Mathematics at Mount St Mary’s University

If you are interested in studying mathematics, you may want to check out the program at Mount St Mary's University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

The Mount is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland and approximately 2,560 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 students received a bachelor's degree in math from The Mount.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

The Mount Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math

The Mount Mathematics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the math progam at The Mount compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The math major at The Mount is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	309
Most Popular Mathematics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	528

Math Student Demographics at The Mount

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the math majors at Mount St Mary’s University.

The Mount Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

The math program at The Mount awarded 8 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 50% of these degrees went to men with the other 50% going to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 39% women. So female students are more repesented at The Mount since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in math at The Mount are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount St Mary's University with a bachelor's in math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

The Mount also has a doctoral program available in math. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MD, the home state for Mount St Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
High School Teachers	19,330	$72,610
Natural Sciences Managers	3,370	$148,310
Statisticians	2,950	$107,400
Mathematical Science Professors	860	$87,300
Mathematicians	180	$115,940

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Bobak Ha’Eri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.