Saint Mary’s College Overview

Located in Notre Dame, Indiana, Saint Mary's College is a private not-for-profit institution. Notre Dame is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Saint Mary’s College Known For?

• St. Mary's College has an impressive student to faculty ratio of 9 to 1.
• Students at St. Mary's College have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 3%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at St. Mary's College.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 68% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from St. Mary's College makes roughly $46,200 a year. This is 13% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average St. Mary's College student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Saint Mary’s College Rankings

St. Mary's College is ranked #335 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. St. Mary's College also holds the #7 spot on the Best Colleges in Indiana ranking.

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.

St. Mary's College has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#134	Best Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at St. Mary's College.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#34	Best Communication Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#99	Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#114	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#125	Best Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#147	Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#188	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#211	Best Business, Management & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#118	Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	College Factual
#138	Best Schools	Grad Degree
#155	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#212	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#260	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#314	Best Health Professions Schools	College Factual

Where Is Saint Mary’s College?

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

	Contact Details
Address:	133 Le Mans Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone:	574-284-4000
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/saintmaryscollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/saintmarys

How Do I Get Into St. Mary’s College?

You can apply to St. Mary’s College online at: www.saintmarys.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for St. Mary’s College

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 St. Mary’s College?

With an acceptance rate of 82%, St. Mary's College may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Average Test Scores

About 62% of students accepted to St. Mary's College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 650. Math scores were between 528 and 610.

St. Mary's College received ACT scores from 49% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 30. Math scores were between 20 and 26. Composite scores were between 22 and 28.

Can I Afford Saint Mary’s College?

The overall average net price of St. Mary's College is $34,042. 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 St. Mary's College, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $8,226 a year. That adds up to $32,904 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at St. Mary's College is 3.1%. 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.

Saint Mary’s College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,438 undergraduate students at St. Mary's College, with 1,403 being full-time and 35 being part-time.

There are also 143 graduate students at the school.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	21
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	216
White	1,064
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	65

Geographic Diversity

Indiana students aren't the only ones who study at Saint Mary's College. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 14 countries are represented at St. Mary's College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Japan, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Saint Mary’s College

In 2019-2020, 617 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 41st most popular in Indiana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of St. Mary’s College

The following table shows how St. Mary's College is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Data Science	#6	#6

Online Growth Rankings of St. Mary’s College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Saint Mary's College was 27.4%. This is the #923 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at St. Mary's College regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of St. Mary's College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health Professions	6%
Nursing	20%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at St. Mary's College 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 College.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Data Science	#5
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	#223
Nursing	#387

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%.

Saint Mary’s College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	47	0	3	50
Communication Sciences	19	30	0	49
Business Administration & Management	44	0	0	44
General Psychology	32	0	0	32
Communication & Media Studies	28	0	0	28
Teacher Education Grade Specific	26	0	0	26
Social Work	20	0	0	20
General Biology	19	0	0	19
Accounting	14	0	0	14
History	13	0	0	13
International Studies	11	0	0	11
Romance Languages	10	0	0	10
Economics	10	0	0	10
Political Science & Government	10	0	0	10
Philosophy	8	0	0	8
Chemistry	8	0	0	8
Physics	8	0	0	8
General English Literature	7	0	0	7
Applied Mathematics	7	0	0	7
Sociology	7	0	0	7
Liberal Arts General Studies	5	0	0	5
Ethnic Studies	4	0	0	4
Mathematics	4	0	0	4
Fine & Studio Arts	4	0	0	4
Writing Studies	3	0	0	3
Other Statistics	3	0	0	3
Natural Resources Conservation	3	0	0	3
Religious Studies	3	0	0	3
English Literature (Other)	2	0	0	2
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	2	0	0	2
Drama & Theater Arts	2	0	0	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1	0	0	1
Data Science	0	1	0	1
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	0	0	0
Marketing	0	0	0	0
Music	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	384	31	3	418

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 Jaknelaps under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.