Marist College

Located in Poughkeepsie, NY; Marist College is perched on the Hudson River.  The brand new $35 million Hancock Center houses The School of Computer Science and Math and multimedia classrooms all overlooking the breathtaking Hudson River; as well as the Marist Institute for Public Opnion and the IBM-Marist Joint Study Project. The Fashion Design and Merchandising programs in the School of Communication and Arts offers tons of internships with the major NYC fashion houses.  Communication Arts majors will be interested to know there are also intersessions available in Hawaii.  That's right, Hawaii!!!  Nearby IBM Corporation (with facilities in both Poughkeepsie and Fishkill), has a longstanding partnership with Marist that has Marist students and faculty utilizing emerging technology in their research and classrooms.

Originally established in 1905 as a seminary by the Marist Brothers, Marist College is a small private college, with 5,000 students on campus.  The college became fully coed in 1968 when it admitted women.  With over 1,000 members, Campus Ministry is the largest student club at Marist.  Most of the 50 states are represented, but there is a disproportionately large number who hail from Long Island and New Jersey.  Marist has been given the unflattering nickname of 'Mattress College', and not for it's hospital corners.  Freshmen housing is restricted to residential halls; but sophmores, juniors, and seniors choose among the many townhouses based on a point system which rewards campus activity participation. 

Students who applied to Marist College, also looked at Iona College, Manhattan College, and Siena College.  For more information on Marist College, visit http://www.marist.edu/

Marist College is located at 3399 North Road, Poughkeepsie, NY  12601 (845) 575-3000