Manhattan University
Riverdale, NY
Manhattan University is a private, Catholic university in Riverdale, New York, a large city, with 2,744 undergraduates. Engineering is its signature field: 28% of its bachelor's degrees, about four times its share across the colleges we cover. 64% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $86,316 ten years after starting.
Manhattan University admitted 8,188 of 10,432 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (78.5%).
- Acceptance rate
- 78.5%
- Fall 2023 class
- Tuition and fees
- $53,400
- 2024–25 school year
- Paid after aid
- $27,256
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 22–31
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Manhattan University is known for
Measured by the 833 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Engineering
27.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: about four times the 6.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Civil Engineering10012.0% of degrees$95,877+11% vs $86,517 nationally
- Mechanical Engineering647.7% of degrees$92,802About the $92,135 national median
- Communication and Media Studies546.5% of degrees$74,471+32% vs $56,359 nationally
- Finance and Financial Management Services526.2% of degrees$100,376+20% vs $83,343 nationally
- Marketing506.0% of degrees$78,423+13% vs $69,303 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations455.4% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Large city
Riverdale, NY
Undergraduates
2,744
Fall 2024
Type
Private, nonprofit
Master's university, larger programs
Living on campus
Half or more
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
15 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
4%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Manhattan University
Two things Manhattan University published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
16% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 3% sent an ACT. Manhattan University files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $27,256 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
78.5%
8,188 admitted of 10,432 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 570–670Math 580–670
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
22–31
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
16%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
3%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Manhattan University?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Manhattan University costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
Tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $53,400, and the full cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $64,348. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $27,256 a year on average.
Tuition and fees
$53,400
2024–25 school year
Full cost of attendance
$64,348
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$27,256
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $64,348 full cost.
- Under $30k$27,281Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$23,097Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$28,454Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$26,808Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$28,188Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
64%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
76%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$86,316
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$26,000
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What Manhattan University says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Essayrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendationsrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Early DecisionNovember 15, 2026
Verified October 10, 2026 · Source
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in New York
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- SUNY Polytechnic Institute78.4%
- Marymount Manhattan College78.9%
- New York Institute of Technology78.1%
- Roberts Wesleyan University77.8%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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