Metropolitan College of New York

Where education meets the real world

Extending the classroom to the workplace for more than 50 years, Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) has helped thousands of New Yorkers advance their careers and improve their lives. At MCNY, we are committed to helping you achieve your professional goals. Choose from a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs in business, media, healthcare services, management, education, public administration, urban studies and human services. You can earn your master’s in as little as one year, bachelor’s in less than three years and Associate’s in 16 months. The best part is that you can pursue your degree on a full-time basis, and in most cases while continuing your day job. In the end it is more than a degree — it is respect, experience and a better future.

Constructive Action: a competitive advantage and real value added

Metropolitan’s Constructive Action approach to learning integrates your coursework with challenges and opportunities that present themselves at your work or internship setting. For example, Metropolitan College students may develop a business or an emergency evacuation plan. They may oversee implementation of a plan to deliver expanded services to the elderly, or find resources in under-funded schools to help elementary teachers focus on enhanced learning for all students. They take on real challenges and develop real solutions.

What makes MCNY so unique are our students who are required to look and see what can be made better, what can be improved — and then take the action. MCNY students make a truly positive impact at their internships, workplaces, and the world.

No matter the industry, MCNY’s approach has universal appeal as a degree designed for adult learners. Only here do students apply what they learn in the classroom to real world solutions in the field of their choice. This practical approach to learning is a competitive advantage for MCNY students and the employers that hire them. Because the coursework for our programs is so relevant, nearly all graduates are working in a field directly related to their degree.

Bottom line, you graduate with more than a degree. Your experience and education go hand in hand to add several additional bullet points to your resume. Employers will see they are getting more than just another college graduate with good intentions. Instead, you will have a track record attesting to your capabilities.

Flexibility and affordability

At MCNY, schedules are designed to fit around your lifestyle — not interrupt it. You earn while you learn.

We also offer a fixed tuition rate policy, which stays in effect for as long as a student is continuously enrolled in the college, which means no tuition increases until you graduate. What’s more, the college awarded more than $10 million in scholarships and grant awards in the past year. 90% of our students are eligible. New students can earn recognition awards of $3,000 to $6,000 per year, and transfer students are eligible to receive awards of up to $4,000. MCNY’s financial aid counselors help new students explore all of their financial options and become aware of the many scholarship and grant programs for which they may become eligible.

“We are dedicated to preparing Metropolitan College students for career advancement sooner, as well as providing them with the opportunity and resources to gain valuable work experience as a part of their studies,” says Vinton Thompson, president of Metropolitan College.

Metropolitan College of New York is located at 431 Canal St. in Manhattan. For more information, call 1-800-33-THINK or visit mcny.edu.