by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Mount Saint Mary College was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Mount Saint Mary is ranked #646 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Mount Saint Mary held the #1,526 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 136 colleges in New York, Mount Saint Mary is ranked at #58.
Because it has a high acceptance rate of 88%, some consider Mount Saint Mary to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
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 535 and 630. Math scores were between 540 and 595.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Mount Saint Mary it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mount Saint Mary College is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Mount Saint Mary College has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Mount Saint Mary for first-time, full-time students is 49%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Mount Saint Mary College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,781 undergraduates at Mount Saint Mary with 1,479 being full-time and 302 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,427 | $15,622 | $23,148 | $26,164 | $27,551 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Mount Saint Mary, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 $9,197 a year. That adds up to $36,788 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Mount Saint Mary College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of 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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 157 | $95,495 |
| Business Administration & Management | 67 | $46,924 |
| General Psychology | 60 | $23,122 |
| History | 35 | $32,383 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 30 | NA |
| Special Education | 25 | NA |
| Accounting | 24 | NA |
| General English Literature | 22 | NA |
| Human Services | 22 | NA |
| General Social Sciences | 20 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 845 students took at least one online class at Mount Saint Mary College. This is a decrease from the 887 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 845 | 77 |
| 2021-2022 | 887 | 48 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,222 | 61 |
| 2018-2019 | 182 | 18 |
Learn more about online learning at Mount Saint Mary College.
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Footnotes
*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.
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