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Menlo College Data & Information Overview

62% Acceptance Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Menlo College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more. If you’re interested in learning more about a particular stat, just click on its tile to go to a new page that covers the topic more in-depth. Also, you can jump to any section of this page by clicking one of the links below.

How Well Is Menlo College Ranked?

Accounting Highest Ranked Major

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Overall Quality

Menlo was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Menlo?

62% Acceptance Rate
52% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

Menlo College has an acceptance rate of 62%, 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 Menlo.

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Menlo College Faculty

15 to 1 Student to Faculty
27% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Menlo College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Menlo College is 27%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  27 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Menlo College

71% Freshmen Retention
46% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Menlo College is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  71 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Menlo the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 46%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  46 out of 100
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100

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Menlo College Undergraduate Student Diversity

813 Full-Time Undergraduates
54.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
46.7% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 826 undergraduates at Menlo with 813 being full-time and 13 being part-time.

How Much Does Menlo College Cost?

$27,328 Net Price
48% Take Out Loans
$25,840 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Menlo is $27,328. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Menlo

$0-30 K$30K-48K$48-75$75-110K$110K +
$21,603$24,072$19,604$29,781$35,083

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 Menlo, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Menlo, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $6,460 a year. That adds up to $25,840 over four years for those students.

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How Much Money Do Menlo Graduates Make?

$76,419 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Menlo with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $76,419 in their early years. This is good news for future Menlo graduates since it is 55% more than the average college graduate's salary of $49,219 per year.

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See which majors at Menlo College make the most money.

Location of Menlo College

California State
813 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Menlo College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atherton, California. Atherton is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

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Contact details for Menlo are given below.

Contact Details
Address:1000 El Camino Real, Atherton, CA 94027-4301
Phone:800-556-3656
Website:www.menlo.edu/

Menlo College Majors

11 Majors With Completions
358 Undergraduate Degrees
358 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 11 majors graduated from Menlo College. Of these students, 358 received undergraduate degrees and 358 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular MajorsBachelor’s DegreesAverage Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management70$50,306
General Psychology30NA
Marketing29$49,788
Finance & Financial Management28$69,684
Accounting22$71,067
Entrepreneurial Studies0NA
Human Resource Management0NA
International Business0NA
Real Estate0NA
Data Analytics0NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Menlo College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

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Notes and References

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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