Marymount California University Overview

Located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Marymount California University is a private not-for-profit institution. Rancho Palos Verdes is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Marymount California University Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at MCU.
• In <nil>, 61% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from MCU with a bachelor's degree make about $43,555 a year. That's 7% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Marymount California University?

Contact details for MCU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	30800 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275-6299
Phone:	310-377-5501
Website:	www.marymountcalifornia.edu

How Do I Get Into MCU?

You can apply to MCU online at: www.marymountcalifornia.edu/apply-online

Marymount California University has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Marymount California University?

The overall average net price of MCU is $40,587. 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 MCU, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $6,467 a year. That adds up to $25,868 over four years for those students.

Marymount California University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 443 undergraduate students at MCU, with 431 being full-time and 12 being part-time.

There are also 71 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 431 full-time undergraduates at MCU, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Marymount California University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	40
Hispanic or Latino	200
White	92
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	42

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at Marymount California University. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 43 countries are represented at MCU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Indonesia, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Marymount California University

In 2020-2021, 421 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of MCU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Marymount California University was 7,202.9%. This is the #38 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at MCU 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%.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.