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Menlo College Data & Information Overview

26 awards Ranking Badges
70% Acceptance Rate
7% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Menlo College Ranked?

Accounting Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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.

Menlo College was awarded 26 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is accounting.

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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?

70% Acceptance Rate
52% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to Menlo College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 70%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

Learn more about Menlo College admissions.

Menlo College Faculty

14 to 1 Student to Faculty
17% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

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 Menlo College, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

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 17%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  17 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Menlo College

71% Freshmen Retention
45% 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 45%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  45 out of 100
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100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Menlo College.

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?

$27,840 Net Price
57% Take Out Loans
$28,916 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Menlo is $27,840. 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 +
$26,534 $27,296 $27,543 $22,858 $33,313

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 57% of students took out student loans averaging $7,229 a year. That adds up to $28,916 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Menlo is 7.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do Menlo Graduates Make?

$59,466 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 $59,466 in their early years. That's great news for Menlo students since it is 40% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 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/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menlocollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/menlocollege

Menlo College Majors

5 Majors With Completions
174 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 55 $45,971
Marketing 44 $45,791
Finance & Financial Management 35 $56,905
Accounting 21 $62,547
General Psychology 19 $34,347

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

This is a decrease from the 826 students who took online classes the previous year.

Learn more about online learning at Menlo College.

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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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