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Nyack College Data & Information Overview

31 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
100% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Nyack College Ranked?

#1,824 Best Colleges in Nation
#115 Best Colleges in NY
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Nyack College was awarded 31 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is mental health counseling/counselor.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Nyack as #1,824 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.

Nyack is also ranked #115 out of 142 schools in New York.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Nyack?

100% Acceptance Rate
55% Of Accepted Are Women
14% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Because it has a high acceptance rate of 100%, some consider Nyack to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.

Average Test Scores

About 14% of students accepted to Nyack submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 435 and 545. Math scores were between 413 and 548.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Nyack College  ( 435 to 545 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Nyack College  ( 413 to 548 )
200
800
Nyack received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 24.

ACT Composite Scores for Nyack College  ( 18 to 24 )
1
36

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Nyack College Faculty

15 to 1 Student to Faculty
35% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Nyack College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Nyack College is 35%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  35 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Nyack College

59% Freshmen Retention
25% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Nyack College this rate is 59%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  59 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Nyack is 25%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  25 out of 100
0
100

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Nyack College Undergraduate Student Diversity

958 Full-Time Undergraduates
53.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
57.1% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,184 undergraduates at Nyack with 958 being full-time and 226 being part-time.

How Much Does Nyack College Cost?

$18,142 Net Price
53% Take Out Loans
$19,052 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Nyack is $18,142. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Nyack

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$14,485 $16,501 $21,007 $25,531 $25,783

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Nyack, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Nyack, approximately 53% of students took out student loans averaging $4,763 a year. That adds up to $19,052 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Nyack is 8.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do Nyack Graduates Make?

$44,409 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Nyack make around $44,409 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for Nyack students since it is 5% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Nyack College

New York State
958 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
Located in New York, New York, Nyack College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Nyack is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

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Contact details for Nyack are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2 Washington Street, New York, NY 10004
Phone: 212-625-0500
Website: www.allianceu.edu/

Nyack College Majors

27 Majors With Completions
255 Undergraduate Degrees
223 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 27 majors graduated from Nyack College. Of these students, 255 received undergraduate degrees and 223 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Human Resource Management 47 $51,478
Business Administration & Management 24 $27,536
General Psychology 20 $23,197
Nursing 18 $87,287
Interdisciplinary Studies 15 $25,882
Social Work 14 NA
Theological & Ministerial Studies 13 NA
Music 13 $19,294
Teacher Education Grade Specific 9 NA
Communication & Media Studies 7 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Nyack College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Nyack

82% Take At Least One Class Online
45% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 1,522 students took at least one online class at Nyack College. This is a decrease from the 1,722 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,522 830
2019-2020 1,722 913
2018-2019 1,019 317
2017-2018 1,097 344
2016-2017 1,028 245

Learn more about online learning at Nyack College.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

References

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