Manhattanville University
Private College in Purchase, NY. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $58,832.
Ten years after entry, the median Manhattanville University student earns $58,832 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 58%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, neither a bargain nor a burden. It also moves people — 3.5% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Manhattanville University admits 87% of applicants — effectively open admission, so the application is a formality rather than a hurdle. The applicant pool runs to 3,617, typical for a school of this reach. Yield is low at 11%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
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 | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 58% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 74% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. The 31% transfer-out rate is high enough that a large share of this school's students are really passing through. A 12:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,253 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $21,690 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $13,548 at the $0–30k band to $27,319 at $110k+. 98% of students get grant aid averaging $40,300, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. 83% of students borrow federally, so debt is the norm rather than the exception.
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 · 333 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 | $13,548 |
| $30–48k | $15,131 |
| $48–75k | $18,072 |
| $75–110k | $23,287 |
| $110k+ | $27,319 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,043 of these 1,253 students, totalling $6,900,392 — an average of $6,616 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Westchester County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Heightened Cash Monitoring (Financial Responsibility); School placed on Heightened Cash Monitoring
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)