Marist College at a Glance
2011-2012
Marist College, recognized for excellence by The Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, Barron's Best Buys in College Education and Entrepreneur Magazine, is a highly selective comprehensive liberal arts institution noted for its leadership in the use of technology in and out of the classroom. Founded in 1929, Marist overlooks the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York, midway between New York City and Albany, the state capital.
| TYPE OF INSTITUTION | Independent Coeducational Comprehensive Liberal Arts College |
| PRESIDENT | Dr. Dennis J. Murray (1979 - Present) |
| CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD | Ellen Hancock |
| ACADEMIC PROGRAMS | 43 Bachelor's programs |
| 12 Master's programs | |
| 22 Certificate programs | |
| CAMPUS | 210 acres along the eastern and western shores of the Hudson River |
| 51 buildings | |
| 37 student housing facilities | |
| Estimated value of $607.4 million | |
| STUDY SITES | Main Campus - 3399 North Road, Poughkeepsie |
| Fishkill Center | |
| Florence, Italy | |
| Marist International Programs (31 countries) |
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park | |
| Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook | |
| LIBRARY | $25 million "high-tech complex" (NY Times) overlooking the campus green and scenic Hudson River |
| 241,000 volumes | |
| Access to millions of pages in thousands of scholarly journals through electronic databases | |
| The library continues to be at the leading edge of technology and is a completely wireless facility. | |
| ART GALLERY | Located in the Steel Plant Studios |
| Rotating exhibits featuring faculty, student, Hudson River Valley and nationally-recognized artists | |
| RIVERFRONT PARK | $3.5 million Longview Park on the former site of the IRA Regatta (national rowing championship) |
| OPERATING BUDGET | $153 million |
| STUDENTS |
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| STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS | 81 |
| ATHLETICS | NCAA Division I (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference - MAAC) |
| 23 intercollegiate varsity sports teams (12 women's teams, 11 men's teams) | |
| 11 club teams | |
| Approximately 1,600 students participating in intramurals | |
| TUITION | Full-time undergraduate: $28,300 |
| Part-time undergraduate: $634 per credit | |
| Graduate: $695 per credit | |
| ROOM AND BOARD | Plans vary; typical plan $12,000 annually |
| FACULTY | 228 full-time |
| 350 adjuncts | |
| STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO | 15:1 |
| TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES |
IBM System z Business Class Server |
| Cisco Campus Network | |
| Internet II institution | |
| 10,824 network ports | |
| Classrooms 100% multimedia enabled | |
| 39 computer labs (on and off campus labs/clusters) In addition, 100% of campus buildings are wireless | |
| Advanced research in High Performance Computing and High Speed Converged Networks | |
| ALUMNI | 33,823 |
| 9,687 in Hudson River Valley region | |
| 11,442 in Metro NYC region | |
| SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS | Marist Institute for Public Opinion |
| Hudson River Valley Institute | |
| CONSUMER INFORMATION | Consumer Information |