Monroe College Overview

Monroe College is a private for-profit institution situated in Bronx, New York. Bronx is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Monroe College Known For?

• The 0% student loan default rate at Monroe College 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.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the post-master's certificate is the highest award a student can attain at Monroe College.
• In a recent academic period32% of the faculty were full-time.
• The average Monroe College student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Monroe College?

Contact details for Monroe College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2501 Jerome Avenue, Bronx, NY 10468
Phone:	718-933-6700
Website:	www.monroecollege.edu

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How Do I Get Into Monroe College?

You can apply to Monroe College online at: www.monroecollege.edu/

Admission Requirements for Monroe College

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Monroe College?

The acceptance rate at Monroe College is 60%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 52% of accepted students are men and 48% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 65%, and the acceptance rate for women is 55%.

Can I Afford Monroe College?

The overall average net price of Monroe College is $24,927. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Monroe College, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $5,579 a year. That adds up to $22,316 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Monroe College is 0.1%. 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.

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Monroe College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,739 undergraduate students at Monroe College, with 4,162 being full-time and 1,577 being part-time.

There are also 802 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,162 full-time undergraduates at Monroe College, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	76
Black or African American	1,709
Hispanic or Latino	1,858
White	132
International Students	344
Other Races/Ethnicities	43

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Monroe College. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 104 countries are represented at Monroe College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Jamaica.

Monroe College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	123	0	148	0	88	359
Criminal Justice & Corrections	109	0	119	0	26	254
Public Health	0	0	164	0	54	218
Nursing	69	0	131	0	0	200
Human Services	67	0	78	0	0	145
Health & Medical Administrative Services	103	0	0	0	41	144
Health & Physical Education	74	0	24	0	0	98
Allied Health Professions	95	0	0	0	0	95
Computer Information Systems	39	0	49	0	0	88
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants	0	78	0	0	0	78
Accounting	17	0	34	0	10	61
Hospitality Management	11	0	49	0	1	61
Culinary Arts	55	0	0	0	0	55
Computer Science	0	0	0	0	48	48
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	48	0	0	0	0	48
Information Technology	0	0	27	0	0	27
General Business/Commerce	0	0	22	0	0	22
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	21	0	0	21
Data Science	0	0	0	17	0	17
Special Education	0	0	0	0	12	12
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	0	4	4
Multilingual Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	810	78	866	17	284	2,055

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.