Mount St. Mary's University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Mount St. Mary's University

Mount St. Mary's University operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Emmitsburg, Maryland (rural: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,768 students of which 2,016 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 St. Mary's University 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 73.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,176. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,655, with published in-state tuition of $48,630 and a Pell grant recipient share of 31.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,391, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 61.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 70.8%. Graduates earn a median of $64,072 ten years after enrolling, compared with $48,915 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 76500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 79.0% 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.