Manhattan College has changed it’s name to Manhattan University

Manhattan College recently announced that it changed its name to Manhattan University. The NYS Board of Regents approved the name change on August 1.

The change of name is done in order to better recognise its more than 100 majors, minors, graduate programmes, and advanced certificates and degrees, and attract a more globally diverse student body to this premiere higher educational institution. 

In May 2022, the institution surveyed more than 3,000 students, faculty, staff, administrators, board of trustees, and alumni regarding a potential name change for the school.

The vast majority of responders said yes to the transition to “University,” a statement on the manhattan.edu said.

The institute was founded in 1853 in Manhattan as a Lasallian Catholic College. Manhattan College relocated to the Bronx in 1923.