by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Marymount University was awarded 323 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & medical administrative services.
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Marymount landed the #574 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Marymount held the #708 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 63 colleges in Virginia, Marymount is ranked at #16.
The acceptance rate at Marymount University is 84%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Marymount is a good fit for you.
The student to faculty ratio at Marymount University is about average at 14 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Marymount University is 46%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 79% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Marymount University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Marymount the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 47%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Marymount University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,041 undergraduates at Marymount with 1,861 being full-time and 180 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,228 | $21,777 | $22,571 | $22,330 | $25,638 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Marymount, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Marymount, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $7,530 a year. That adds up to $30,120 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Marymount is 3.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Get more details about the location of Marymount University.
Contact details for Marymount are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 2807 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22207-4299 |
| Phone: | 703-522-5600 |
| Website: | https://www.marymount.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/marymount.university |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/marymountu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 117 | $68,050 |
| Business Administration & Management | 86 | $48,345 |
| Computer Information Systems | 76 | $50,698 |
| General Psychology | 41 | $30,023 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 36 | $40,385 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 35 | $26,413 |
| General Biology | 31 | $27,981 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 22 | $44,543 |
| Political Science & Government | 20 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 18 | $42,506 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 2,144 students took at least one online class at Marymount University. This is a decrease from the 2,265 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,144 | 603 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,265 | 308 |
| 2018-2019 | 632 | 101 |
| 2017-2018 | 526 | 86 |
| 2016-2017 | 469 | 95 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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