- The Inkwell
- New York
- Molloy University
Rockville Centre, NYSuburb: largeZIP 11571Founded 1955
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1955
- Motto
- The Truth
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1967
- Website
- www.molloy.edu
New YorkReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Molloy University
Molloy University is a private nonprofit university in Rockville Centre, New York, with 3,162 undergraduates. It admits 82% of applicants, graduates 69% within six years and costs $26,735 a year after aid.
69%graduate
Admission rate82%
Retention85%
4-year graduation44%
Pell Grant share38%
Federal loans64%
$26,735net price / year
82%admission rate
1187average SAT
69%graduate in 6 years
$86,212median earnings, 10 yrs
$27,000median debt
#133 of 1,704 for earnings#1,331 of 1,739 for lowest net price#418 of 1,738 for graduation rate#909 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
- $52,537tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $41,380
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $41,380
- Average net price
- $26,735national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$21,899
$30,001–48,000$20,597
$48,001–75,000$26,493
$75,001–110,000$28,466
$110,001+$31,089
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 82%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1187
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 540–640
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 548–650
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 22–28
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college82%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college85%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college69%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college38%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 69%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 44%
- First-year retention
- 85%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 76%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $75,652
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $86,212middle 50%: $56,307–$121,787
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$121,787
Median, Molloy University$86,212
Lower quarter$56,307
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
- 3,162
- Part-time
- 15%
- Women / men
- 73% / 27%
- Average age at entry
- 22.1
- First-generation students
- 35%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 38%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 35%
- Average faculty salary
- $11,277 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $13,180
- Endowment, end of year
- $56,171,754
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White40%
Hispanic28%
Black12%
Asian8.9%
Two or more races2.6%
U.S. nonresident1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.4%
Unknown7.2%
15 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions59%
Business & management9.2%
Education8.5%
Liberal arts & humanities4.5%
Visual & performing arts4.3%
Biological & biomedical sciences3.9%
Psychology3.0%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting2.8%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 193292. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6896481.