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Mount Marty University

Yankton, South Dakota Private nonprofit 4-year Remote town

Overview

Mount Marty University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Yankton, South Dakota. The campus sits in a remote town. It enrolled 1,284 students in fall 2024, including 1,022 undergraduates and 262 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Roman Catholic.

Mount Marty University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 42 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Nurse Anesthetist, Business Administration and Management, and Registered Nursing. It awarded 281 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 4 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

68% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 12 to 1.

Mission

Mount Marty University, an academic community in the Catholic Benedictine liberal arts tradition, prepares students for a contemporary world of work, service to the human community and personal growth.

Mission statement as reported by Mount Marty University

Key figures

1,284
Students enrolled
68%
First-year retention
281
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
42
Programs and majors
12:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional

Programs and majors offered 42

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 9
Business, Management and Marketing 4
Education 12
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 3
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Social Sciences 1
Psychology 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 1
History 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
English Language and Literature 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Theology and Religious Vocations 1
Visual and Performing Arts 2

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
68%
Student-to-faculty ratio
12:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
154
Associate degrees
6
Master's degrees
60
Professional doctorates
38
Other doctoral degrees
2
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
9
Postbaccalaureate certificates
3
Post-master's certificates
9

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,284
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,022
Graduate students, fall 2024
262
Full-time, fall 2024
65%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,856
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,447
Graduate students, 2024-25
409
Full-time, 2024-25
54%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
52%
Men
48%
White
67%
Hispanic or Latino
6%
Black or African American
4%
Asian
1%
Two or more races
2%
American Indian or Alaska Native
2%
International (U.S. nonresident)
4%
Race or ethnicity unknown
13%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
4
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
6%
Students taking some online courses
40%

Campus and services

Setting
Remote town
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Athletic association
NAIA
Athletic conference
Great Plains Athletic Conference
President
Dr. Mark Brown
Services and opportunities
ROTC, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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