Mount Saint Mary’s University Business Programs

Mount Saint Mary's University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Los Angeles, California. The location of MSMU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Mount Saint Mary’s University?

Contact details for MSMU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	12001 Chalon Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90049-1599
Phone:	310-954-4000
Website:	https://www.msmu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/msmcla
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/msmcla

How Do I Get Into MSMU?

You can apply to MSMU online at: https://www.msmu.edu/admission/undergraduate-admission/application-instructions/

Admission Requirements for MSMU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into MSMU?

With an acceptance rate of 89%, MSMU is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 3% of accepted students are men and 97% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 60%, and the acceptance rate for women is 91%.

Average Test Scores

About 92% of students accepted to MSMU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 470 and 570. Math scores were between 430 and 540.

MSMU received ACT scores from 15% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 23.

Can I Afford Mount Saint Mary’s University?

The overall average net price of MSMU is $45,261. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MSMU, approximately 85% of students took out student loans averaging $7,306 a year. That adds up to $29,224 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MSMU is 3.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Mount Saint Mary’s University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,071 undergraduate students at MSMU, with 1,607 being full-time and 464 being part-time.

There are also 674 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,607 full-time undergraduates at MSMU, 5% are male and 95% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	261
Black or African American	92
Hispanic or Latino	937
White	141
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	173

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Mount Saint Mary's University. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 21 countries are represented at MSMU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Canada.

Online Learning at Mount Saint Mary’s University

In 2019-2020, 2,734 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of MSMU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mount Saint Mary's University was 281.1%. This is the #194 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at MSMU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Mount Saint Mary’s University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	4	29	0	33
Project Management	0	0	0	20	20
Accounting	0	0	17	0	17
Entrepreneurship	1	0	0	3	4
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	0	3	0	3
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	3	0	3
Organizational Leadership	0	0	0	2	2
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0	0
Applied & Professional Ethics	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	4	52	25	82

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 Dasandman008 under License

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