by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual produces its Best Quality Schools rankings on a yearly basis to recognize those graduate schools that provide an excellent educational experience and are dedicated to helping their students succeed. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Mount Marty University landed the #274 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
Mount Marty also ranked #3 for Best Master's Degree Schools in South Dakota.
Mount Marty was ranked #61 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking. So, the school is among the best in the nation with its Top 10% ranking. Mount Marty was awarded this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge for this accomplishment.
Mount Marty also ranked #1 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in South Dakota.
The total graduate student population at Mount Marty is made up of 62.8% women and 37.2% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 8.9% of the graduate student population at Mount Marty. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Mount Marty. Around 2.2% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,375 | $8,375 |
| Fees | $1,275 | $1,275 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Mount Marty is $110,518. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 89% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Mount Marty University.
Contact details for Mount Marty are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1105 W. 8Th Street, Yankton, SD 57078-3724 |
| Phone: | 605-668-1545 |
| Website: | www.mountmarty.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/MountMartyUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/mountmarty |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 98.3% of the graduate students at Mount Marty took at least one online course. Roughly 1.7% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Curriculum & Instruction | 8 |
| Nursing | 24 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 6 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 33 |
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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