Marist College

Marist College is a private institution that was founded in 1929. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 5,475 (fall 2022), and the campus size is 242 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Marist College's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities North, #10. Its tuition and fees are $46,110.

Marist College overlooks the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, New York. Students at Marist can choose from more than 40 undergraduate majors and more than a dozen master's degrees. Marist students often benefit from the school's special partnership with the multinational technology corporation IBM. For decades, the IBM staff has worked with Marist students and faculty to brainstorm and try innovative technologies. One product that has come from this relationship is the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum website, developed jointly by Marist and IBM. Students interested in polls, politics and the press can take part in courses, internships and polling through the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion's Marist Poll, a survey research center.

For a dose of reality, freshman can familiarize themselves with the Marist Mindset List, which originated at Beloit College and summarizes the worldview of each year's incoming class. Produced by the Marist School of Liberal Arts and the original co-founders, the list details things that have "always" or "never" been true in the first-year students' lifetimes. To get involved on campus, students can choose from more than 80 clubs and student organizations, including Greek life and student government. Student athletes can join intramural and club sports, as well as the more than 20 Marist Red Foxes varsity teams, which compete in the NCAA Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Notable Marist alumni include former NBA star, Rik Smits, and CEO of 1-800-Flowers.com, Chris McCann.