by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Mount St Mary's University took the #655 spot.
In addition, The Mount took the #12 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Maryland.
The total graduate student population at The Mount is made up of 34.6% women and 65.4% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 20.7% of the graduate student population at The Mount. The Mount is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 5.3% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $13,676 | $13,676 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from The Mount is $52,753. That's about 10% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Mount St Mary’s University.
Contact details for The Mount are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 16300 Old Emmitsburg Road, Emmitsburg, MD 21727-7799 |
| Phone: | 301-447-6122 |
| Website: | https://msmary.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/MSMUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/MountStMarysU |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 44.9% of the graduate students at The Mount took at least one online course. For that same period, 32.6% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
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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