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Summary
Mount St. Mary's University is a private institution that was founded in 1808. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,618, its setting is rural, and the campus size is 1,400 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Mount St. Mary's University's ranking in the 2012 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities (North), 21. Its tuition and fees are $31,536 (2011-12).
Mount St. Mary’s University is a Catholic school in Emmitsburg, Md., where about 70 percent of students are Catholic. All undergraduates complete the Veritas Program, a group of core courses that give students a broad knowledge of Catholic liberal arts, theology, ethics, math, and more. For any students who know they will attend graduate or law school after leaving Mount St. Mary’s, the university offers a Three Year Degree option that helps them graduate early.
The university’s Institute for Leadership Studies (ILS) coordinates programs, research projects, and courses that can help students build leadership skills and grapple with problems facing society. For other ways to get involved on campus, students can choose from about 70 clubs and organizations. In sports, the Mount St. Mary’s athletic squads, known simply as The Mount, compete in the NCAA Division I Northeast Conference (NEC). Notable alumni of Mount St. Mary’s University include Susan O’Malley, former president of the Washington Wizards team and the first female president of an NBA franchise, and Scott Wilfong, president and CEO of SunTrust Bank.
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Mount St. Mary's, the second oldest Catholic university in the United States, offers more than 60 academic majors, minors and concentrations that complement the University's distinctive core curriculum. Mount students participate in more than 70 clubs and honor societies as well as 19 varsity sports at the NCAA Division I level. Graduate programs are offered in Business, Education, Philosophy, Theology and Divinity. Accelerated undergraduate programs in business and criminal justice are offered off-campus in Frederick, MD. The campus is located on 1,400 acres near historic Emmitsburg, Maryland. |
General Information
| School type | private, coed college |
| Year founded | 1808 |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Academic calendar | semester |
| Setting | rural |
| 2010 Endowment | $37,993,315 |
Applying
When applying to Mount St. Mary's University, it's important to note the application deadline is rolling, and the early action deadline is December 1. Scores for either the ACT or SAT test are due March 1. The application fee at Mount St. Mary's University is $35. It is selective, with an acceptance rate of 80.4 percent and an early acceptance rate of 87.6 percent.
For more information about the tests, essays, interviews, and admissions process, visit the Applying to College knowledge center.
| Selectivity | selective |
| Fall 2010 acceptance rate | 80% |
| Application deadline | rolling |
| SAT/ACT scores must be received by | March 1 |
Academic Life
The student-faculty ratio at Mount St. Mary's University is 13:1, and the school has 50.7 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Mount St. Mary's University include: Business/Commerce, General; Accounting; Elementary Education and Teaching; History, General; and Speech Communication and Rhetoric. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 78.5 percent.
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| 4-year graduation rate | 69% - High | ||||||||||
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Student Life
Mount St. Mary's University has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,618, with a gender distribution of 43.5 percent male students and 56.5 percent female students. 84.0 percent of the students live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing and 16.0 percent of students live off campus. Mount St. Mary's University is part of the NCAA I athletic conference.
| Total enrollment | 2,112 |
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| Undergraduate men who are members of a fraternity | N/A |
| Undergraduate women who are members of a sorority | N/A |
| Collegiate athletic association | NCAA I |
Campus Info & Services
Mount St. Mary's University offers a number of student services including nonremedial tutoring, health service, and health insurance. Mount St. Mary's University also offers campus safety and security services like 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, and controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc). Of the students at Mount St. Mary's University, 64 percent have cars on campus. Alcohol is permitted for students of legal age at Mount St. Mary's University.
| Students who have cars on campus | 64% - Medium |
| Health insurance offered | Yes |
| Students required to own/lease a computer | No |
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Paying for School
At Mount St. Mary's University, 68.2 percent of full-time undergraduates receive some kind of need-based financial aid and the average need-based scholarship or grant award is $16,501.
Paying for college doesn't have to be difficult or devastating. Go to the Paying for College knowledge center to get advice on raising cash and reducing costs.
| Tuition and fees | $31,536 (2011-12) |
| Room and board | $10,544 (2011-12) - High |
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