Marist College at a Glance
2012-2013
Marist College, recognized for excellence by The Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Barron's Best Buys in College Education, and Entrepreneur, 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) |
| CHAIR, BOARD OF TRUSTEES | Ellen Hancock |
| ACADEMIC PROGRAMS | 44 Bachelor's programs |
| 12 Master's programs | |
| 21 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 extension | |
| Florence, Italy branch campus | |
| Marist International Programs (31 countries) |
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library, Hyde Park | |
| LIBRARY | $25 million "high-tech complex" (NY Times) overlooking the campus green and scenic Hudson River |
| 280,000 volumes | |
| 92,499 eJournals | |
| 11,248 videos | |
| 2.1 million eBooks via HathiTrust Digital Library | |
| Archives and Special Collections, including the Lowell Thomas Papers and the Reese Family Papers collection, which includes letters from Thomas Jefferson and James Madison | |
| The library continues to be at the leading edge of technology and is a completely WiFi-enabled 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, including the Historic Cornell Boathouse, on the former site of the IRA Regatta (national rowing championship) |
| OPERATING BUDGET | $160 million/FY2013 |
| REGIONAL ECONOMIC IMPACT | $439 million/year |
| VISITORS TO CAMPUS | 61,000/year |
| STUDENTS |
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| STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS | 81 |
| ATHLETICS | NCAA Division I (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference - MAAC) |
| Football, member of Pioneer Football League (PFL) | |
| 23 intercollegiate varsity sports teams (12 women's teams, 11 men's teams) | |
| 11 club teams | |
| Approximately 1,600 students participating in intramurals | |
| TUITION/2012-13 | Full-time undergraduate: $29,500 |
| Part-time undergraduate: $634 per credit | |
| Graduate: $720 per credit | |
| ROOM AND BOARD | Plans vary; typical plan $12,600 annually |
| FACULTY | 232 full-time faculty lines |
| 350 adjuncts | |
| STUDENT/FACULTY RATIO | 15:1 |
| TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES |
IBM System z Business Class Server |
| Cisco Campus Network | |
| Internet 2 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 | |
| 100 percent WiFi coverage across campus | |
| Advanced research in High Performance Computing and High Speed Converged Networks | |
| ALUMNI | 35,148 |
| 9,922 in Hudson River Valley region | |
| 11,570 in Metro NYC region | |
| SPECIALIZED PROGRAMS | Marist Institute for Public Opinion |
| Hudson River Valley Institute | |
| Institute for Data Center Professionals (IDCP) | |
| Center for Sports Communication | |
| New York State Cloud Computing and Analytics Center | |
| Student-run Investment Center | |
| Praxis Project for Public/Global Citizenship | |
| Raymond A. Rich Institute for Leadership Development | |
| CONSUMER INFORMATION | Consumer Information |
