Private nonprofit · Los Angeles, California
Mount Saint Mary's University
Urban campus · 1,719 undergraduates · 8 students per faculty member · Official website
- Acceptance rate
- 73%
- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Average net price
- $21,413
- per year, after grants
- 6-year graduation
- 53%
Is Mount Saint Mary's University a reach, a target or a likely for your student?
Add a GPA and test scores and U Shortlist shows admission odds, the net price at your income, and how Mount Saint Mary's University fits against what your family said matters, on a map of 1,546 colleges.
What Mount Saint Mary's University costs
Net price is what a first-year student pays for a year after grants and scholarships, by family income. It is usually far below the sticker price.
Net price by family income
- Under $30,000
- $23,849
- $30,001 – $48,000
- $13,718
- $48,001 – $75,000
- $17,876
- $75,001 – $110,000
- $30,247
- Over $110,000
- $18,762
For students receiving federal aid.
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Price and aid
- Full cost of attendance (sticker)
- $66,726
- Tuition and fees
- $49,564
- First-years given a grant by the school
- 100%
- Average grant from the school
- $28,269
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,949
- The school's own net price calculator
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Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 73%
- SAT middle 50%
- –
- ACT middle 50%
- –
- Test scores
- Test-optional
- First-year retention
- 72%
Is this a reach, a target or a likely?
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Check your student’s odds →Academics and outcomes
Most popular fields
- Health professions
- 49%
- Psychology
- 13%
- Business & marketing
- 9%
- Public administration & social work
- 5%
- Social sciences
- 5%
- Foreign languages
- 4%
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded.
- 6-year graduation rate
- 53%
- First-year retention
- 72%
- Median earnings 10 years after entry
- $72,379
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,949
- Students with a Pell grant
- 57%
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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (admissions, prices, outcomes), IPEDS Student Financial Aid 2023–24 (school grants) and Equity in Athletics 2024–25 (teams). No college paid to appear here or can pay to be ranked.