Metropolitan College of New York

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Metropolitan College of New York

Metropolitan College of New York operates as a private nonprofit institution located in New York, New York (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 402 students of which 630 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Metropolitan College of New York is categorized as “19” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 90.0%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $28,882, with published in-state tuition of $20,188 and a Pell grant recipient share of 65.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,688, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 28.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 20.0%. Graduates earn a median of $46,236 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,086 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 97800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 57.7% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.