College · Private nonprofit · Manhattan, KS · City
Manhattan Christian College
Manhattan, KS
Religious affiliation
Admit rate100%
6-yr median pay$40k
Net price / yr$24k
Undergrad size146
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $24k/yr for a shot at a $40k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 100% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1020 · ACT 22.
If you get in
146 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $34k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $24k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$138k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$97k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$41k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $19.1k
- Room & board
- $11.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,239
How students pay for it.
Pell grants47%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans57%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$24k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $11k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention72%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr44%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$40k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$49k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out4%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 146
- Location
- Manhattan, KS
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- MCC
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White76%
- Black12%
- Hispanic7%
- American Indian / Alaska Native2%
- Two or more races2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students27%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time18%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$50k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 4
What you can study.