Mount Saint Mary College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Mount Saint Mary College

Mount Saint Mary College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Newburgh, New York (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 1,148 students of which 2,170 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 Saint Mary College is categorized as “19” 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 88.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,150 and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $25,522, with published in-state tuition of $43,450 and a Pell grant recipient share of 22.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $26,007, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 65.6%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.6%. Graduates earn a median of $67,705 ten years after enrolling, compared with $59,588 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 130500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 70.3% 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.