St. Mary’s University Business Programs

St. Mary's University is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

St. Mary’s University Rankings

St. Mary's is ranked #13 out of 76 schools in Texas.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards St. Mary's has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#81	Best Graduate Certificate Schools	Course Advisor
#157	Highest Paid Accounting Graduates	College Factual
#193	Highest Paid Accounting Graduates	College Factual

Where Is St. Mary’s University?

Contact details for St. Mary's are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One Camino Santa Maria, San Antonio, TX 78228
Phone:	210-436-3011
Website:	www.stmarytx.edu/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/StMarysU
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/stmarysu

How Do I Get Into St. Mary’s?

You can apply to St. Mary’s online at: https://www.stmarytx.edu/admission/applying/

Admission Requirements for St. Mary’s

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into St. Mary’s?

St. Mary's has the high acceptance rate of 85%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Average Test Scores

About 82% of students accepted to St. Mary's submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 620. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

St. Mary's received ACT scores from 27% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 25. Math scores were between 18 and 25. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford St. Mary’s University?

The overall average net price of St. Mary's is $27,945. 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 St. Mary's, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $7,457 a year. That adds up to $29,828 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at St. Mary's 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.

St. Mary’s University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,139 undergraduate students at St. Mary's, with 2,037 being full-time and 102 being part-time.

There are also 1,319 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,037 full-time undergraduates at St. Mary's, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	59
Black or African American	61
Hispanic or Latino	1,402
White	303
International Students	104
Other Races/Ethnicities	108

Geographic Diversity

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

Over 54 countries are represented at St. Mary's. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and Mexico.

Online Learning at St. Mary’s University

In 2019-2020, 3,191 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at St. Mary's has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of St. Mary’s

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at St. Mary's University was 1,319.0%. This is the #60 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at St. Mary's regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at St. Mary's ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at St. Mary's.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	#4
Management Science	#4

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%.

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 Administration and Management	35	0	46	81
Finance	36	0	0	36
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	31	0	0	31
Accounting	18	0	0	18
International Business/Trade/Commerce	16	0	0	16
General Economics	5	0	0	5
Management Science	0	3	0	3
Entrepreneurship	0	0	0	0
General Management Information Systems	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	141	3	46	190

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 Ngood under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.