The Bronx

===Colleges and universities===
{{See also|List of colleges and universities in New York City}}
In 2000, 49,442 (57.5%) of the 86,014 Bronx residents seeking college, graduate or professional degrees attended public institutions.<ref name="quicktable" />

Several colleges and universities are in the Bronx.

[[Fordham University]] was founded as St. John's College in 1841 by the [[Archdiocese of New York|Diocese of New York]] as the first Catholic institution of higher education in the [[Northeastern United States|northeast]]. It is now officially an independent institution, but strongly embraces its [[Jesuit]] heritage. The {{convert|85|acre|m2|adj=on}} Bronx campus, known as Rose Hill, is the main campus of the university, and is among the largest within the city (other Fordham campuses are in Manhattan and Westchester County).<ref name="fordzoo">In September 2008, [[Fordham University]] and its neighbor, the Wildlife Conservation Society, a global research organization which operates the [[Bronx Zoo]], will begin a joint program leading to a [[Master of Science]] degree in adolescent science education (biology grades 7–12).</ref>

Three campuses of the [[City University of New York]] are in the Bronx: [[Hostos Community College]], [[Bronx Community College]] (occupying the former [[University Heights, Bronx|University Heights]] Campus of [[New York University]])<ref>{{cite web |last=Chronopoulos |first=Themis |title="Urban Decline and the Withdrawal of New York University from University Heights, The Bronx." The Bronx County Historical Society Journal XLVI (Spring/Fall 2009): 4–24. |url=http://themis.slass.org/university-heights.html |access-date=October 2, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031124152/http://themis.slass.org/university-heights.html |archive-date=October 31, 2014 }}</ref> and Herbert H. [[Lehman College]] (formerly the uptown campus of [[Hunter College]]), which offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

The [[College of Mount Saint Vincent]] is a Catholic liberal arts college in [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] under the direction of the [[Sisters of Charity of New York]]. Founded in 1847 as a school for girls, the academy became a degree-granting college in 1911 and began admitting men in 1974. The school serves 1,600 students. Its campus is also home to the [[Academy for Jewish Religion (New York)|Academy for Jewish Religion]], a transdenominational rabbinical and cantorial school.

[[Manhattan College]] is a Catholic college in [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] which offers undergraduate programs in the arts, business, education, engineering, and science. It also offers graduate programs in education and engineering.

[[Albert Einstein College of Medicine]], part of the [[Montefiore Medical Center]], is in [[Morris Park, Bronx|Morris Park]].

The coeducational and non-sectarian [[Mercy College (New York)|Mercy College]]—with its main campus in [[Dobbs Ferry, New York|Dobbs Ferry]]—has a Bronx campus near [[Westchester Square, Bronx|Westchester Square]].

The [[State University of New York Maritime College]] in [[Fort Schuyler]] ([[Throggs Neck]])—at the far southeastern tip of the Bronx—is the national leader in maritime education and houses the [[Maritime Industry Museum]]. (Directly across [[Long Island Sound]] is [[Kings Point, New York|Kings Point]], Long Island, home of the [[United States Merchant Marine Academy]] and the American Merchant Marine Museum.) As of 2017, graduates from the university earned an average annual salary of $144,000, the highest of any university graduates in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/nyregion/suny-maritime-college.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/nyregion/suny-maritime-college.html |archive-date=January 1, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=The Young Mariners of Throgs Neck|author=Gary M. Stern|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 16, 2017|access-date=March 17, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In addition, the private, proprietary [[Monroe College]], focused on preparation for business and the professions, started in the Bronx in 1933 and now has a campus in [[New Rochelle, New York|New Rochelle]] (Westchester County) as well the Bronx's [[Fordham, Bronx|Fordham]] neighborhood.<ref>[http://www.monroecollege.edu/aboutmonroe/monroeshistory Monroe College history] (from the College's web site) retrieved on July 27, 2008.</ref>