Top Ranked Programs
Manhattan University's program mix is anchored in engineering, business, and applied sciences — a signature well suited to the New York metropolitan labor market. The dominant program family is Engineering, which shapes both the institution's earnings profile and its employer relationships across the region. Across 30 programs serving roughly 751 students annually, the university concentrates degree output in fields with direct workforce pathways, with Engineering accounting for 28% of graduates, Business for 24%, and Social Sciences for 8%. The program with the strongest combination of cohort scale and earnings is Civil Engineering, which functions as a key economic driver for the institution by pairing meaningful graduate volume with competitive four-year pay. Among the highest-earning programs, Finance program graduates 45 students with median earnings of $100,376 four years after enrollment — Azimuth ranks it #70 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions [per the program-ranking methodology](/analysis/college-program-rankings-how-to-actually-evaluate-programs/). Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering also deliver strong early-career outcomes, with graduates earning $95,877 and $92,802 respectively four years after enrollment, and Azimuth ranks Civil Engineering #22 and Mechanical Engineering #198 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions. The most popular programs by graduate volume — Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Digital Marketing — reflect the institution's applied and professional orientation. The Civil Engineering program graduates 99 students with median earnings of $95,877 four years after enrollment, and the The Mechanical Engineering program graduates 59 students earning $92,802. These are largely high-mobility, direct-to-workforce pathways where four-year earnings reflect genuine labor-market outcomes rather than an undercount from graduate-school continuation. The [supply and demand for college graduates](/analysis/supply-demand-map-college-degrees/) provides context for how Manhattan University's dominant engineering and business program families align with current hiring demand across the New York region.