Marist College Business Programs

Marist College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Poughkeepsie, New York. Poughkeepsie is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Marist College?

Contact details for Marist are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3399 North Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone:	845-575-3000
Website:	www.marist.edu

How Do I Get Into Marist?

You can apply to Marist online at: www.marist.edu/admission/undergraduate/marist-online-application

Admission Requirements for Marist

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Marist?

With an acceptance rate of 63%, Marist does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 37% of accepted students are men and 63% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 60%, and the acceptance rate for women is 64%.

Average Test Scores

About 18% of students accepted to Marist submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 698. Math scores were between 590 and 680.

Marist received ACT scores from 4% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 33. Math scores were between 23 and 0. Composite scores were between 26 and 30.

Can I Afford Marist College?

The overall average net price of Marist is $46,956. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Marist, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $8,783 a year. That adds up to $35,132 over four years for those students.

Marist College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,510 undergraduate students at Marist, with 4,880 being full-time and 630 being part-time.

There are also 886 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,880 full-time undergraduates at Marist, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Marist College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	167
Black or African American	205
Hispanic or Latino	599
White	3,616
International Students	103
Other Races/Ethnicities	190

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Marist College. At this time, 30 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 61 countries are represented at Marist. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Marist College

In 2022-2023, 2,279 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Marist has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 14th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Marist majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	18%

Marist College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	270	55	325
Fashion Merchandising	99	0	99
Accounting	41	23	64
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	56	56
General Economics	21	0	21
TOTAL	431	134	565

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bpg00765 under License

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