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Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, California Private nonprofit 4-year Large city

Overview

Mount Saint Mary's University is a private nonprofit four-year institution in Los Angeles, California. The campus sits in a large city. Fall 2024 enrollment was 2,312, made up of 1,731 undergraduates and 581 graduate students. Its religious affiliation is Roman Catholic.

Mount Saint Mary's University offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and professional doctorates across 80 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Counseling Psychology, Psychology, General, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 683 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 2 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

71% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 8 to 1.

Key figures

2,312
Students enrolled
71%
First-year retention
683
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
80
Programs and majors
8:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMasterProfessional

Programs and majors offered 80

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

Psychology 4
Business, Management and Marketing 10
Education 8
Health Professions 8
Visual and Performing Arts 11
Public Administration and Social Services 5
Social Sciences 4
English Language and Literature 2
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 3
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 4
Philosophy and Religious Studies 3
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 3
Communication and Journalism 2
History 1
Mathematics and Statistics 1
Area, Ethnic, Cultural and Gender Studies 3
Communications Technologies 1
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Physical Sciences 1

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
71%
First-year retention, part-time students
100%
Student-to-faculty ratio
8:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
413
Associate degrees
3
Master's degrees
171
Professional doctorates
31
Certificates under 1 year
17
Postbaccalaureate certificates
48

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
2,312
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,731
Graduate students, fall 2024
581
Full-time, fall 2024
90%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
2,740
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,985
Graduate students, 2024-25
755
Full-time, 2024-25
81%
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
87%
Men
13%
White
12%
Hispanic or Latino
54%
Black or African American
7%
Asian
15%
Two or more races
1%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
9%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
2
Programs with a fully online option
31
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
12%
Students taking some online courses
69%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes

Campus and services

Setting
Large city
Academic calendar
Semester
Religious affiliation
Roman Catholic
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
President
Dr. Ann McElaney-Johnson
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Undergraduate research, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Accepts AP credit
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact

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