by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Mount Saint Mary's University was awarded 189 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is registered nursing.
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MSMU is ranked #317 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when MSMU held the #558 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 168 colleges in California, MSMU is ranked at #52.
With an acceptance rate of 90%, Mount Saint Mary's University is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Mount Saint Mary's University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mount Saint Mary's University is 31%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Mount Saint Mary's University has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At MSMU 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 Mount Saint Mary’s University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,071 undergraduates at MSMU with 1,607 being full-time and 464 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $29,531 | $28,838 | $33,649 | $35,953 | $32,174 |
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 MSMU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At MSMU, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $5,805 a year. That adds up to $23,220 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at MSMU 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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See which majors at Mount Saint Mary’s University make the most money.
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Contact details for MSMU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 12001 Chalon Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1599 |
| Phone: | 310-954-4000 |
| Website: | https://www.msmu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/msmcla |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/msmcla |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 162 | $84,742 |
| General Psychology | 38 | $31,589 |
| Sociology | 30 | $31,795 |
| Business Administration & Management | 29 | $37,111 |
| Criminology | 21 | NA |
| Social Work | 18 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 18 | $30,665 |
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 18 | $29,773 |
| Accounting | 17 | $45,513 |
| General Biology | 16 | $22,651 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 2,195 students took at least one online class at Mount Saint Mary's University. This is a decrease from the 2,734 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2,195 | 755 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,734 | 2,103 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,000 | 174 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,038 | 161 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,122 | 116 |
Learn more about online learning at Mount Saint Mary’s University.
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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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