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The Bronx Experience The New Rochelle Experience Residence Life and Campus Shuttles Clubs and Activities I’m First! Program

WHY MONROE?

Meet Monroe 360° Support Real World Learning We are Affordable Career Services for Life

FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE

Summer Slam August Bridge Semester Mentors Events Commit to Complete

FIND YOUR PROGRAM

Accounting and Business Criminal Justice and Human Services Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management Cyber Security and Information Technologies Education Health Care Nursing Jumpstart Program

ATHLETICS

Division I Mustangs Division III Express eSports
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I’m First Generation!

If you’re a first-generation college student, you’ve got a lot to be proud of. Being the first person in your family to attend college is a huge achievement. We know that — and we’re proud of you, too. 

We at Monroe work hard to create a caring, supportive environment for our first-gen students, and it shows: U.S. News & World Report ranks us #1 for social mobility among regional universities!

You may be the first in your family to go to college, but you’re not alone. You’re in good company at Monroe. You stay focused on what’s ahead of you… and know that we’ve got your back.

My parents did not go to college and they see how much that has impacted them. So they always push me and they motivate me. So I will be the first one to graduate college and become a professional, something that they want for all of us.

Coming to Monroe College, I have grown and learned so much here not only about what I'm majoring in, but it's matured me as a person. It has helped me become more responsible and more independent, more serious, more of a man. I know I'm gonna grow from this.

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