Monroe University

History

Monroe University is a private graduate school based in the USA, which was established in the year 1933 as a women's business school in the Bronx. Initially, it was named Monroe School of Business. Monroe has three campus locations — The Bronx, New Rochelle, and Saint Lucia. The campus at New Rochelle consists of six buildings, a Culinary Arts Centre, and a restaurant run by students called 'The Dining Lab’. Through Dining Lab, students get the opportunity to enhance their skills in terms of management, culinary arts, and hospitality.

Accreditation

Monroe is among a select number of institutions to be accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). It is an accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education & the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.

The institute first attained accreditation in the year 1990, & reaffirmed its accrediting status in 2020.

Student Population & Courses

Monroe is home to more than 8,000+ students along with 1,200 international students on campus from 93 countries in the world. The institute has a very small class size of 25 students in a class. It offers 42 courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels across 38 areas of study through its 7 schools.

Rankings

The university ranks highly as part of national & global university rankings given by some popular ranking publications. A major university ranking publication ranks it #66 as part of its Regional Universities North Rankings 2025. The same source also ranks it #3 for Social Mobility & #10 as part of its rankings of the Best Value Schools.

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• International student deadlines for Monroe University is closed for Fall 2026 deadline.