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Mount Mary University

Mount Mary University is a private campus in Milwaukee proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The federal record classifies Mount Mary University as a women-only institution; check current eligibility with admissions. The school reports a Roman Catholic affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$17,470

family income
under $30k

$17,079

$30–48k

$18,312

$48–75k

$20,665

$75–110k

$20,654

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$20,1442023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Mount Mary University rose from $14,484 (2008) to $20,144 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$14,484
2009	$14,872
2010	$11,444
2011	$13,455
2012	$13,703
2013	$13,333
2014	$16,104
2015	$16,382
2016	$19,156
2017	$17,706
2018	$19,775
2019	$20,985
2020	$23,991
2021	$22,329
2022	$18,295
2023	$20,144

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$49,2702024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Mount Mary University rose from $29,051 (2009) to $49,270 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$29,051
2010	$30,328
2011	$29,396
2012	$31,314
2013	$33,166
2014	$34,931
2015	$36,991
2016	$38,848
2017	$41,412
2018	$41,499
2019	$43,148
2020	$44,284
2021	$43,441
2022	$46,622
2023	$47,328
2024	$49,270

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$12,646
2001	$13,394
2002	$14,165
2003	$15,270
2004	$16,155
2005	$17,105
2006	$18,128
2007	$19,205
2008	$20,350
2013	$25,098
2014	$25,852
2015	$26,760
2016	$28,380
2017	$29,510
2018	$30,100
2019	$31,160
2020	$32,790
2021	$32,760
2022	$33,390
2023	$34,390

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Mount Mary University reports published tuition of $35,420 in this record. Mount Mary University's $35,420 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Mount Mary University reports 631 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

43% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Mount Mary University within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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43%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Mount Mary University fell from 49.5% (entered 1991) to 43% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	49.5%
1992 cohort	61.7%
1993 cohort	63.3%
1994 cohort	49.1%
1995 cohort	44.7%
1996 cohort	59.7%
1997 cohort	57.1%
1998 cohort	50.6%
1999 cohort	49.5%
2000 cohort	43.9%
2001 cohort	40%
2002 cohort	37.4%
2003 cohort	40%
2004 cohort	36.8%
2005 cohort	46.3%
2006 cohort	35.1%
2007 cohort	41.2%
2008 cohort	49.4%
2009 cohort	43.3%
2010 cohort	43.4%
2011 cohort	38.6%
2012 cohort	50.5%
2013 cohort	64.6%
2014 cohort	51.3%
2015 cohort	50.7%
2016 cohort	60.2%
2017 cohort	58.9%
2018 cohort	43%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$21,000	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$19,799	$6,208
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$18,792	$8,024
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$21,702	$7,699
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$21,000	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$21,000	$7,334
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$23,500	$6,998
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$25,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$26,792	$10,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$27,375	$9,084
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$29,000	$10,114
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$27,908	$10,500
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$26,750	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$26,331	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$25,874	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$26,000	$8,125
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$26,000	$7,759
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$25,288	$8,450

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$40,421

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$45,954

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$48,745

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Mount Mary University admitted 824 of 1,322 applicants in Fall 2024. The 62.3% rate describes that application pool.

62.3%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $34,390 tuition · 2023–24 631 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

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Admissions

Mount Mary University: scores were considered but optional in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle.

Check current requirements with admissions.

Score	25th	50th	75th
ACT Composite	18	19	21

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Mount Mary University received 1,322 applications and admitted 824 (62.3%), with 116 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

62.3%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	60.6%
Fall 2002	77%
Fall 2003	67.7%
Fall 2004	66.6%
Fall 2005	65.8%
Fall 2006	38.9%
Fall 2007	58.9%
Fall 2008	57.6%
Fall 2009	50%
Fall 2010	53.8%
Fall 2011	53.4%
Fall 2012	48.8%
Fall 2013	54%
Fall 2014	35.3%
Fall 2015	52.6%
Fall 2016	56.3%
Fall 2017	56%
Fall 2018	62%
Fall 2019	57.9%
Fall 2020	53%
Fall 2021	62.4%
Fall 2022	69.5%
Fall 2023	93.3%
Fall 2024	62.3%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

866–1123Fall 2021 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2002	1003	1173
Fall 2003	1045	1115
Fall 2004	910	1033
Fall 2005	910	1250
Fall 2013	941	1160
Fall 2015	663	878
Fall 2019	880	990
Fall 2020	925	1160
Fall 2021	866	1123

IPEDS Fall 2002–2021, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

18–21Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	18	23
Fall 2002	18	23
Fall 2003	17	23
Fall 2004	17	23
Fall 2005	16	22
Fall 2006	17	21
Fall 2007	18	21
Fall 2008	17	22
Fall 2009	16	22
Fall 2010	16	22
Fall 2011	17	25
Fall 2012	17	22
Fall 2013	17	23
Fall 2014	17	22
Fall 2015	17	21
Fall 2016	18	23
Fall 2017	17	21
Fall 2018	16	21
Fall 2019	16	21
Fall 2020	16	20
Fall 2021	16	21
Fall 2022	17	23
Fall 2023	16	24
Fall 2024	18	21

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

631Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Mount Mary University fell from 1,223 (Fall 2002) to 631 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,223
Fall 2003	1,128
Fall 2004	1,193
Fall 2005	1,347
Fall 2006	1,323
Fall 2007	1,208
Fall 2008	1,226
Fall 2009	1,253
Fall 2010	1,250
Fall 2011	1,026
Fall 2012	916
Fall 2013	811
Fall 2014	716
Fall 2015	735
Fall 2016	729
Fall 2017	680
Fall 2018	681
Fall 2019	641
Fall 2020	621
Fall 2021	659
Fall 2022	640
Fall 2023	703
Fall 2024	631

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

67%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Mount Mary University has wandered from Fall 2003 to Fall 2023 — up to 79% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 67%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	65%
Fall 2004 cohort	65%
Fall 2005 cohort	72%
Fall 2006 cohort	64%
Fall 2007 cohort	69%
Fall 2008 cohort	67%
Fall 2009 cohort	64%
Fall 2010 cohort	66%
Fall 2011 cohort	67%
Fall 2012 cohort	72%
Fall 2013 cohort	78%
Fall 2014 cohort	68%
Fall 2015 cohort	77%
Fall 2016 cohort	79%
Fall 2017 cohort	72%
Fall 2018 cohort	65%
Fall 2019 cohort	72%
Fall 2020 cohort	68%
Fall 2021 cohort	65%
Fall 2022 cohort	66%
Fall 2023 cohort	67%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Mount Mary University

Faculty pay at Mount Mary University averages $81,312 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Mount Mary University as a primarily residential campus of 631 undergraduates — and 67.3% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Incoming students who submitted scores typically landed between 18 and 21 on the ACT composite. Put your own practice estimate on Mount Mary University's range with the ACT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Mount Mary University compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Mount Mary University62.3%

Wisconsin median81.3%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Mount Mary University$35,420

Wisconsin median$33,396

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Mount Mary University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Mount Mary University$48,745

Wisconsin median$55,452

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Mount Mary University, Wisconsin and national reference values
Metric & basis	Mount Mary University	Wisconsin median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	62.3%	81.3%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$35,420	$33,396	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$48,745	$55,452	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Mount Mary University, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Mount Mary University federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 5 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Communication and Media Studies	$56,763
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations	$55,207
Design and Applied Arts	$49,881
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$47,827
Psychology, General	$45,377

These 5 fields listed for Mount Mary University measure earnings after completion. The $48,745 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 27 additional Mount Mary University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Mount Mary University report?

The middle 50% of Mount Mary University's enrolled Fall 2024 submitters reported ACT composites of 18–21; this dataset does not provide a GPA requirement.

What is Mount Mary University's acceptance rate?

62.3% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 824 admitted from 1,322 applicants.

How much does Mount Mary University cost?

At Mount Mary University, tuition is $35,420. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Mount Mary University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $48,745. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Wisconsin

Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design — 60.5% admitted
Ripon College — 79.8% admitted
Marquette University — 81.3% admitted
Marian University — 75% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.