Manhattanville University

Manhattanville University
Former names
Academy of the Sacred Heart (1841–1917)
College of the Sacred Heart (1917–1937)
Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart (1937–1966)[1]
Manhattanville College (1966–2024)[2]
MottoIn Exultatione Metens
TypePrivate university
Established1841; 183 years ago (1841)[3]
Academic affiliations
CUMU
Endowment$31.2 million (2019)[4]
PresidentFrank Sánchez
ProvostChristine Dehne
Academic staff
85 (full-time)[3]
Students2,224
Undergraduates1,284[3]
Postgraduates940[3]
Location, ,
United States
CampusSuburban; 100 acres (0.40 km2)[3]
ColorsCrimson and White    
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division III, Skyline Conference
MascotValiant
Websitemville.edu
The architectural and administrative centerpiece of the Manhattanville College campus, Reid Hall (1864), is named after Whitelaw Reid, owner/publisher of the New York Tribune.

Manhattanville University is a private university in Purchase, New York, United States. Founded in 1841 as a school at 412 Houston Street in Lower Manhattan, it was initially known as the Academy of the Sacred Heart. In 1917, the academy received a charter from the Regents of the State of New York to raise the school officially to a collegiate level, granting degrees as the College of the Sacred Heart. In 1937, it became known as Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, and from 1966 to 2024 as Manhattanville College.

In 1952 it moved to its current location in the hamlet of Purchase, New York, a suburb north of New York City. Purchase is inside the town and village of Harrison in Westchester County.

Approximately 1,100 undergraduate and 900 graduate students attend Manhattanville, with students coming from 45+ countries and 35+ American states.[3]

The architectural and administrative centerpiece of the Manhattanville campus is Reid Hall (1864) which was named after Whitelaw Reid, publisher and owner of the New-York Tribune, one of the leading newspapers in the nation for a century. Next to Reid Hall stand academic buildings on one side and on the other residence halls around a central quad designed by the landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, also the designer of New York's landmark Central Park in the 1850s and 1860s. Other historic buildings include: the Lady Chapel; the President's Cottage known as the Barbara Debs House; the old Stables; and Water Tower.

  1. ^ "Manhattanville Timeline". www.mville.edu. Manhattanville College. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Manhattanville College Announces Inauguration Week Events, April 1-5, 2024". www.mville.edu. Manhattanville College. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Fast Facts". Manhattanville College. 12 November 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  4. ^ As of June 30, 2019. "U.S. and Canadian 2019 NTSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2019 Endowment Market Value, and Percentage Change in Market Value from FY18 to FY19 (Revised)". National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. Retrieved April 22, 2020.