College · Private nonprofit · Emmitsburg, MD · Rural
Mount St. Mary's University
Emmitsburg, MD
Religious affiliation
Admit rate74%
6-yr median pay$49k
Net price / yr$23k
Undergrad size1,768
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $23k/yr for a shot at a $49k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 74% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1176.
If you get in
1,768 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $64k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $23k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$255k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$91k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$164k
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
- $48.6k
- Room & board
- $15.1k
- Books & supplies
- $950
How students pay for it.
Pell grants31%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans51%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
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 retention71%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr65%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$49k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$64k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out28%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,768
- Location
- Emmitsburg, MD
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Mount St. Mary's · The Mount · Mount Saint Mary's University · Mount Saint Mary's
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White47%
- Black20%
- Hispanic17%
- Two or more races6%
- International5%
- Asian3%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students23%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time5%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$83k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 38
What you can study.