Marymount Manhattan College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Marymount Manhattan College, commonly referred to as MMC, is a private, coeducational college located in Manhattan, New York, United States. It was established in Tarrytown, New York, in 1936 as a women’s college by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. In 1948, MMC moved to 71st Street in Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York. Marymount Manhattan College offers enrollment to more than 2,000 students.

Marymount Manhattan College offers many major programs of study as well as numerous minor programs, pre-professional programs, and certificate programs. Courses are offered through the following academic divisions:

• Division of Accounting and Business Management
• Division of Fine and Performing Arts
• Division of Humanities
• Division of Sciences
• Division of Social Sciences
• Interdisciplinary Studies

Marymount Manhattan College's students are involved in a number of academic and cultural clubs and organizations. These include the Alpha Chi Honor Society, Black and Latino Student Association, Black and Latino Student Association, and International Students Society.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in drama and performing arts, media, and fine arts.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High faculty salary.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,988 in 2009-2010 (1,773 full-time equivalent).

About 23% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 77% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 87% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 95% are full-time and 5% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Marymount provides on-campus housing for 760 of its 1,773 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (18 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business/Commerce

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (107 awarded)

• Acting
• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

FINE ARTS (17 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (60 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology

MEDIA (95 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (11 awarded)

• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (5 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art
• Photography

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (3 awarded)

• Philosophy and Religious Studies

SCIENCE (3 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (26 awarded)

• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Psychology