Private nonprofit · College

Manhattan Christian College

Manhattan, Kansas · Small city

100.0%
Admit rate
$24,213
Avg net price
44%
Graduation rate
$48,860
Median earnings

Manhattan Christian College is a private nonprofit bachelor's-granting institution in Manhattan, Kansas (small city setting), enrolling 146 undergraduates. It has a Christian Churches and Churches of Christ religious affiliation.

Private nonprofitSmall · 146 undergradsSmall cityOpen admissionNCCAA Division IICold winters

Will you get in?

See where your numbers land against Manhattan Christian College's admitted students.

Admit rate
100.0%
ACT (mid 50%)
18–24
Avg GPA (est.)
2.92

Enter a test score to see where you land against Manhattan Christian College's admitted students.

A guide, not a prediction. It compares your numbers with the middle 50% of admitted students and Manhattan Christian College's overall admit rate — it can't see essays, recommendations, activities, or your intended major, which all move real decisions.

About Manhattan, Kansas

Manhattan is a city in and the county seat of Riley County, Kansas, United States, although the city extends into Pottawatomie County. Before settlement by European-Americans in the 1850s, the land around Manhattan was home to Native tribes. From 1780 to 1830, it was home to the Kaw people, also known as the Kansa. Aggieville is a center of shopping and nightlife with many stores, bars, and live bands. Downtown Manhattan, and the Manhattan Town Center Mall, are an anchor for shopping, art, fine dining, and entertainment in eastern Manhattan. (Wikipedia)

Setting
Small city
Highest degree offered
Bachelor's
To Great Lakes shore
505 miles
Nearest airport
6 miles to Manhattan (MHK)

How Manhattan Christian College compares

Selectivity100.0%

More selective than 2% · #24 most selective of 24 in Kansas

SAT average1020

Higher than 10%

Graduation rate44%

Higher than 30% · #15 of 27 in Kansas

First-year retention77%

Higher than 51%

Earnings, 10 years after entry$48,860

Higher than 35% · #23 of 27 in Kansas

Average net price$24,213

Cheaper than 31% · #15 cheapest of 26 in Kansas

Median debt at graduation$24,250

Lower than 43%

Student–faculty ratio10 : 1

Lower than 76%

Undergraduate enrollment146

Larger than 10%

Percentiles compare Manhattan Christian College with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in Kansas.

Student body

Undergraduates by gender

146undergrads
  • Women6242%
  • Men8458%

Undergraduates by race / ethnicity

  • White76%
  • Black12%
  • Hispanic6.9%
  • Asian1.4%
  • Other or multiracial4.1%

Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.

By the numbers

Undergraduate enrollment
146
Student–faculty ratio
10 : 1
Pell Grant recipients
47%
First-generation students
27%
Students over 25
6%
Median family income
$49,684
Avg faculty salary (academic year)
$49,536
Endowment
$5,033,262

Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.

Admissions

Admission rate
100.0%
Test scores
Required
SAT range (25th–75th %)
SAT average
1020
SAT reading
SAT math
ACT composite
18–24
Average GPA (estimated)
2.92

Cost

In-state tuition
$19,126
Room & board
$11,432
Books & supplies
$1,239
Total cost of attendance
$34,466
Average net price
$24,213

Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.

Outcomes

Graduated (within 6 years)
44%
Graduated on time (4 years)
35%
First-year retention
77%
Transferred to another college
4%
Median earnings, 6 years after entry
$40,023
Median earnings, 10 years after entry
$48,860
Median debt at graduation
$24,250
Students with federal loans
57%
Paying down their loans (1 year in)
60%

About 9% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.

Graduating on time

By student background (4 years)

All students
35%
Low-income (Pell)
40%
First-generation
34%

When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.

Campus life & athletics

On-campus housing
Yes
Dorm capacity
160
Dorm capacity vs undergrads
100%+
Application fee
$25
Athletics
NCCAA Division II
Varsity athletes
65 (32 men · 33 women)

Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.

Varsity sports (3)

Soccer30
Basketball20
Volleyball15

Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.

What you'll actually pay, by family income

Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.

< $30k
$23,218
$30–48k
$19,496
$48–75k
$24,125
$75–110k
$26,489
$110k+
$24,466

College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.

Four-year (or more) true cost

Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.

Est. total to a degree
$103,854

$24,125/year × about 4.3 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.

Does the school pay you to attend?

Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.

93%
of first-years get a grant from the school
$7,268
average award, among those who get one

Modest institutional aid: 93% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $7,268. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.

Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 30 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.

Is it worth it?

A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.

Median earnings (10 years)
$48,860
Typical debt at graduation
$24,250
Debt vs. one year's pay
50%
Out-earn a HS grad
51%

Typical debt would take roughly 5.0 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.

Solid value

A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.

Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.

The pay gap here

Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.

Women
$35,652
Men
$54,103

Men out-earn women by $18,451 (52%) a decade out.

Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.

Campus climate

Summer high
91°F
Winter low
19°F
Annual rain
35.8″
Annual snow
17.6″

Average temperature

HighLow
10°60°100°JFMAMJJASOND

Average precipitation (inches)

0.02.85.5JFMAMJJASOND

NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Manhattan, KS US station (0.9 mi from campus).

Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.

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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.