Metropolitan College of New York
New York, NY · Private · Large city · MCNY
Private institution in New York, NY · 430 undergraduates · 77% acceptance rate · $46,236 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 10%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $25,1801,498th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $20,1881,124th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $20,188870th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $32,7861,031st cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $27,6881,789th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $46,2361,291st highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $45,086879th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 24.7%1,873rd highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 38.5%1,797th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 76.5%798th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 4301,721st largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13.0:1993rd smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 60.8%204th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 9 mi (EWR)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $35
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
Deadlines and essay flags come from the Common App Requirements Grid, joined by school name. Always confirm against the school’s own admissions page before applying.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 5 of 5 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesHealth Professions | bachelors | $38,289 | $33,993 |
| Community Organization and AdvocacyPublic Administration | bachelors | $37,424 | $35,416 |
| Business/Commerce, GeneralBusiness | bachelors | $36,995 | $29,685 |
| Public Administration | bachelors | — | — |
| Urban Studies/AffairsSocial Sciences | bachelors | — | — |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitemcny.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 190114)
- Compare colleges in NYRe-score with your weights
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- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
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