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Marymount Manhattan College is a coeducational, independent, private college located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The mission of the College is to educate a socially and economically diverse student body by fostering intellectual achievement and personal growth and by providing opportunities for career development. Enrollment consists of 1,750 undergraduates, with women making up 75% and men 25%.
Notable alumni
- Annaleigh Ashford, Tony-winning actress (Kinky Boots, Sylvia, You Can't Take It With You, Rent, Legally Blonde, Wicked)
- Melissa Benoist, actress/singer (Supergirl, Glee)
- Emin Agalarov, Russian pop star, businessman, and son of Aras Agalarov
- Katherine Bailess, actress/singer/dancer (Hit the Floor, Bring It On Again)
- Candace Bailey, actress/presenter (Attack of the Show)
- Maddie Baillio, actress/singer/dancer (Hairspray Live!)
- Bob Berman, astronomer, columnist
- Maria Cabret, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands
- Adam Chanler-Berat, actor/singer (Next to Normal, Peter and the Starcatcher)
- Patricia Childress, film and television actress, director, producer, and writer
- Marie Corridon, competition swimmer and Olympic champion
- Laverne Cox, actress (Orange Is the New Black)
- Alexandra Daddario, actress (True Detective)
- Geraldine Ferraro, United States vice-presidential candidate (1984)
- Joan Fitz-Gerald, President of Colorado Senate
- Travis Flores, American activist, philanthropist, motivational speaker, actor and award-winning children's book author
- Ita Ford, Maryknoll Sister martyred in El Salvador in 1980
- Marianne Githens, Political scientist, feminist, author, and professor emerita of Goucher College
- Spencer Grammer, actress (As the World Turns, Greek, Rick and Morty)
- Katharine Hayden, U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey
- Mimi Imfurst, drag queen, actor, singer
- Moira Kelly, actress (One Tree Hill, The Lion King, The West Wing)
- Mina Liccione, performer (Stomp)
- Kelly-Anne Lyons, actress
- Princess Marie of Denmark, wife of Prince Joachim of Denmark, second son of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
- Sallie Manzanet-Daniels, Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department
- Cindy Meehl, documentary filmmaker
- Erik Palladino, actor (ER), U-571, NCIS:LA
- Manny Pérez, film and theatre actor (Washington Heights, Homeland, LAByrinth Theater Company)
- Andrew Rannells, actor/singer (The Book of Mormon, The New Normal (TV series))
- Melissa Rauch, comedian, writer, actress (The Big Bang Theory)
- Regina Richards, singer
- Rose Ann Scamardella, former television news anchor; current radio personality
- Alexander Skarsgård, actor (True Blood)
- Ivette Sosa, actress/singer (Eden's Crush, Chasing Papi)
- Tika Sumpter, actress (One Life to Live)
- Vanessa Trump, actress (Something's Gotta Give)
- Jenna Ushkowitz, actress (Spring Awakening, Waitress: The Musical, Glee)
- Adrienne Warren, actress/singer (Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Dreamgirls at the Apollo, Bring it On the Musical