental Engineering	0	0	0	14	14
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	2	12	14
Mathematics	0	10	0	1	11
Sociology	0	11	0	0	11
Construction Management	0	0	0	9	9
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	9	0	0	9
Philosophy	0	9	0	0	9
Instructional Media Design	0	0	2	5	7
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	0	7	0	0	7
Educational Administration	0	0	3	3	6
Applied Mathematics	0	0	0	6	6
History	0	5	0	0	5
Natural Resources Conservation	0	5	0	0	5
Romance Languages	0	3	0	0	3
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	3	3
Liberal Arts General Studies	2	1	0	0	3
Chemistry	0	3	0	0	3
Urban Studies	0	3	0	0	3
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	2	0	0	2
Physics	0	2	0	0	2
Fine & Studio Arts	0	2	0	0	2
Other Business, Management & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0
Human Resource Management	0	0	0	0	0
General Sales & Marketing	0	0	0	0	0
Computer Science	0	0	0	0	0
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Economics	0	0	0	0	0
International Relations & National Security	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	845	15	272	1,134

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Trollness under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.