Molloy College Overview

Molloy College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Rockville Centre, New York. Rockville Centre is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Molloy College Known For?

• Students at Molloy may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 10 to 1.
• The 4% student loan default rate at Molloy is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Molloy.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 28% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Molloy makes roughly $60,500 a year. This is 48% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Molloy College Rankings

Molloy is ranked #143 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. Molloy also holds the #18 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#23	Best Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#95	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#102	Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#105	Best Doctor’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 Molloy.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Teaching English or French Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Other Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Nursing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Rehabilitation Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Instructional Media Design Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#27	Best Special Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Best Teacher Education Grade Specific Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#58	Best Education Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#8	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search
#14	Best Teaching English or French Schools	College Factual
#45	Best Registered Nursing Schools	College Factual
#62	Best Nursing Schools	College Factual
#84	Best Allied Health Professions Schools	College Factual
#162	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is Molloy College?

Contact details for Molloy are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 Hempstead Ave, Rockville Centre, NY 11571-5002
Phone:	516-323-3000
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/GoMolloy
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/MolloyCollege

How Do I Get Into Molloy?

You can apply to Molloy online at: lionsden.molloy.edu/ICS/Admissions/Apply_Online.jnz

Admission Requirements for Molloy

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Molloy?

The acceptance rate at Molloy College is 74%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 27% of accepted students are men and 73% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 73%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 91% of students accepted to Molloy submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 620. Math scores were between 540 and 630.

Molloy received ACT scores from 20% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 21 and 28.

Can I Afford Molloy College?

The overall average net price of Molloy is $39,422. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Molloy, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $7,257 a year. That adds up to $29,028 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Molloy is 3.6%. 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.

Molloy College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,510 undergraduate students at Molloy, with 2,746 being full-time and 764 being part-time.

There are also 1,605 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,746 full-time undergraduates at Molloy, 28% are male and 72% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	203
Black or African American	233
Hispanic or Latino	562
White	1,609
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	122

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Molloy College. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 17 countries are represented at Molloy. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and United Kingdom.

Online Learning at Molloy College

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 4 master’s degree programs available online at Molloy. In 2019-2020, 4,908 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 69th 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 Molloy

The following table shows how Molloy 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 Health Professions	#17	#17
Marketing	#67	#64

Online Growth Rankings of Molloy

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Molloy College was 586.7%. This is the #154 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Molloy regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Molloy majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management	17%
Business, Management & Marketing	11%
Finance & Financial Management	20%
Marketing	5%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Molloy ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Molloy.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Other Health Professions	#1
Marketing	#1
Finance & Financial Management	#7
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	#15
Liberal Arts General Studies	#15
Nursing	#17
Business Administration & Management	#43
Health Professions	#49
Business, Management & Marketing	#70

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%.

Molloy College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	402	21	123	12	558
Special Education	0	39	0	56	0	95
Business Administration & Management	0	33	0	50	0	83
Accounting	0	33	0	24	0	57
Communication Sciences	0	13	0	44	0	57
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	17	0	34	0	51
Finance & Financial Management	0	17	0	33	0	50
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	30	0	9	0	39
Marketing	0	27	1	9	0	37
Allied Health Professions	20	14	0	0	0	34
General Biology	0	31	0	0	0	31
Drama & Theater Arts	0	29	0	0	0	29
Social Work	0	28	0	0	0	28
Liberal Arts General Studies	5	17	0	0	0	22
General Psychology	0	20	0	0	0	20
Teaching English or French	0	2	1	16	0	19
Communication & Media Studies	0	14	0	0	0	14
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	4	0	7	0	11
General English Literature	0	10	0	0	0	10
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	0	9	0	9
Educational Administration	0	0	0	0	7	7
History	0	7	0	0	0	7
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	5	0	5
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	5	0	5
Other Health Professions	0	5	0	0	0	5
Political Science & Government	0	5	0	0	0	5
Fine & Studio Arts	0	4	0	0	0	4
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	0	3	0	0	0	3
Computer Information Systems	0	3	0	0	0	3
Information Science	0	3	0	0	0	3
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	3	0	0	0	3
Music	0	3	0	0	0	3
Sociology	0	2	0	0	0	2
Mathematics	0	1	0	0	0	1
Philosophy	0	1	0	0	0	1
Religious Studies	0	1	0	0	0	1
Multilingual Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Romance Languages	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	25	821	23	424	19	1,312

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 Rise Display under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.