by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Marist College was awarded 55 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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Marist landed the #177 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Marist held the #382 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Marist is also ranked #19 out of 136 schools in New York.
Marist College has an acceptance rate of 63%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Marist.
About 18% of students accepted to Marist submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 698. Math scores were between 590 and 680.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Marist College, this ratio is 16 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Marist College is 43%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
Marist College has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Marist the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 77%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Marist College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,682 undergraduates at Marist with 4,947 being full-time and 735 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $24,780 | $29,650 | $33,311 | $36,118 | $41,602 |
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 Marist, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Marist, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $8,839 a year. That adds up to $35,356 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of Marist College.
Contact details for Marist are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3399 North Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 |
| Phone: | 845-575-3000 |
| Website: | www.marist.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 325 | $53,766 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 193 | $41,818 |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 99 | $47,137 |
| General Psychology | 96 | $33,491 |
| Accounting | 64 | $71,436 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 63 | $36,765 |
| Other Psychology | 61 | $47,348 |
| Public Administration | 61 | NA |
| Legal Support Services | 58 | NA |
| Computer Information Systems | 57 | $77,315 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 2,279 students took at least one online class at Marist College. This is a decrease from the 2,357 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 2,279 | 543 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,357 | 654 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,894 | 826 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,759 | 705 |
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.
References
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