Marist College is located in Poughkeepsie. Founded in 1929, Marist's 210-acre campus overlooks the Hudson River in the heart of the historic Hudson Valley, midway between New York City and Albany, the state capital.What started as a school for the training of future Marist Brothers has developed into one of the leading colleges of the arts and sciences in the nation. Marist is ecumenical in character and reflects the ideals of the founder of the Marist Brothers, St. Marcellin Champagnat: commitment to excellence in education, a pursuit of higher human values, and dedication to the principle of service.
Marist has a test optional policy for admission. Applicants are not required to submit SAT or ACT to receive consideration for acceptance.
Princeton Review named Marist one of the best colleges in USA and it's School of Management was named one of the top 295 business schools in the world. Forbes and the Princeton Review list Marist as one of the "25 most connected campuses" in USA. Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine and Barron's call Marist one of the best buys in college education in USA. The John Templeton Foundation places Marist on its elite honor role of only 100 academic institutions noted for teaching character development.
School of Communication and Arts
School of Computer Science and Mathematics
School of Global and Professional programmes
School of Liberal Arts
School of Management
School of Science
School of Social & Behavioural Sciences
The Marist Core
It's not just what you know, but how you know.
The cornerstone of the Marist Core, The First Year Seminar (FYS) introduces students to college level research, critical thinking, writing and interdisciplinary study. Students also take Writing for College course in the first year.
Marist Honors Programme.
Marist invites students in the top five to seven percent of each incoming freshman class to join it's Core/Liberal Studies Honors Programme. Over the four years, students take 6 courses: Five Honors seminars and one seminar in Honors Ethics.
IB policy
Marist is quite generous in providing credit for IB Hl and SL subjects.
5 Year Accelerated Programmes
B.A. Psychology/M.A. Psychology
B.A. Psychology/Dual Certification Childhood/Special Ed./M.A. Educational Psychology
B.S. Criminal Justice/M.P.A.
B.S. Computer Science/M.S. Software Development
B.S. Information Technology/M.S. Information Systems
Notable Marist Alumni
Bill O'Reilly Commentator, Journalist
David T. Cassaro, President of Comcast
J.W. Stewart ESPN Sportscaster
Timothy G, Brier, Co-founder of Priceline.com
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