Mount Marty University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Mount Marty University

Mount Marty University operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Yankton, South Dakota (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 697 students of which 1,421 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Mount Marty University is categorized as “20” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 42.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,120 and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,227, with published in-state tuition of $34,600 and a Pell grant recipient share of 22.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,396, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 56.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 67.6%. Graduates earn a median of $48,179 ten years after enrolling, compared with $46,984 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 47400.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 65.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.