College · Private nonprofit · Poughkeepsie, NY · Suburb
Marist University
Poughkeepsie, NY
Admit rate57%
6-yr median pay$63k
Net price / yr$42k
Undergrad size5,182
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $42k/yr for a shot at a $63k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 57% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1295 · ACT 28.
If you get in
5,182 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $68k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $42k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$270k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$166k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$104k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.7x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $47.8k
- Room & board
- $18.5k
- Books & supplies
- $2,425
How students pay for it.
Pell grants14%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans46%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr80%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$63k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$78k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out16%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 5,182
- Location
- Poughkeepsie, 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
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White72%
- Hispanic14%
- Asian4%
- Two or more races3%
- Black3%
- International2%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students19%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time3%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$107k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 36
What you can study.