Marist University
Private College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Six-year graduation rate 80%. Median 10-year earnings $77,819.
A decade after enrolling, the median Marist University student earns $77,819 — comfortably above what the typical bachelor's-granting institution returns. The six-year graduation rate of 80% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation is $25,000, 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 0.32 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 80% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Marist University admits 57% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in five applicants are turned away. The applicant pool is large — 11,274 in the most recent cycle — so the published rate reflects genuine competition rather than a small-sample quirk. A 20% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. 10% 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 | 600–680 | 133 (10%) |
| SAT Math | 590–660 | |
| ACT Composite | 25–31 | 36 (3%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Marist University →Academics
A 80% six-year graduation rate is the strongest academic signal on this page. 86% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. A 16% 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. A 15:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,039 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price averages $42,508 annually, so cost is the first thing to weigh here. The income table below is the number that matters — $26,083 at $0–30k versus $45,643 at $110k+. Most students get help: 92% receive grants worth $23,070 on average. 51% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 1,287 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 | $26,083 |
| $30–48k | $27,200 |
| $48–75k | $36,178 |
| $75–110k | $42,001 |
| $110k+ | $45,643 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,564 of these 5,039 students, totalling $16,416,091 — an average of $6,403 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Dutchess 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)