Metropolitan College
of New York
Private College in New York, NY. Six-year graduation rate 48%. Median 10-year earnings $46,236.
Students who entered Metropolitan College of New York land at a median of $46,236 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. 48% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Graduates leave owing a median of $27,688 — a substantial load to service on these earnings.
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
With an acceptance rate of 90%, Metropolitan College of New York takes nearly everyone who applies. Only 140 students applied, so treat these rates as directional — small pools swing sharply between cycles. 49% of admitted students actually enroll, which is a high yield by national standards.
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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Six-year completion sits at 48%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention is weak: only 20% of full-time first-years return, so roughly four in five leave after one year. The 12:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. This is a small school — 430 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 430 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $26,091 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $28,752 at $0–30k, $30,663 at $48–75k. 97% of students get grant aid averaging $9,975, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 71% take federal loans.
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 · 14 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 | $28,752 |
| $30–48k | $29,172 |
| $48–75k | $30,663 |
| $75–110k | — |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 305 of these 430 students, totalling $3,509,349 — an average of $11,506 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (New York County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show Cause (Fails to meet agency standards for initial or renewed accreditation); School has an accreditation issue
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)