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Monroe College

NY · Private for-profit · Large city · 4,989 applicants 2023

66% admit rate $28,285/yr full price, before aid

A parent's read

  • The major moves the money more than the admit letter. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing grads from here earn about $109,427 four years out; hospitality administration grads about $43,575 — a 2.5× spread on the same diploma. Have the major conversation before you deposit, not after.
  • Ask the submit question deliberately. This college is test-optional — but at many such colleges, applicants who submit strong scores are admitted at meaningfully higher rates. “Optional” is a strategy decision, not a pass.

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Parent/student verdict

Accessible

Accessible for most applicants.

Best for

  • Students drawn to Health Professions or Business, Management, & Marketing (the two biggest majors)

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Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
M1: Master's - Larger Programs
Undergraduates
5,701
5,000 - 9,999 including graduate students
TuitionThe published full price before any aid. Families who don't qualify for need-based aid at a given college pay this, minus any merit scholarships — whether you qualify depends on the college's price and policies, not on any fixed income line.
$18,464
flat rate (no in/out-of-state split) · 2023–24 federal figure
Admit rateThe share of applicants a college accepts. Useful context, but your student's odds depend on their own grades and scores, not the average.
65.9%
Accessible
Test policyApplicants choose whether to send SAT/ACT scores. At many such colleges, students who submit strong scores are still admitted at higher rates.
Test-optional
2023
10-yr earningsMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$41,236
median, after entry

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

Outcomes & cost

What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.

Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).

Earnings, 6 yrs after entry
$36,973
Earnings, 10 yrs after entryMedian yearly pay of former students ten years after they STARTED here — not ten years after graduating — all majors combined. The broadest single outcome number a college reports.
$41,236
Graduate within 6 yrsThe share of students who start here and finish a bachelor's within six years — the standard federal measure, and the one College Scorecard publishes. It is not a four-year rate. Read it as the odds of finishing at all: nationally about a third of students who start never do, and an unfinished degree is the most expensive outcome in this decision.
57%
Median debt (completers)The federal-loan balance of the typical graduating borrower. Families who pay cash aren't counted, so read it as "among those who borrowed."
$18,818

The real cost

What Monroe College actually costs

If you qualify for need aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats.
Aid averages aren't published federally for this college — its own calculator below shows what you'd pay.
If you don't
$28,285/yr
the full published price

Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by Monroe College's own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.

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Source: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.

What students study here

Most popular majors at Monroe College

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Monroe College actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Health Professions
295 degrees · 35.9%
Highest-paying group on this list, but most careers require additional training beyond a 4-year degree.
2. Business, Management, & Marketing
253 degrees · 30.8%
Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.
3. Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, & Firefighting
119 degrees · 14.5%
Public-sector careers in law enforcement, corrections, security. Strong pensions, modest base.
4. Public Administration & Social Services
78 degrees · 9.5%
Government, nonprofit, social work. Mission-driven; lower wages than private sector but stable.
5. Computer & Information Sciences
76 degrees · 9.3%
High-paying tech roles dominate. Median software roles cluster in the $90k-$130k range.

What those majors earn here

Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — Monroe College's own graduates, not national averages.

Major (CIP) Credential Cohort 1-yr earnings 4-yr earnings
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. Bachelor's Degree 92 $105,209 $109,427
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. Bachelor's Degree 16 $58,194 $73,537
Computer and Information Sciences, General. Bachelor's Degree 53 $41,150 $63,796
Accounting and Related Services. Bachelor's Degree 59 $41,260 $57,514
Public Health. Bachelor's Degree 193 $43,383 $56,526
Human Services, General. Bachelor's Degree 103 $36,940 $56,245
Business Administration, Management and Operations. Bachelor's Degree 148 $32,415 $51,137
Criminal Justice and Corrections. Bachelor's Degree 190 $32,695 $50,142
Hospitality Administration/Management. Bachelor's Degree 83 $26,930 $43,575

Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →

Student body & economic mobility

Who attends here — and what the campus adds.

Opportunity Insights data. It measures two things at once: how many lower-income students a college enrols, and how many of them reach the top earnings quintile later. A high rate says the college does both — it does not establish that the campus caused the earnings, because the students it admits differ from the students it doesn't. Read it as a signal about access and destination, not as proof of value added.

Top-1% access
0.0%
from top-1% households
Mobility rateThe share of ALL students who arrived from the bottom 20% of family incomes AND reached the top 20% themselves by their early 30s — access and lift in one number, and a sign the campus itself adds earnings power.
3.8%
bottom 20% → top 20% by age 32
Upward rate
8.8%
of lower-income students who reach the top 20%
Pell recipientsStudents receiving federal Pell grants, which go to lower- and middle-income families — the standard shorthand for a college's economic mix.
55%
on federal need grants — context for these numbers

Full leaderboards: /college-mobility →

AI program signal

AI + computing education at Monroe College

CS degrees (annual)
136
CIP 11.0701 + 11.0101

Full multi-lens comparison: /ai-colleges →

Alternatives to Monroe College

Matched not just by selectivity, but by strategic goal — what a family actually decides on.

Better merit-aid options
These similar-selectivity schools publish merit scholarships your family can plan around — your kid’s stats could unlock real scholarship dollars.
University of Alabama in Huntsville
AL · Public
39 stats-based merit scholarships
Texas Tech University
TX · Public
30 stats-based + 1 competitive scholarships
The University of Alabama
AL · Public
21 stats-based + 2 competitive scholarships
Lower full price
Similar selectivity, but a meaningfully lower full sticker price — the comparison that matters most for families who won't qualify for much need-based aid.
CUNY Hunter College
NY · Public
$13,905/yr full price (in-state) · $14,380 less before aid for NY residents
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
GA · Public
$13,956/yr full price (in-state) · $14,329 less before aid for GA residents
Indiana University-Northwest
IN · Public
$13,989/yr full price (in-state) · $14,296 less before aid for IN residents
Safer in-state options
Same state and similar selectivity, but with a more forgiving admit rate — useful safety / match anchors.
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
NY · Public
78% admit rate (vs 66% here)
SUNY at Fredonia
NY · Public
79% admit rate (vs 66% here)
State University of New York at Oswego
NY · Public
80% admit rate (vs 66% here)
More students move up here
Per Opportunity Insights, a larger share of these campuses' lower-income students reach the top earnings quintile than at Monroe College. That reflects who they admit as well as what they do, so read it as a destination signal rather than proof of value added.
CUNY City College
NY · Public
11.7% mobility rate (vs 3.8% here)
CUNY Lehman College
NY · Public
10.2% mobility rate (vs 3.8% here)
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice
NY · Public
9.7% mobility rate (vs 3.8% here)

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At a glance

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Monroe College is a private for-profit four-year college in NY. It admitted 66% of applicants (4,989 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.

Cost: $28,285 a year at full price, before aid.

Median earnings ten years after entry: $41,236 a year.

Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing ($109,427); Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods ($73,537); Computer and Information Sciences, General ($63,796).

Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 44% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 9% of those reached the top fifth as adults.

Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/monroe-college.json

By major: AccountingBusiness AdministrationComputer ScienceCriminal Justice and CriminologyKinesiologyLiberal Studies (teacher preparation)Nursing (BSN)Public Health
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