Mount St Mary’s University Teaching Programs

Mount St Mary's University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Emmitsburg, Maryland. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Emmitsburg draws many to the area.

Where Is Mount St Mary’s University?

Contact details for The Mount are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	16300 Old Emmitsburg Road, Emmitsburg, MD 21727-7799
Phone:	301-447-6122
Website:	msmary.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/MSMUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/MountStMarysU

How Do I Get Into The Mount?

You can apply to The Mount online at: https://msmary.edu/applications.html

Admission Requirements for The Mount

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into The Mount?

The acceptance rate at Mount St Mary's University is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 22% of students accepted to The Mount submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 640. Math scores were between 520 and 610.

The Mount received ACT scores from 2% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 24. Math scores were between 18 and 0. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Mount St Mary’s University?

The overall average net price of The Mount is $35,536. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At The Mount, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $7,978 a year. That adds up to $31,912 over four years for those students.

Mount St Mary’s University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,055 undergraduate students at The Mount, with 1,911 being full-time and 144 being part-time.

There are also 515 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,911 full-time undergraduates at The Mount, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Mount St Mary's University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	61
Black or African American	394
Hispanic or Latino	260
White	1,003
International Students	60
Other Races/Ethnicities	133

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at Mount St Mary's University. At this time, 24 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 24 countries are represented at The Mount. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Nigeria, and Philippines.

Online Learning at Mount St Mary’s University

In 2022-2023, 1,068 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at The Mount has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 12th most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of The Mount majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Elementary Education	6%

Mount St Mary’s University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Elementary Education	27	0	8	35
Secondary Education	0	0	12	12
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	4	2	6
Other Special Education & Teaching	0	0	5	5
Social Science Teacher Education	5	0	0	5
Art Education	0	0	1	1
Music Education	0	0	0	0
Reading Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	32	4	28	64

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.