College · Private nonprofit · Riverdale, NY · City
Manhattan University
Riverdale, NY
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
Admit rate79%
6-yr median pay$64k
Net price / yr$27k
Undergrad size2,744
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $27k/yr for a shot at a $64k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 79% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1270.
If you get in
2,744 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $64k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $27k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$257k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$109k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$148k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $53.4k
- Room & board
- $18.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants36%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans16%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention77%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr64%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$64k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$86k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out22%
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
- 2,744
- Location
- Riverdale, NY
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Hispanic-servingReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White41%
- Hispanic33%
- Black7%
- Asian6%
- Unknown4%
- Two or more races4%
- International4%
First-gen students25%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$77k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 45
What you can study.