- The Inkwell
- California
- Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, CACity: largeZIP 90049Founded 1925
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1925
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Campuses
- 2
- Website
- www.msmu.edu
- Member of
- WCC
CaliforniaWomen's collegeReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Mount Saint Mary's University
Mount Saint Mary's University is a private nonprofit university in Los Angeles, California, with 1,719 undergraduates. It admits 73% of applicants, graduates 56% within six years and costs $27,235 a year after aid.
56%graduate
Admission rate73%
Retention71%
4-year graduation37%
Pell Grant share57%
Federal loans68%
$27,235net price / year
73%admission rate
—average SAT
56%graduate in 6 years
$78,572median earnings, 10 yrs
$25,000median debt
#224 of 1,704 for earnings#1,357 of 1,739 for lowest net price#794 of 1,738 for graduation rate#653 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $69,109tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $51,052
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $51,052
- Average net price
- $27,235national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$26,359
$30,001–48,000$24,852
$48,001–75,000$24,632
$75,001–110,000$25,723
$110,001+$35,837
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 73%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college73%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college71%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college56%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college57%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 56%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 37%
- First-year retention
- 71%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 60%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $61,487
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $78,572middle 50%: $48,740–$116,375
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$116,375
Median, Mount Saint Mary's University$78,572
Lower quarter$48,740
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,719
- Part-time
- 6.3%
- Women / men
- 92% / 7.9%
- Average age at entry
- 23.7
- First-generation students
- 50%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 57%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 30%
- Average faculty salary
- $9,605 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $13,438
- Endowment, end of year
- $174,149,175
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White8.0%
Hispanic58%
Black6.5%
Asian18%
Two or more races1.2%
U.S. nonresident0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Unknown7.4%
15 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions49%
Psychology13%
Business & management9.0%
Public administration & social service4.9%
Social sciences4.9%
Foreign languages & linguistics4.4%
Education3.0%
Family & consumer sciences2.8%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 119173. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q6923797.