- The Inkwell
- New York
- Manhattanville University


Purchase, NYSuburb: largeZIP 10577Founded 1841
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1841
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.mville.edu
New YorkPrivate nonprofit
Manhattanville University
Manhattanville University is a private nonprofit university in Purchase, New York, with 1,362 undergraduates. It admits 87% of applicants, graduates 59% within six years and costs $21,572 a year after aid.
59%graduate
Admission rate87%
Retention74%
4-year graduation53%
Pell Grant share41%
Federal loans67%
$21,572net price / year
87%admission rate
—average SAT
59%graduate in 6 years
$64,812median earnings, 10 yrs
$22,250median debt
#570 of 1,704 for earnings#996 of 1,739 for lowest net price#717 of 1,738 for graduation rate#1,090 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $56,238tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $46,340
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $46,340
- Average net price
- $21,572national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$17,189
$30,001–48,000$15,974
$48,001–75,000$17,958
$75,001–110,000$22,382
$110,001+$28,810
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 87%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college87%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college74%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college59%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college41%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 59%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 53%
- First-year retention
- 74%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 57%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $49,381
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $64,812middle 50%: $41,148–$90,377
- Median debt at graduation
- $22,250
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$90,377
Median, Manhattanville University$64,812
Lower quarter$41,148
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,362
- Part-time
- 2.6%
- Women / men
- 60% / 40%
- Average age at entry
- 19.8
- First-generation students
- 30%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 41%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 19%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,614 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $10,221
- Endowment, end of year
- $29,686,763
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White52%
Hispanic27%
Black12%
Asian2.9%
Two or more races2.2%
U.S. nonresident1.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown1.5%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions31%
Business & management17%
Psychology11%
Parks, recreation & fitness10%
Visual & performing arts8.2%
Communication & journalism5.6%
English language & literature3.5%
Biological & biomedical sciences3.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 192749. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q14706889.