Molloy University
Private College in Rockville Centre, NY. Six-year graduation rate 70%. Median 10-year earnings $77,789.
Students who entered Molloy University reach a median of $77,789 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. The six-year graduation rate of 70% is well above average and the clearest sign this school holds onto its students. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.35 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 82% puts Molloy University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. The applicant pool runs to 6,330, typical for a school of this reach. A 12% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 17% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
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 | 540–640 | 105 (17%) |
| SAT Math | 548–650 | |
| ACT Composite | 22–28 | 24 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
Apply at Molloy University →Academics
Six-year completion runs to 70% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. 85% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. At 12:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university. 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 3,186 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $24,405 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $17,548 at the $0–30k band to $30,144 at $110k+. Most students get help: 85% receive grants worth $18,820 on average. Most students borrow — 66% take federal loans to cover the gap.
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 · 606 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 | $17,548 |
| $30–48k | $19,241 |
| $48–75k | $22,739 |
| $75–110k | $28,254 |
| $110k+ | $30,144 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,107 of these 3,186 students, totalling $15,122,056 — an average of $7,177 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Nassau 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)