- The Inkwell
- California
- Menlo College
Atherton, CASuburb: largeZIP 94027Founded 1927
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1927
- Carnegie class
- Special focus: business & management
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1967
- Website
- www.menlo.edu
CaliforniaPrivate nonprofit
Menlo College
Menlo College is a private nonprofit college in Atherton, California, with 752 undergraduates. It admits 68% of applicants, graduates 52% within six years and costs $32,324 a year after aid.
52%graduate
Admission rate68%
Retention70%
4-year graduation38%
Pell Grant share34%
Federal loans48%
$32,324net price / year
68%admission rate
—average SAT
52%graduate in 6 years
$76,858median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,063median debt
#257 of 1,704 for earnings#1,524 of 1,739 for lowest net price#984 of 1,738 for graduation rate#526 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
- $76,640tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $56,320
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $56,320
- Average net price
- $32,324national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$32,586
$30,001–48,000$30,171
$48,001–75,000$22,820
$75,001–110,000$29,092
$110,001+$46,461
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 68%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college68%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college70%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college52%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college34%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 52%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 38%
- First-year retention
- 70%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 60%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $62,048
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $76,858middle 50%: $44,794–$121,079
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,063
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$121,079
Median, Menlo College$76,858
Lower quarter$44,794
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
- 752
- Part-time
- 2.8%
- Women / men
- 42% / 58%
- Average age at entry
- 20.9
- First-generation students
- 40%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 14 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 100%
- Average faculty salary
- $10,344 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $8,662
- Endowment, end of year
- $21,196,355
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White17%
Hispanic32%
Black5.1%
Asian6.7%
Two or more races10%
U.S. nonresident22%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.6%
Unknown5.3%
4 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management68%
Psychology14%
Parks, recreation & fitness9.3%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies8.5%
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 118693. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6817140.