Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, CA · Private · Large city · MSMU
Private institution in Los Angeles, CA · 1,746 undergraduates · 69% acceptance rate · $72,379 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 11%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- Top 12%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- Top 13%Pell Grant share
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $25,0091,484th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $48,1321,800th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $48,1321,796th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $64,6371,771st cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $25,9491,441st lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $72,379238th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $61,335223rd highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 53.4%1,020th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 74.0%1,026th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 68.7%581st most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 1,7461,022nd largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11.0:1619th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 55.1%279th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 11 mi (LAX)
On 2 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EANov 1
- EA IIDec 1
- Rollingopen
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $25
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 43 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $86,424 | $81,662 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $55,286 | — |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $49,214 | $48,265 |
| English Language and Literature, GeneralEnglish Language & Literature | bachelors | $48,432 | $27,439 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular BiologyBiological Sciences | bachelors | $44,971 | $41,565 |
| Public Policy AnalysisPublic Administration | bachelors | $36,134 | $46,478 |
| SociologySocial Sciences | bachelors | $33,565 | $31,133 |
| MarketingBusiness | bachelors | $33,281 | — |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesFamily & Consumer Sciences | bachelors | $32,569 | $25,194 |
| Research and Experimental PsychologyPsychology | bachelors | $32,569 | — |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyPsychology | bachelors | $30,047 | $19,455 |
| Psychology, GeneralPsychology | bachelors | $29,926 | $22,871 |
Campus facts
Key links
- Official websitemsmu.edu
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