Recognition highlights student success through access, earnings, and workforce-ready education
The Carnegie Foundation has officially recognized Manhattan Area Technical College as both an Opportunity College and University and a classified institution in Applied and Career Studies. These dual honors place Manhattan Tech among a select group of colleges nationwide. Less than 16% earned the Opportunity designation, and only 8% are recognized for Applied and Career Studies. Together, they spotlight institutions that don’t just offer higher education but deliver on it, preparing students for good jobs and better lives.
The Opportunity designation comes from the newly launched Student Access and Earnings Classification, developed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the American Council on Education. It looks at which colleges enroll students who reflect the communities they serve and, more importantly, whether those students go on to earn more. The Applied and Career Studies classification highlights institutions that focus on hands-on education tied directly to workforce needs. Manhattan Tech is proud to train people for real careers in the trades, healthcare, and technical industries.
“This recognition proves what we’ve known all along. Manhattan Tech is a place where hardworking people come to get ahead,” said Dr. Jim Genandt, President and CEO of Manhattan Tech. “These classifications tell the world that what we’re doing delivers well beyond graduation. We’re giving students access, preparing them for real careers, and they’re earning more because of it. We’re proud to be recognized, but even prouder to prove every day that HIRE Education works.”
For over a century, the Carnegie Foundation has set national standards in higher education through its classification system. This latest update reflects the diversity of today’s colleges and makes one thing clear: Institutions like Manhattan Tech aren’t just relevant, they’re essential to the future of workforce education in America.
About the Carnegie Foundation
The mission of the Carnegie Foundation is to catalyze transformational change in education so that every student has the opportunity to live a healthy, dignified, and fulfilling life. Enacted by an act of Congress in 1906, the Foundation has a rich history of driving transformational change in the education sector, including the establishment of TIAA-CREF and the creation of the Education Testing Service, the GRE, Pell Grants, and the Carnegie Classifications for Higher Education.
About the American Council on Education (ACE)
ACE unites and leads higher education institutions toward a shared vision for the future. With more than 1,600 member colleges, universities, and associations, ACE designs solutions for today’s challenges and advances public policy to support a diverse and dynamic higher education sector. Learn more at www.acenet.edu or follow ACE on X (formerly Twitter) @ACEducation and LinkedIn american-council-on-education.
For more information, please contact:
Kimberly Withroder, Director of Institutional Research and Effectivenesskimwithroder@manhattantech.edu
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