College · Private nonprofit · Milwaukee, WI · City
Mount Mary University
Milwaukee, WI
Hispanic-servingWomen-onlyReligious affiliation
Admit rate62%
6-yr median pay$40k
Net price / yr$20k
Undergrad size631
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $20k/yr for a shot at a $40k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 62% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1020 · ACT 19.
If you get in
631 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $49k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $20k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$197k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$81k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$117k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $35.4k
- Room & board
- $10.3k
- Books & supplies
- $1,442
How students pay for it.
Pell grants59%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans63%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention67%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr43%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$40k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$49k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out34%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 631
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- Mount Mary College MMU MMC
Identity
Hispanic-servingWomen-onlyReligious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Hispanic36%
- White29%
- Black24%
- Asian7%
- Two or more races1%
- International1%
- Unknown1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students39%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time4%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$31k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 32
What you can study.