I know someone who teaches there; very good teacher....and academic.

The location is pretty great - which shouldn’t be a reason to choose a college but seems to be a huge factor in the discussions here on DCUM. It abuts one of the greenest and wealthiest suburb-like neighborhoods in NYC, but also abuts a more affordable middle class area in Kingsbridge (Bronx), and is close to lot of commercial activity and cheap restaurants around Broadway. It’s a five minute walk to the last stop of the 1 subway, on which it’s a 35 minute ride to Lincoln Center and a 50 minute ride to Wall Street. If a kid wants to be near NYC but not necessarily right in the city (and isn’t a candidate for Columbia or NYU) it may offer the best combo of safety and proximity of any college in the area.

My brother (pretty sheltered, conventional, good Catholic boy) went there and enjoyed it. Not sure it’s teeming with a lot of original thinkers but it’s a solid school.

St. John’s, Hofstra, StonyBrook, Baruch, Pace, Pratt, Queens College, are other good schools in or near NYC for students who can’t get into Fordham, NYU and Columbia.

Anonymous wrote:It was recommended for my kid as a safety but they didn’t apply, but they ended up applying and getting in to Loyola MD.

My son is at Loyola MD but Manhattan and Duquesne were in his top 3. Loyola gave him more merit money. We liked Manhattan’s smallish campus but I think the extra money from Loyola swayed us both. No loans needed there.

I asked about it a couple months ago: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1159660.page#25901788

I used to teach in NYC, and one of the smartest kids I knew went there. (I assume they gave her good merit aid -- family was working class.) She's thriving.

Fun school, lots of cheap bars nearby, in safe part of Bronx, right by subway to Manhattan and a quick ride

If you search the forum I believe there was a somewhat recent posting asking about Manhattan.


My knowledge and experiences are quite dated as I attended in the late 1980’s. Take my notes for what they are worth.

I have dual degrees from Manhattan - BS and MS - both in the sciences. I have a brother with dual degrees (BE, ME) in Engineering.

We were first generation and from the surrounding predominantly Irish-American neighborhood.

You could afford to attend, live home, and pay your tuition with a part time job. With that you could graduate as an Engineer and do pretty well for yourself. Along the way you may have met a young nursing Student who was studying at Mt. St. Vincent - which was affiliated with Manhattan. There were worse college experiences for the local neighborhood kids.

School at that time had a solid mix of commuters and residents. Partly some jealously on the parts of the commuters who would have liked to been a resident while the residents did have a bit of a tendency to hold their noses up at the “townies”.

I used to wonder if you could afford to go away to school why would you pick Manhattan - especially if you were not doing Engineering.

I understood the Mount girls a little better because it had a well regarded nursing program and the campus was secluded, on the Hudson, and in a nice part of the Bronx.

If you are starting out in life and trying to get your first rung on the economic ladder an Engineering degree from Manhattan will serve you well.

So my take on Manhattan back in the day was it was where the LMC students attended that could not afford to go away to school.

My data is quite dated but I’d wonder if a similar mentality might hold true today.

I will say I liked the Christian Brothers and I am grateful for their teaching.

YMMV

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Anonymous wrote:Manhattan College. Tell me everything all of your thoughts are welcome.

You can do some research, can't you? Tell us what you know

This!

How are these comments helpful to PP or anyone else who may be interested in the school? OP asked for others’ experiences with the college. If you don’t have any to share, may as well keep scrolling…

Their comments are as helpful as yours.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Manhattan College. Tell me everything all of your thoughts are welcome.

You can do some research, can't you? Tell us what you know

This!

How are these comments helpful to PP or anyone else who may be interested in the school? OP asked for others’ experiences with the college. If you don’t have any to share, may as well keep scrolling…

Endowment is only $114M. Shouldn’t that be a concern?

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Anonymous wrote:Manhattan College. Tell me everything all of your thoughts are welcome.

You can do some research, can't you? Tell us what you know

This!

Anonymous wrote:We looked at it because they were liberal arts with engineering and in an interesting location.

Kid asked if they would waive app fee, and they did, so applied. Got great merit aid (no CSS, and fafsa not available yet, so don't know about need).

I did worry that most kids would be NY regional and that college may not be the best off financially, but it might have been a consideration, especially if kid wanted LAC. (Kid got into ED reach).

As a former high school teacher, I always asked students "Where do you want to live in 5 or 10 years down the road?" If they wanted to stay in their hometown, going to a regional or state flagship is not a bad option. I know plenty of individuals who attended a regional university and got scooped up by the local health system, major manufacturer, CPA, marketing firm, and so forth and ended up making top dollar. Beats going to HYP and ending up in your hometown, and not being hirable - due to bad social fit.

It was recommended for my kid as a safety but they didn’t apply, but they ended up applying and getting in to Loyola MD.