College · Private nonprofit · Yankton, SD · Town
Mount Marty University
Yankton, SD
Religious affiliation
Admit rate43%
6-yr median pay$47k
Net price / yr$22k
Undergrad size697
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $22k/yr for a shot at a $47k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 43% means this is selective — grades, essays, and testing matter. Admitted students average SAT 1120 · ACT 22.
If you get in
697 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $48k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $22k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$193k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$89k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$104k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $34.6k
- Room & board
- $9.8k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants22%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans41%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $6k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention69%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr52%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$47k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$48k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out32%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 697
- Location
- Yankton, SD
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White63%
- Hispanic10%
- International9%
- Black7%
- Unknown4%
- Two or more races4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native3%
- Asian1%
First-gen students32%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time11%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$57k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 26
What you can study.