Undergraduate retention rates are reported as the percentage of first-time freshman students returning to the same institution in the fall of their second year. Manhattan College retained 82.4 percent of its 2010 full-time, first-time freshman students in the fall of their second year, based on October 2011 census figures.
Graduation rates are reported by the percentage of freshman students completing an undergraduate bachelor’s degree within six years.
| Rate of retention as of fall 2011 | 82.4% |
| Average graduation rate | 73% |