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Molloy University

Rockville Centre, New York·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Mid East·molloy.edu
6-yr Graduation
70%
+0.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Total enrollment
5,005
peer median 4,363
Avg net price
$24,347
-$5.2k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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About

Molloy University is a private Catholic university in Rockville Centre, New York, United States. Initially founded as a school for women, it is now co-educational. It provides more than 69 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs for over 5,000 students.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
6,330
6,330 candidates competed
Admitted
5,174
81.7% acceptance rate
Enrolled
621
12.0% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
70%+0.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
4-year graduation
47%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
70%
Full-time retention
85%

Pell equity

14.9pp gap
Pell recipients
59%89 of 152
Non-Pell (all)
74%325 of 440
Subsidized loan, no Pell
70%150 of 213
No Federal Aid
77%175 of 227

Non-Pell students graduate at a 14.9-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

FVT/GE

Of 75 Title IV programs, 26 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 48 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
75
Passing
26
34.7% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
1.3% of portfolio
Fail rate
1.3%
+0.7pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

75programs
  • Passing26 · 34.7%
  • No Data48 · 64.0%
  • Failing1 · 1.3%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
1
At Risk
1
Watch
0
Safe
25
No data
48

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.

27
Marketing
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
-1.1%
$66,163 vs $66,899
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+1.4%
$34,822 vs $34,350
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+29.0%
$79,818 vs $61,854
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Master's Degree · Security And Protective Services
+30.6%
$70,003 vs $53,607
Accounting and Related Services
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+43.5%
$95,984 vs $66,899
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+52.8%
$102,238 vs $66,899
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+53.8%
$52,820 vs $34,350
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+55.3%
$53,334 vs $34,350

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

2
Marketing
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
-1.1%
−$736
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+1.4%
+$472

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

18
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
78%
$27,000 debt · $34,822 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
52%
$41,000 debt · $79,134 earn
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
51%
$41,000 debt · $79,818 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
49%
$26,000 debt · $53,334 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
47%
$25,000 debt · $52,820 earn
Communication and Media Studies
Bachelor Degree · Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs
44%
$24,445 debt · $55,878 earn
Social Work
Bachelor Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
41%
$24,375 debt · $59,130 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
41%
$25,528 debt · $62,479 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1967Next review Jan 2031

Programmatic accreditations · 9

Action history · 7

  1. Jun 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  2. Feb 2020Renewal of Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  3. May 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
  4. May 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNDNP) - Nursing education programs at the doctorate degree levels
  5. May 2019Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$17,548
$30–48k$19,241
$48–75k$22,739
$75–110k$28,254
$110k+$30,144

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$24,347
-$5,246vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $29,594
Federal loans
64.6%
In-state tuition
$39,790
Out-of-state
$39,790

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,299 students received $7.3M in Pell grants, alongside $39.5M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,299
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$7.3M
$7,328,536 total
Direct Loans
$39.5M
4,758 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$7.0M
1,627 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$8.1M
1,917 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$10.8M
617 loan awards
Parent PLUS$11.5M
481 loan awards
Grad PLUS$2.1M
116 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,192 borrowers who entered repayment, 9 (0.7%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.7%
-1.6pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,192
Defaulted
9
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
2.7%
2017
3.6%
2018
2.4%
2019
0.7%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Molloy

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs67
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

1,106 total completions
01Health Professions
61355.4%
02Education
19517.6%
03Business
12711.5%
04Security/Protective
373.3%
05Liberal Arts
333.0%
06Visual/Performing Arts
312.8%
07Biological Sciences
292.6%
08Psychology
222.0%
09Communication
131.2%
10Public Admin
60.5%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
5,005
12-mo unduplicated
10,022
Undergraduate
7,128
Graduate
2,894

Gender split

Men
30%2,984
Women
70%7,038

Race / ethnicity composition

White
40.1%
Hispanic
27.7%
Black
11.8%
Asian
8.9%
Unknown
7.2%
Two or more
2.6%
Non-resident
1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.3%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
348
178 M · 170 W
Women athletes
48.9%
Athletic aid
$2.3M
Total student aid
Budget
$6.0M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$1.0M
$1.2M
Recruiting expense
$1K
$2K
Head-coach salaries
$22K
$16K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 13

Lacrosse
43 M · 30 W
$845K
Soccer
30 M · 25 W
$642K
Track and Field (Indoor)
28 M · 18 W
$137K
Track and Field (Outdoor)
28 M · 18 W
$137K
Baseball
34 M · —
$517K
Other Sports
32 M · —
$233K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.00
0 offenses · 4,970 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago0.001 yr ago0.00Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
0
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
1
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

No criminal offenses reported.

By location

0total

    VAWA offenses

    0
    Domestic violence
    1
    Dating violence
    0
    Stalking
    1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

    Hate crimes by bias

    No hate crimes reported.

    Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

    CategoryArrestsReferrals
    Weapons00
    Drugs02
    Liquor03

    Residence-hall fires

    No residence-hall fires reported.

    Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

    Student-faculty ratio

    Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

    IPEDS
    Student-to-faculty
    12.0:1
    Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
    184

    Molloy vs Peer comparison

    The peer institutions Molloy selected for federal comparison reporting.

    IPEDS
    GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
    This institutionPeer median

    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
    SubjectMolloy University
    		70%—5,005$24,347Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
    Iona University
    		56%86.9%3,958$29,188Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
    Monmouth University
    		72%89.0%4,767$30,988Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
    Siena College
    		75%69.0%3,720$33,733Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
    St. John's University-New York
    		66%83.4%19,389$29,999Doctoral/Professional
    St. Joseph's University-New York
    		69%72.0%3,899$19,035Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
    Peer group median70%83.4%4,363$29,594

    Institutions like Molloy

    Explore the federal data for institutions in Molloy's comparison group.

    IPEDS

    Molloy Institutional Research office

    The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

    Office
    Office of Planning and Institutional Research (OPIR)
    Email
    info [at] molloy.edu
    Phone
    1-888-4-MOLLOY
    Address
    1000 Hempstead Avenue, Rockville Centre, NY 11570

    The Office of Planning and Institutional Research partners with campus stakeholders to support strategic decision-making, enhance institutional effectiveness, and promote a culture of evidence across the university.

    Visit IR office page
    Team
    5 members
    • Kristie Conroy
      Director, Institutional Research
    • Elissa Sharp
      Director, Planning and Assessment
    • Will Oldham
      Assistant Director, Institutional Research
    • Emily Coyne
      Assistant Director, Planning and Assessment
    • Christina Cappellano
      IR Specialist, Institutional Research

    Reports & documents (2)

    Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

    Notable alumni of Molloy (5)

    A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.

    • Nettie Birnbach
    • Maureen Gannon
    • Petra Gelbart
    • Georgianna Glose
    • Jim Paymar

    Frequently asked questions about Molloy University

    Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Molloy.

    What is the graduation rate at Molloy University?

    Molloy University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 70% per the latest IPEDS.

    How many students attend Molloy University?

    Molloy University reports a total enrollment of 5,005 students per the latest IPEDS.

    What is the average net price at Molloy University?

    The average net price at Molloy University is $24,347 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

    What is the yield rate at Molloy University?

    Molloy University's yield rate is 12.0%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

    Where is Molloy University located?

    Molloy University is located in Rockville Centre, New York 11571-5002.

    Who runs Institutional Research at Molloy University?

    Molloy University's IR work is done by the Office of Planning and Institutional Research (OPIR).

    About the data on this page

    Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

    IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
    Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
    National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
    College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
    Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
    U.S. Department of Education
    FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
    Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
    U.S. Department of Education
    DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
    Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
    Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
    Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
    U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
    Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
    Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
    Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
    U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
    Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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