Manhattanville College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Manhattanville College is located in Purchase, New York, United States. It was founded in the year 1841. Initially, the college was known as the Academy of the Sacred Heart and was an all girls Catholic boarding school. The college offers students a range of degree programs in various fields including art history, mathematics, computer science, education, music, and museum studies.

Among the various clubs and organizations of Manhattanville College are the Black Student Union, Animation Club, Catholic Student Association, International Student Organization, and Latin Dance Club. The college's athletic teams are known as the Valiants. The women participate in sports such as basketball, field hockey, cross country, lacrosse, tennis, softball, track and field, and volleyball, and the men participate in basketball, baseball, golf, hockey, cross country, tennis, soccer, track and field, and lacrosse.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, media, music, and fine arts.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Racially diverse student body.
• High faculty salary.
• Selective admissions.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,823 in 2009-2010 (2,643 full-time equivalent).

About 39% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 61% of the class.

Undergrads are 53% of enrolled students and graduate students are 47%.

Students under 25 years old represent 70% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Manhattanville provides on-campus housing for 1,330 of its 2,643 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Middle Atlantic States Athletic Corporation for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Manhattanville offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Education Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (113 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (10 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (325 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FINE ARTS (20 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine Arts and Art Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (143 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Area Studies
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (5 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (47 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

MUSIC (16 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (22 awarded)

• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (15 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (38 awarded)

• Psychology