Manhattan University
Private College in Riverdale, NY. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $86,316.
A decade after enrolling, the median Manhattan University student earns $86,316 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. Six-year completion sits at 64%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $26,000, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.30 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Manhattan University accepts 79% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 9,903 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 8%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling. 9% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 580–680 | 54 (9%) |
| SAT Math | 600–678 | |
| ACT Composite | 25–29 | 14 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 64%, meaning about one in three students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 76% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. A 22% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. At 15:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 2,928 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price — what students actually pay after grant aid — is $29,717 a year, at the high end of undergraduate cost. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($27,281 versus $28,188), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid is widespread — 93% of students receive it, averaging $33,111. 16% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 726 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $27,281 |
| $30–48k | $23,097 |
| $48–75k | $28,454 |
| $75–110k | $26,808 |
| $110k+ | $28,188 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 454 of these 2,928 students, totalling $2,356,349 — an average of $5,190 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Bronx County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)