Motto Tua Luce Dirige Type Private, coeducational President Kerry Walk, Ph.D. Acceptance rate 73.5% (2014) Phone +1 212-517-0430 Colors White, Blue | Motto in English Direct Us By Thy Light Established 1936 Undergraduate tuition and fees 27,636 USD (2015) Graduation rate 44.1% (2014) | |
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Religious affiliation formerly Roman Catholic Address 221 E 71st St, New York, NY 10021, USA Notable alumni Similar LIM College, Pace University, Hunter College, Marymount College - Tarrytown, The New School Profiles | ||
Marymount Manhattan College is a coeducational, independent, private college located in Manhattan, New York City. The mission of the College is to educate a socially and economically diverse student body by fostering intellectual achievement and personal growth and by providing opportunities for career development. Enrollment consists of 1,750 undergraduates, with women making up 75% and men 25%.
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History
Directly from the college's website:
Marymount Manhattan College was founded in 1936 by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary as a two-year women's college and a New York City extension of Marymount College, Tarrytown in Tarrytown, New York. In 1948, the College moved to its present location on 71st Street and became a four-year bachelor degree-granting college; the first class graduated from MMC in 1950. In 1961, MMC was granted an absolute charter as an independent four-year college by the Regents of the University of the State of New York.
Faithful to the vision of its founders, Marymount Manhattan has a long history of reaching out to diverse populations in need of higher education. Over the years, Marymount Manhattan's mission as an urban, independent, coeducational nonsectarian liberal arts college has expanded to include a greater variety of students, including men, nontraditional students, and students from a variety of ethnic and geographic backgrounds.
Since 1961, Marymount Manhattan has been an independent, private college open to all creeds, while noting its foundation by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. While the college no longer described itself as Catholic, the Catholic Church continued to list it in the Catholic Directory until 2005. Unaware that the college did not claim to be a Catholic school, the Cardinal Newman Society protested the college's announcement of its decision to invite then-Senator Hillary Clinton to deliver a commencement address and to confer an honorary doctoral degree upon her, due to Senator Clinton's longtime public support for abortion rights. In response to the protests and without objection by the college, it was de-listed from "The Official Catholic Directory," which identifies Catholic institutions.
In 1976, Finch College, a women's college best known as a "finishing school" for affluent young women, closed and passed its records over to the school. The school was most famous for educating Tricia Nixon Cox, daughter of former US President Richard Nixon.
In 2001, the College opened the 55th Street Residence Hall, which is one of the tallest dorms in the world, with 32 floors of student housing in a 46 story building.
In 2005, more than 2,000 students were enrolled representing 48 U.S. states and 36 countries. In conjunction with its core liberal arts curriculum, Marymount Manhattan offers 19 major programs of study and 38 minors along with certificates and preprofessional programs. It is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. In 2013, the school was featured in the noted industry publication Backstage as one of the top colleges in which Broadway and Tony Award-nominated actors have trained, alongside Carnegie Mellon University, Oberlin Conservatory, University of Michigan, Ithaca College, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
Distinguished Chairs
Five faculty members have been recognized by the College with its highest honor, Distinguished Chair.