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Mount St. Mary's University

Mount St. Mary's University is based in the town of Emmitsburg, MD — a private campus in a small-town setting. 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

$14,674

family income
under $30k

$18,842

$30–48k

$24,088

$48–75k

$27,028

$75–110k

$31,050

over $110k

Average net price

$22,6552023–24Skip 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 St. Mary's University has wandered from 2008 to 2023 — up to $29,855 at the peak — but ends near where it began, at $22,655.

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$23,983
2009	$23,734
2010	$24,102
2011	$24,993
2012	$26,589
2013	$28,771
2014	$29,049
2015	$29,855
2016	$28,495
2017	$28,060
2018	$27,954
2019	$27,394
2020	$24,131
2021	$22,614
2022	$24,987
2023	$22,655

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$63,7312024–25Skip 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 St. Mary's University rose from $38,557 (2009) to $63,731 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$38,557
2010	$40,313
2011	$42,063
2012	$43,574
2013	$45,896
2014	$48,273
2015	$50,084
2016	$52,031
2017	$53,535
2018	$55,420
2019	$56,451
2020	$57,867
2021	$58,866
2022	$60,493
2023	$62,078
2024	$63,731

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	$17,400
2001	$18,680
2002	$19,700
2003	$20,800
2004	$21,430
2005	$22,900
2006	$24,030
2007	$25,890
2008	$27,560
2013	$34,644
2014	$36,021
2015	$37,500
2016	$39,000
2017	$40,550
2018	$41,350
2019	$42,590
2020	$43,650
2021	$44,750
2022	$45,870
2023	$47,240

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

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Mount St. Mary's University reports published tuition of $48,630 in this record. Mount St. Mary's University's $48,630 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Mount St. Mary's University reports 1,768 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

65.4% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Mount St. Mary's 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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65.4%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 St. Mary's University has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 76% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 65.4%.

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	63.4%
1992 cohort	63.6%
1993 cohort	72%
1994 cohort	70.3%
1995 cohort	67.3%
1996 cohort	60.8%
1997 cohort	70.5%
1998 cohort	65.4%
1999 cohort	68%
2000 cohort	68.2%
2001 cohort	66.5%
2002 cohort	62.4%
2003 cohort	72.9%
2004 cohort	72.6%
2005 cohort	76%
2006 cohort	66.7%
2007 cohort	65.6%
2008 cohort	64.4%
2009 cohort	69%
2010 cohort	71%
2011 cohort	63.3%
2012 cohort	64.2%
2013 cohort	68.8%
2014 cohort	63.1%
2015 cohort	61.5%
2016 cohort	64.8%
2017 cohort	58%
2018 cohort	65.4%

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 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$16,125	$2,750
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$16,147	$3,769
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$16,500	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$16,975	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$17,116	$2,640
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$17,063	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$16,889	$3,166
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$16,810	$7,900
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$15,984	$8,200
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$5,000
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$17,125	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$20,125	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$21,500	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$24,500	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$26,500	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$25,500	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$25,500	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$26,770	$7,000
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$26,750	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$26,270	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$25,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$25,391	$5,500

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

$48,915

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$58,069

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$64,072

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 St. Mary's University admitted 4,459 of 6,041 applicants in Fall 2024. The 73.8% rate describes that application pool.

73.8%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $47,240 tuition · 2023–24 1,768 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1046–12801600

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Admissions

Mount St. Mary's University reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Mount St. Mary's University’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 543–660 and Math was 503–620 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1046–1280 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	543	600	660
SAT Math	503	580	620
ACT Composite	19	23	27

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 St. Mary's University received 6,041 applications and admitted 4,459 (73.8%), with 546 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

73.8%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	79.2%
Fall 2002	82.7%
Fall 2003	90.1%
Fall 2004	88.1%
Fall 2005	84.3%
Fall 2006	82.3%
Fall 2007	77.2%
Fall 2008	77.9%
Fall 2009	84.3%
Fall 2010	80.4%
Fall 2011	65.6%
Fall 2012	55.5%
Fall 2013	67.4%
Fall 2014	66.9%
Fall 2015	67.2%
Fall 2016	61.5%
Fall 2017	64.2%
Fall 2018	68.1%
Fall 2019	74.8%
Fall 2020	80.5%
Fall 2021	81.8%
Fall 2022	79.6%
Fall 2023	71.9%
Fall 2024	73.8%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1046–1280Fall 2024 · 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 2001	980	1170
Fall 2002	970	1190
Fall 2003	970	1200
Fall 2004	950	1170
Fall 2005	1000	1200
Fall 2006	960	1160
Fall 2007	950	1170
Fall 2008	960	1170
Fall 2009	930	1170
Fall 2010	970	1170
Fall 2011	980	1170
Fall 2012	1010	1200
Fall 2013	990	1180
Fall 2014	950	1150
Fall 2015	910	1130
Fall 2016	940	1160
Fall 2017	980	1190
Fall 2018	1000	1210
Fall 2019	990	1200
Fall 2020	961	1185
Fall 2022	1040	1250
Fall 2023	1030	1280
Fall 2024	1046	1280

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

19–27Fall 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 2009	21	25
Fall 2010	19	23
Fall 2011	19	23
Fall 2012	19	23
Fall 2013	17	23
Fall 2014	20	24
Fall 2015	18	24
Fall 2016	19	24
Fall 2017	19	24
Fall 2018	18	25
Fall 2019	19	24
Fall 2020	19	25
Fall 2022	19	25
Fall 2023	19	23
Fall 2024	19	27

IPEDS Fall 2009–2024, 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

1,768Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Undergraduate enrollment at Mount St. Mary's University rose from 1,592 (Fall 2002) to 1,768 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,592
Fall 2003	1,593
Fall 2004	1,612
Fall 2005	1,656
Fall 2006	1,695
Fall 2007	1,681
Fall 2008	1,632
Fall 2009	1,609
Fall 2010	1,604
Fall 2011	1,777
Fall 2012	1,831
Fall 2013	1,729
Fall 2014	1,806
Fall 2015	1,787
Fall 2016	1,717
Fall 2017	1,785
Fall 2018	1,822
Fall 2019	1,831
Fall 2020	2,009
Fall 2021	2,009
Fall 2022	1,824
Fall 2023	1,806
Fall 2024	1,768

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

71%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 St. Mary's University has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023 — up to 84% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 71%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	78%
Fall 2003 cohort	83%
Fall 2004 cohort	84%
Fall 2005 cohort	84%
Fall 2006 cohort	77%
Fall 2007 cohort	79%
Fall 2008 cohort	78%
Fall 2009 cohort	80%
Fall 2010 cohort	82%
Fall 2011 cohort	80%
Fall 2012 cohort	78%
Fall 2013 cohort	79%
Fall 2014 cohort	75%
Fall 2015 cohort	75%
Fall 2016 cohort	76%
Fall 2017 cohort	74%
Fall 2018 cohort	79%
Fall 2019 cohort	75%
Fall 2020 cohort	77%
Fall 2021 cohort	68%
Fall 2022 cohort	71%
Fall 2023 cohort	71%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Mount St. Mary's University

Faculty pay at Mount St. Mary's University averages $88,788 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Mount St. Mary's University as a primarily residential campus of 1,768 undergraduates — and 70.8% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Mount St. Mary's University's SAT section-percentile sums are 1046–1280 — their midpoint is below the MD four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Mount St. Mary's University's range with the SAT 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 St. Mary's 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 St. Mary's University73.8%

Maryland median76.1%

National median76.8%

Tuition

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

Mount St. Mary's University$48,630

Maryland median$13,588

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

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

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

Mount St. Mary's University$64,072

Maryland median$61,797

National median$53,781

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Mount St. Mary's University, Maryland and national reference values
Metric & basis	Mount St. Mary's University	Maryland median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	73.8%	76.1%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$48,630	$13,588	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$64,072	$61,797	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

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

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

View 13 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$87,360
Accounting and Related Services	$81,796
Biology, General	$76,062
Business/Commerce, General	$74,839
Criminology	$60,428
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$59,630
Communication and Media Studies	$57,669
Sociology	$57,290
Political Science and Government	$56,507
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$54,677
History	$50,563
Research and Experimental Psychology	$40,480
Fine and Studio Arts	$39,651

These 13 fields listed for Mount St. Mary's University measure earnings after completion. The $64,072 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 25 additional Mount St. Mary's University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Mount St. Mary's University report?

Mount St. Mary's University's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1046–1280 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Mount St. Mary's University's acceptance rate?

73.8% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 4,459 admitted from 6,041 applicants.

How much does Mount St. Mary's University cost?

At Mount St. Mary's University, tuition is $48,630. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Mount St. Mary's University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $64,072. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Maryland

Morgan State University — 82.2% admitted
Ner Israel Rabbinical College — 65.7% admitted
Notre Dame of Maryland University — 82.2% admitted
Maryland Institute College of Art — 76.8% 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.