Mount Saint Mary College Overview

Mount Saint Mary College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Newburgh, New York. The location of Mount Saint Mary is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Mount Saint Mary College Known For?

• Students at Mount Saint Mary have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the post-master's certificate is the highest award a student can attain at Mount Saint Mary.
• In <nil>, 37% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Mount Saint Mary makes roughly $62,765 a year. This is 54% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Mount Saint Mary student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Mount Saint Mary College?

Contact details for Mount Saint Mary are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	330 Powell Avenue, Newburgh, NY 12550
Phone:	845-561-0800
Website:	www.msmc.edu

How Do I Get Into Mount Saint Mary?

You can apply to Mount Saint Mary online at: www.msmc.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Mount Saint Mary

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 Mount Saint Mary?

Mount Saint Mary has the high acceptance rate of 91%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 71% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 88%, and the acceptance rate for women is 93%.

Average Test Scores

About 8% of students accepted to Mount Saint Mary submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 580. Math scores were between 500 and 590.

Mount Saint Mary received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 20. Math scores were between 19 and 22. Composite scores were between 21 and 22.

Can I Afford Mount Saint Mary College?

The overall average net price of Mount Saint Mary is $39,121. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Mount Saint Mary, approximately 77% of students took out student loans averaging $8,059 a year. That adds up to $32,236 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Mount Saint Mary is 0.8%. 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 College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,568 undergraduate students at Mount Saint Mary, with 1,275 being full-time and 293 being part-time.

There are also 373 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,275 full-time undergraduates at Mount Saint Mary, 29% are male and 71% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Mount Saint Mary College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	29
Black or African American	101
Hispanic or Latino	233
White	763
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	145

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Mount Saint Mary College. At this time, 7 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 8 countries are represented at Mount Saint Mary. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Slovakia, and Belarus.

Online Learning at Mount Saint Mary College

In 2020-2021, 887 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of Mount Saint Mary

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mount Saint Mary College was 39.7%. This is the #769 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Mount Saint Mary 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
• Image Credit: By Dasandman008 under License

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