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Manhattan College was awarded 7 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is special education.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Manhattan is ranked #638 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Manhattan held the #810 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Manhattan also holds the #57 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
Manhattan College has an acceptance rate of 82%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 18% of students accepted to Manhattan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 660. Math scores were between 570 and 670.
At Manhattan, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Manhattan College is 54%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Manhattan College has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Manhattan for first-time, full-time students is 55%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,352 undergraduates at Manhattan with 3,178 being full-time and 174 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,303 | $26,429 | $29,113 | $29,698 | $30,634 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Manhattan, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Manhattan, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $7,319 a year. That adds up to $29,276 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Manhattan are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale, NY 10471-4098 |
| Phone: | 718-862-7597 |
| Website: | www.manhattan.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Civil Engineering | 124 | $75,290 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 105 | $51,113 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 88 | $70,841 |
| Business Administration & Management | 54 | $113,777 |
| Marketing | 50 | $49,398 |
| Special Education | 48 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 45 | $55,972 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 44 | $44,016 |
| General Psychology | 38 | $24,727 |
| Computer Information Systems | 37 | $59,317 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 414 students took at least one online class at Manhattan College. This is an increase from the 265 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 414 | 42 |
| 2021-2022 | 265 | 19 |
| 2020-2021 | 274 | 24 |
| 2018-2019 | 65 | 65 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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