Metropolitan College of New York
About
Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY), formerly Audrey Cohen College, is a private college in New York City. MCNY is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and consists of three schools: The Audrey Cohen School for Human Services and Education, the School for Public Affairs and Administration, and the School for Business.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Pell recipients graduate at a higher rate than non-Pell students here — unusual and worth investigating.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 30 Title IV programs, 6 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 23 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing6 · 20.0%
- No Data23 · 76.7%
- Failing1 · 3.3%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Near the line (±5%)
Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 6
- Nov 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show CauseMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Oct 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Show CauseMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jun 2019Renewal of AccreditationMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
- Jan 2019Grant Substantive Change: DegreeMiddle States Commission on Higher Education
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 424 students received $2.5M in Pell grants, alongside $10.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 679 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (1.1%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at MCNY
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
MCNY vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions MCNY selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMetropolitan College of New York | 40% | — | 683 | $25,180 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Alverno College | 51% | 85.7% | 1,317 | $16,722 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Berkeley College-New York | 44% | — | 2,156 | $25,133 | Baccalaureate |
Boricua College | 33% | — | 516 | $14,187 | Baccalaureate |
Cambridge College | 13% | — | 1,835 | — | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Carlow University | 60% | 86.9% | 2,416 | $20,822 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Donnelly College | — | — | 395 | $15,025 | Baccalaureate |
Felician University | 47% | 94.0% | 2,427 | $41,315 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Mercy University | 45% | 85.8% | 8,991 | $15,770 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Mitchell College | 41% | 94.7% | 442 | $30,841 | Baccalaureate |
Mount Mary University | 43% | 62.3% | 1,182 | $18,295 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Mount Saint Mary College | 65% | 88.9% | 2,491 | $23,736 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
Paul Quinn College | 22% | 40.3% | 628 | $20,244 | Baccalaureate |
St. Joseph's University-New York | 69% | 72.0% | 3,899 | $17,622 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
Touro University | 76% | 60.8% | 11,937 | $26,556 | Doctoral/Professional |
| Peer group median | 45% | 85.8% | 1,835 | $20,533 |
MCNY Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
- Michael ArabitgDirector of Institutional Research and Assessment
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- Strategic planMetropolitan College of New York Strategic Plan 2022-20272022Metropolitan College of New York has developed a Strategic Plan covering the years 2022 to 2027. The plan is currently password-protected and not publicly available for detailed review. It reflects the institution's commitment to social justice as a Purpose-Centered college since its founding.mcny.edu
Grants & funding (3)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
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