Metropolitan College of New York

MCNY is a vibrant and unique learning institution: With accreditation and an array of undergraduate and graduate degree programs designed for working professionals.

At the core of the MCNY educational experience is the concept of purpose-centered learning and constructive action.Experiential learning – the continuous interaction between the knowledge students gain in the classroom and the knowledge they gain through direct experience in their workplace or internships – is fundamental to every course, degree and school at MCNY.

Metropolitan College of New York’s accelerated curriculum fully integrates the classroom and the workplace, so you can work full-time—while attending school full time—and earning your degree faster.It all starts with our unique Purpose-Centered Education curriculum. Based on the fact that you learn best when you understand the purpose for your learning—and its ability to positively change your life and the lives of others—an MCNY education fuses knowledge with practical experience.

We believe that students learn best when they understand the Purpose for their learning and see the connection between what they are learning in the classroom and their ability to change their lives and the lives of others in a positive fashion.

The Purpose determines the focus for the Constructive Action that students are required to plan, implement, and evaluate. That Action must relate to the semester’s Purpose and improve the lives of individuals and institutions outside the classroom.

Each semester focuses on a specific performance area called a Purpose. Achieving mastery in each is critical to a student’s ability to integrate and use the theory learned in the classroom at an internship or work site and deliver effective professional performance.

At MCNY, you’ll be asked to look at your performance from five different dimensions—Purpose, Values and Ethics, Self and Others, Systems, and Skills—appropriate to your program of study. Together, the Dimensions provide you with a comprehensive way of looking at organizational situations and designing solutions to the problems.
 
Our mission is “To provide a superior, experientially-based education that fosters personal and professional development, promotes social justice, and encourages positive change in workplaces and communities.”

Our vision is “To be acknowledged as the college of choice for experiential learning and applied scholarship.”

A non-profit, accredited New York City college designed for working adults.Metropolitan College of New York offers undergraduate and master’s degree programs, as well as a certificate program, through three schools.

Our undergraduate and graduate programs are accelerated so that students are able to complete their degree while working and/or raising a family. The college continues to evolve, offering degrees in Human Services, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, Information Technology, Emergency Management and Public Affairs & Administration. New degree offerings are planned for next year in new growth areas.

Our college fosters diversity, personal and social responsibility, and academic mentoring. Although the pace may be fast, there is always someone to give you guidance and encouragement. We are preparing students to venture into an ever-changing fast paced world, where they will become change agents and leaders.

At MCNY, you can do both. Our unique Purpose-Centered Education approach – which fuses knowledge with hands-on experience – and flexible, accelerated programs make earning your degree practical and affordable.

Each year, hundreds of student just like you find their purpose — and path to greater professional success — at Metropolitan College of New York.

At the MCNY Office of Admissions, we’re here to make the application process and your transition to college simple, smooth and successful whether you’re a busy working professional, a graduating high school senior, an international student—or even a returning veteran.

As a transfer student at Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY), you can earn your associate, bachelor’s or master’s degree faster than you ever thought possible.

MCNY has transfer articulation agreements with several community and private colleges to ensure that students receive credit for eligible courses they have already completed. Transfer students who meet the admissions criteria are also eligible for the $4,000 Transfer Articulation grant.The bachelor’s degree can then be completed in just 16 months.

Born out of the idealism and turbulence of the 1960s, Metropolitan College of New York (MCNY) was founded by Audrey Cohen, an innovative educator who believed the key to a truly effective education lay in uniting the classroom with the professional world.

Audrey Cohen launched the Women’s Talent Corps in 1964, addressing a need for both jobs and training. The program prepared motivated women, with experience in their low-income neighborhoods, for jobs to assist their communities.Simultaneously, the Women’s Talent Corps worked to create a new level of “paraprofessional” positions in organizations and agencies:teacher’s assistant, guidance counselor assistant, paralegal. The 30-week training program included an eight-week classroom orientation, 10 weeks on-the-job training in a school or community agency, and 12 weeks of intensive work at the same organization. Students were then hired by those agencies. The one-year training program paid students $2 per hour to participate.

Today, the college has graduate and undergraduate programs across three schools: the Audrey Cohen School for Human Services and Education, the School for Business and the School for Public Affairs and Administration.