Mount St Mary’s University Business 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.

Mount St Mary’s University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at The Mount.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#60	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards The Mount has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#28	Highest Paid Economics Graduates	College Factual
#50	Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#50	Best General Business/Commerce Colleges for Veterans	College Factual
#69	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#69	Best General Business/Commerce Schools	College Factual
#228	Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

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:	www.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/admissions/

Admission Requirements for The Mount

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

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 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Average Test Scores

About 4% 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 488 and 605. Math scores were between 473 and 580.

The Mount received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 26. Math scores were between 19 and 22. 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 64% of students took out student loans averaging $8,051 a year. That adds up to $32,204 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at The Mount is 5.0%. 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 St Mary’s University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,071 undergraduate students at The Mount, with 1,912 being full-time and 159 being part-time.

There are also 489 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,912 full-time undergraduates at The Mount, 47% are male and 53% 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	55
Black or African American	379
Hispanic or Latino	270
White	1,033
International Students	37
Other Races/Ethnicities	138

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 2019-2020, 1,559 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.

Online Growth Rankings of The Mount

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mount St Mary's University was 75.9%. This is the #423 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at The Mount 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 St Mary’s University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	90	0	0	90
General Business Administration and Management	0	0	62	62
Accounting	25	0	0	25
Project Management	0	14	0	14
General Economics	13	0	0	13
Human Resources Development	0	7	0	7
Supply Chain Management	0	6	0	6
Purchasing, Procurement/Acquisitions and Contracts Management	0	4	0	4
Entrepreneurship	4	0	0	4
Information Resources Management	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	132	31	62	225

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.