by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Metropolitan College of New York was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is public administration & social service.
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College Factual ranked MCNY as #1,784 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
MCNY also holds the #132 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
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The acceptance rate at Metropolitan College of New York is a competitive 65%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
At MCNY, 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Metropolitan College of New York is 13%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 31% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Metropolitan College of New York. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at MCNY is 15%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Metropolitan College of New York.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 528 undergraduates at MCNY with 430 being full-time and 98 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,821 | $21,556 | $26,306 | $29,061 | $29,173 |
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 MCNY, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MCNY, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $7,011 a year. That adds up to $28,044 over four years for those students.
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See which majors at Metropolitan College of New York make the most money.
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Contact details for MCNY are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 60 West Street, New York, NY 10006-1742 |
| Phone: | 800-338-4465 |
| Website: | https://www.mcny.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Other Public Administration | 75 | NA |
| Public Administration | 51 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 50 | NA |
| Special Education | 47 | NA |
| General Business/Commerce | 37 | $26,372 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 25 | $41,890 |
| Homeland Security | 23 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 12 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 9 | NA |
| Other Business, Management & Marketing | 4 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 579 students took at least one online class at Metropolitan College of New York. This is a decrease from the 621 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 579 | 340 |
| 2021-2022 | 621 | 441 |
| 2020-2021 | 849 | 476 |
| 2018-2019 | 673 | 43 |
Learn more about online learning at Metropolitan College of New York.
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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